Community Training for Aggressive Dogs
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Did you know our training experts can help you to manage, modify and prevent problem behaviours in your dog? With over 40 years of experience training dogs for law-enforcement and international obedience trials, our experts will teach you to overcome difficult behaviours like growling, snarling, snapping, lunging, nipping, biting, barking, leash-pulling and poor recall. Using special behaviour modification techniques, our experts will help identify the cause of your dog’s problem-behaviours and then create a customized treatment plan, teach you how to carry it out successfully, and follow-up to help with any headaches you may be experiencing along the way. Contact us for more information.
The most common types of dog aggression include
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Territorial aggression: The dog defends its space or your home from what it deems to be an intruder.
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Protective aggression: The dog protects members of its pack against another animal or a person. Mother-dogs are also extremely protective of their puppies and may become hostile toward anyone who goes near them.
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Possessive aggression: The dog protects food, toys, bones or another object of value. This is also called resource guarding.
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Fear aggression: The dog is fearful and tries to retreat in an uncomfortable situation, but then attacks when cornered.
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Defensive aggression: Similar to fear aggression -the dog attacks in defence of something rather than trying to retreat first. They have usually given subtle indications that they want to be left alone before biting.
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Social aggression: The dog reacts aggressively to other dogs or people in social situations.
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Frustration-elicited aggression: The dog behaves aggressively when on leash or in a fenced yard. When the dog becomes stimulated and cannot act on that stimulation, it may act out. Sometimes a dog may become overly-excited, such as before a walk, and nip its handler.
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Redirected aggression: The dog might become aggressive toward a person who attempts to break up a dog-fight. It may also happen when the dog can't reach the target of its hostility, like a neighbouring dog on the other side of a fence.
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Pain-elicited aggression: The dog is aggressive when injured or in pain.
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Sex-related aggression: Two male dogs or two female dogs become aggressive when vying for the attention of a mate. This applies to intact animals and can be avoided by spaying and neutering.
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Predatory aggression: Instinctive predatory behaviour, like chasing wildlife, may translate into serious danger when a child is playing chase with the dog. It may start out as an innocent game but dogs with predatory aggression may quickly turn on and bite the child.
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