Timeline for How to tame newly adopted dog that is very aggresive
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| Aug 17, 2016 at 19:39 | comment | added | pedrozath | There's no perfect way. It's more a matter of learning from all views and seeing what works best with your dog, because as the article says, "dog personalities lie on a continuum". That's my opinion. Thanks for sharing! | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 19:39 | comment | added | pedrozath | Hi Victoria. Thanks for the link and for the info. I've been hearing critics to the alpha-stuff lately. The link was a very good read. Being very honest with you, I think the dominance thing has its moments and its hard to understand (many mistake aggressiv with assertive). Positive reinforcement is great and should be the default. However, it can also be done wrongly when you reward bad emotional states. Like, a dog being aggressive to other dog, you call his name and give him a treat for example. Personally I like both. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 16:21 | comment | added | Victoria | I'm really pleased to hear you are doing so well, but please be careful. It 's common for this sort of behaviour to recur : be cautious and go on reinforcing the behaviour that you want, and I would be particularly careful around children. The stuff about 'being the alpha' is outdated, just so you know. Here's an article about why this is a myth : whole-dog-journal.com/issues/14_12/features/… there are lots of others. Try 'Alpha dog myth' as a search. Sounds like you are doing great, HUGE congratulations on your success so far and on not giving up! | |
| Aug 14, 2016 at 10:35 | history | answered | pedrozath | CC BY-SA 3.0 |