Should I have my aggressive dog put down?
The best thing you can do for yourself but ultimately her as well in the end is to put her down. You did a great thing by adopting her, but this has gone on way too long. unfortunately you have seen what can happen when people indiscriminately breed or allow their dog to breed at will. You've done all that you can and short of muzzling her 24/7 and keeping her isolated which is no way for a dog to live you are out of options. She's been loved and well cared for. Put her down before you are FORCED to do so.
Difference between possessiveness and protection?
I don't think that all other "protective" behaviors are really possessiveness. Sometimes it is, but most times it is simply fear. The dog is afraid and wants the threat to go away. We always see people claiming their dog has protected them from family or friends or a stranger walking down the road, but where was the actual threat? Only in the dog's mind. In Dogs have two choices, fight or flight. When one doesn't work, they will resort to the other. That is why a fearful dog can be more dangerous than an aggressive one. A cornered scared has no other option than to fight, it doesn't mean it was protecting. If a dog feels threatened and goes into fight mode, they bark, growl, snarl, even bite, to attempt to stop the threat. People believe this is the dog trying to protect them. The dog is more likely simply protecting itself. And the problem is, if the threat does not back down or continues to advance, the dog is very much likely to take flight. If the dog is cornered and can't, it may fight until it has the opportunity to run away. A trained protection dog will stay and fight. It is not fighting out of fear or self preservation. They will fight through pretty much anything. As for possessiveness, perhaps it is a little protection. I am interested to hear others thoughts. But again, how far is the dog willing to go to protect it? If the guy trying to take your purse hits you, or pulls out a knife, are you going to keep fighting? I also don't believe a pet will never protect. I simply think that those dogs are not as common as people believe. And the majority of examples I see of people who believe their dog is protecting them are not.
Over possessive stray dog that now claims me as his owner.?
I live about 30 mins out of town in a dessert and have very few neighbors. Often times people drive out to around where we live and abandon their dogs that they either dont want, cant feed, or just want to be cruel. We have already had 2 starved dogs come into our farm off of the desert. We started seeing this black wolf looking dog come around every now and then for about 5 days, he usually would just come at night. Now he has decided to call our ranch his home. By the way we figured out that he is a Belgian sheep dog ( belgian malinois ) these dogs are used mostly as police patrol dogs to attack, find bombs, drugs , and they are also a sheep dog. It looks just like a German Shepard just a bit bigger. We suspect he is pretty young , he is not neutered. We fed him and he ate very frantically just like any starved dog would. His behaviors are very offish. At first with everyone he was pretty timid and would kind of stay clear from us. He is afraid of men specifically and he warms up to woman a little more. I have been out on the lawn loving on him over the past few day, he absolutely loves me. But now he is becoming incredibly possessive over me, freaks out if im not by his side. Im only 15 and about 94 lbs he looks like he weighs much more than me, and he becomes quite bossy with me. He will not let any of my other 5 dogs around me and acts like he will attack them or even other people that come around me.What should i do? He is very smart and loyal, just over protective
Why is my dog so possessive of me?
Your dog thinks he is the pack leader. You'll need to follow 4 steps to change his mind about that and make yourself the pack leader. 1) Don't feed him until he sits and stays, and you say "OK" before he gets the food. 2) Don't let your dog walk in front of you, or leave the house before you, or enter the house before you. 3) Control where your dog sleeps, and make sure he obeys whenever you tell him to MOVE or get OFF something, like a couch or bed, or anywhere. 4) Play tug-o-war with him, but with rules. You always start and end the game. You always win. If his teeth touch your skin the game ends. Those are just the basic steps, good luck to you!
3days home & dog is hyper protective & showing aggression toward men if they come near me?
For whatever reason, he has an apparently negative association with men, so you have to re-condition him to associate men with good things. Suggested reading about desensitization and counter-conditioning: http://www.clickertraining.com/node/2327 http://pet-training.suite101.com/article... http://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/2010/04... Suggested reading about calming signals, which you must instruct men to use: http://www.canis.no/rugaas/onearticle.php?artid=1 Suggested reading about reactivity, especially while on the leash: "Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Reactive Dog" by Patricia McConnell and Karen London "Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog" by Emma Parsons "Scaredy Dog! Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog" by Ali Brown "The Cautious Canine" by Patricia McConnell How to teach him to greet people politely: http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=85 To help keep him obeying you, you might want to take up the "Say Please Protocol:" http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/say-please/ http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm I don't mean to sound rude, but you probably shouldn't have adopted this dog if you weren't prepared to deal with any big issues. A well-bred, well-socialized, well-trained Cane Corso should be tolerant of people, but it sounds like this guy may not be any of those things. As Corsos are highly confident, protective, territorial dogs, it's easy enough for problems like this to develop if the dog is poorly bred, was not properly socialized, had a traumatic experience, and/or is poorly trained combined with being inconfident.
Possessive vs. Protective vs. Fearful?
What is the difference between the three? I'm reading threads on a breed forum and people are saying that a fearful dog will react to random situations that it perceives as "scary" and a protective dog will react to an actual threat. So if a random person walks up to you and the dog starts barking, growling and lunging, is that fearful behavior? Or possessive? Or both? If a friend walks up and jokingly shoves you and the dog growls and/or lunges.....possessive or protective? How would a dog differentiate a real threat from just messing around?
Can my female dog sense my period shes protective anyway but more so at this time.?
Shes is super protective of me, but at this time it is very intense, she will not leave me alone she has to be with me almost all the time, and if anyone play fights with me or taps me she barks and growls, specially if the person is male. And will sit by me an not move. She is a pre owned dog, we got her when she was 1 an she has a took a very strong attachment to me. Do you think shes being more protective cause of my period?