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DS>Re: DOG, BIG
DS>> DS> *agressive*.  Update here..  Mom took Bones the dog to the anima
DS>> DS> and they said they could not take him, as he would "probally bit
DS>> DS> person if they addopted him".  And Said at that point, if mom le
DS>> DS> them, he WOULD be put to sleep.  At that point mom had a fit and
DS>> DS> Bones.    After talking more to her about the dog, what I can ga
DS>> DS> Bones is trying to be dom.  He wants to be the alpha in the fami
DS>> Your mother's best bets would be to contact the breeder for advice.
DS>> I don't recall if Bones is a pure-bred or not, but if he is, see if
DS>> there's a breed club in her area. Otherwise, if she has Internet
DS>> access, she may find a suitable conference or list.
DS>Bones is a garden variety mutt..  :)  half poodle and half something 
se..
DS>And my mom does NOT have internet access (she has no computer)  which I 
ay
DS>THANK GOD! heheh  I dont need mom following me around in cyberspace!  ;)
let me jump in here now, if you don't mind. i have a purebred Brittish
Staffordshire Bull Terrier. this dog was raised on praise and the
occassional repremand, never struck. still there was a time the dog
asserted a desire to become dominant, it's a dogs nature and must be
dealt with properly. i caught the problem early and thus had little to
no difficulty, my approach being. 1 if the dog challenges stare it
down, make no aggressive moves, simply do not look away until the dog
does first, make a habit of this. 2. never back down, if you do you'll
have given the animal a taste of dominance and your problem is multiplied.
3 never strike the animal, someday the animal will realize it can dish it
out as well as take it.
4 and my personal favorite is give the dog a bath regularly, as they
develope an odor they become more obstinant.
when i aquired my, ' pit bull', it was by virtue of my girlfriend moving
in with a two year old dog. when i first attempted to give him a bath
he balked, raised the fir on his neck and growled at me, not a good sign.
however giving it some thought i figured by picking him up on his trip
to the bath, i'm 6'6'' would confuse and limit his options, well it worked.
i now own the gentlest and much happier, ' pit bull'. the dog is 62 lbs.
is always walked off lead and is safe with strangers, children and cats,
even little kittens. i bath this dog no less than once every six days and
he now walks into the tub on his own with one command. if your dog has
already established dominance i suggest you proceed more slowly with
the above steps. i now trust my Bull terrier as i trust no other, be
it animal or beast. bad dogs are usually the fault of not understanding
the dogs nature rather than a bad dog, although with pit bulls it more
a case of most owners being macho redneck types that use the animal as an
extention of their personality and raise them with a 2 x 4, much to
the detriment of society, children, small animals or whatever gets in
their way. best regards, hope it helps.
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