Recognize Aggressive Dogs and Avoid a Dog Fight
Sponsored linksWhen I took my daily early morning walk with my dog today at the local park, we ran across a loose dog. Normally, that in itself is no reason for alarm. But,because I already was pretty experienced in recognizing aggressive behavior in dogs, I could easily tell something about this dog’s approach was wrong. the dog that was coming toward us, had the look of a dog that wanted trouble. Instead of looking friendly, his appearance was quite aggressive-and he was heading straight for us. The approaching dog wasn’t barking, but just by looking at his intense body language, I could see this wasn’t going to be a friendly visit. I was able to change my path and thus avoid having a problem with the aggressive dog because I could read the other dog’s aggressive body language.
You should also be able to recognize aggressive behavior in dogs, so you can avoid potential dog fights. When two dogs meet each other, they sort out between each other who is the dominant one. A dog fight normally only occurs when one of the dogs refuses to become submissive to the other dog and when both want to assert their own dominance.
Use the following tips to help learn how to recognize an aggressive dog before any problems can occur. If you can detect the signs of an aggressive dog, you can take action to avoid a bad encounter from taking place. You can avoid the potential dog fight by just walking away from the vicinity of the aggressive dog, or by calming and taking control of your own dog if he is the aggressive one.
- The body language of an aggressive dog is something that everyone has seen before. The more dominant dog may hold his head above the other dog’s head, and perhaps might jump up and put his paws over the other dog’s shoulders. Sometimes the dog that is most dominant may try to mount the other dog to prove his point (not because he is looking for a good time). These dominance displays can cause some problems if one of the dogs does not feel like being submissive .
- If the displays now contain growling and snapping of exposed teeth, the dog (or dogs) are obviously about to have a fight. You need to be pro-active and make sure the dogs don’t get a chance to fight by either controlling your own dog, or staying away from the other dog.
- You can also spot an aggressive dog through his very intense stare and tense body movements. The aggressive dogs tail will be held up (but it will not be wagging, unfortunately) and his ears will be held back. Even from a distance you can easily tell this dog is not a happy camper.
- Of the various types of aggressive body language dogs use, one of the easiest to see is when a dog puts its hackles (the hair on his back) up. On my walk this morning, that was the first thing I noticed about the aggressive dog at the park.
Even if you didn’t always know what these aggressive displays meant, you have seen them all many times before. You can now spot aggressive behavior and you are also aware of the danger that this aggression can lead to, so be pro-active in keeping your dog from getting into a fight.
Until I took the time to better train my own dogs, I had occasional problems with my dogs aggressive tendencies, and I was reluctant to take them out in public (and then only on their leash). Of course if your dog is aggressive too, you must be responsible for his control when you have him out with you in public.
By recognizing and understanding what the aggressive postures mean, you can take steps to avoid possible problems before they happen. If there is another dog in the area that is acting aggressively, because you recognize the aggressive dog’s body language in advance you can prevent your own dog from coming in to close contact with that uptight dog. You can alter the direction of your walk, and avoid letting your own dog get involved with the other dog’s bad energy. If the aggression problem is with your own dog, you can solve that problem by paying a lot of attention to his training (especially training dealing with aggression) so that your dog really obey your commands. After he has learned to pay attention and listen to you as the boss, you can control your dog’s aggressive instincts.
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