Think of dogs in the media: Remember The Hound of the Baskervilles? How about werewolves, from Harry Potter to the Twilight series? A canine's aggression is the stuff of legends and dreams. In fact, a coarse childhood fear when seeing out into the dark night and seeing twinkling lights in the length is that the pinpoints of light look like wolves' eyes.
Aggression in domesticated dogs is an understandable and treatable phenomenon. Canine science of mind and behavior is not governed by legend and blood lust, but by basic instincts and dynamics that can be learned by dog owners and put to good use by dog trainers.
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Aggression Basics
What are the cues or signs that a dog is aggressive? How would an owner know, before it's too late and a bite has occurred, that a dog is aggressive? What should dog owning parents teach their children to be aware of in dog behavior and body language?
Growling or Showing Teeth
The facial expression of a dog exhibiting aggression involves lips pulled back to show teeth, wrinkled skin on the muzzle, and often a warning growl.
Ears Up, Tail Up and Stiff Body?
These signs, combined with snarling lips and a growl indicate dominant aggression, the signal from a dominant dog to back off, aimed at a lower ranking individual.
Ears Back, Tail in the middle of Legs, Head Lowered or a Crouching Position?
This indicates that the dog is submissive but is feeling cornered. Submission doesn't indicate that the dog is any less aggressive - just aggressive for a different reason.
Most Dog Behaviorists Classify Aggression In Dogs Into several Categories
Defensive Aggression
You may have heard of a "fear-biting" dog. This is a dog that has industrialized aggressive behaviors such as growling or biting in response to anxiety or fear. Stunning a dog in any way (a "smack" or a "whack" with a rolled up newspaper, e.g.) can lead to fear-based aggression. These dogs can become very dangerous to their owners.
Possessiveness
This is the dog that growls or snaps at a man who comes too close to them while eating or guarding a beloved toy, bone or other "possession."
Aggression Due to Dominance
Many different behaviors factor into dominance. This is the dog who thinks he is the boss in the household, over the other dogs and the people, large and small. The dog may growl or snap when he perceives a human is bright his dominance. This type of aggression is coarse and yet ordinarily misunderstood by owners.
Predatory Behavior
Aggression that is based in predatory behavior is often exacerbated by "prey" behavior in humans or other animals: namely running away or squealing or shrieking. Natural predators, dogs will chase and bite a running child unless trained not to do so and handle their predatory urges differently.
Often owners will description to trainers that the dog "suddenly snapped" or bit man "out of the blue." A careful pathology of the dog's uncut behavior in the home, on the leash or in the community will help the owner and instructor form out which type of aggression is at work and how to address it.
What to Do?
First analyze. Know which type of aggression you're dealing with. Next - deal with it. A few "nevers" should help:
Never charge a Dog In Any Way
Hitting, punching, kicking or in any way physically beating the dog will never make the dog less aggressive.
Never Chain or Tie Up The Dog
Chained dogs are statistically much more likely to bite. Chaining frustrates a dog and teaches it nothing about how to behave appropriately.
Never "train" a dog by denying it food, water, or entrance to proper bathrooming or exercise.
For most dogs in most "normal" aggressive situations (that is, we're not talking about extreme cases here), the following basic philosophy should indubitably help: Meet the dog's needs. Once you have met a dog's needs for food, shelter, exercise, socialization, affection and bonding, proper role in the human-dog "pack" and mental stimulation, then you can re-examine the aggressive behavior. With any luck at all, the aggression will vaporize!
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