will this method always work?I have a 5 month old sheltie who is the perfect dog-except when he wants to go home.He behaves a lot on walks?Does he need more exercize??Help!!Now he tries to bite.Maybe he is like Emily.

My dog is a chihuahua pomerian... ive heard recently that this is a horrible bread of dog because they get very aggressive n there very protective. Just recently my dog has started going insane. if he doesnt get his own way or he starts munchin on something he finds and i take it away he will attack me. its scarry. His eyes change he growls and jumps and bites me. also doing this to the family members. He was never like this before. I NEED HELP AND I NEED HELP NOW! hes not listening anymore. hes turning into a horrible dog. when i first got him the 1st year of his life he lived with me n my x boyfirend. wen we broke up dog came with me n sine then hes beeen sooo horrible. i dont no what to do i love my dog with all my heart please help me. its getting to the point where my family just gives into him cuz they dont want to b attacked. please please please help me! Hes almost 2 years old as well and he was just recently fixed thought that would help simmer him down but hasnt at all yet n its been almost a month! please help thanks

Hello,

I have two Lhasa Apso's. One is male and is 6 years old named Bosley, the other is female and 5 years old named Cloe. Cloe is such a loving dog, she loves all and any attention and believes any attention should be hers. She is great with humans, she gets along with the other dog Bosley, and she gets along with my 14 year old cat Bob. When Cloe was about 8 weeks old, right after we brought her home, our friend came over with his pitbull who was already friends with our other dog. As soon as Cloe walked by the pitbull, it bent down and grabbed her by the neck and shook her visciously. The owner was fast to grab his dog and pry the mouth open to drop Cloe. I am assuming this is why she is aggressive to other dogs, probably cause she gets nervous, but I am not sure if she would be the same way if that hadn't happened. If we bring her in the car, she loves being with us, but she barks none stop if we leave her and Bosley alone in the car to go into a store or anything. When we walk her, she constantly pulls and has to be in front of Bosley. If someone passed by with a dog even if it is in the very far distance, she loses her mind. if we introduce her to another dog, it cannot be in her house or on her property, otherwise she just tries to dominate until the other dog reacts and she barks and growls at them. Every once and a while she gets along with them, but gets very jealous if anyone gives the other dog attention. Not sure what I can do to help her relax and not car that another dog is walking by....... Help Please???

Thank You,
Alicia

I also have a Dachshund who is aggressive towards any other dogs (except our other Dachshund and my parents' Dachshund). He gets plenty of exercies (3-5 miles of walking per day) and we believe in Cesar's philosophy of exercise, discipline, and affection (in that order). But no matter what we do, he goes balistic towards almost any other dog we encounter on a walk. We also need help. Please help!

Hello Cesar, I have a 3 year old blue pit, he is an awesome dog, he is very sweet with me and my wife, he watches tv with me lies in the bed when i get up in the morning or when i let him on weekends, and is generally a relax dog, but for some reason he cant stand small dogs, when ever i walk him and he sees or smells one he wants to destroy, and i dont understand why, we have a ferret, and they get along very well...

what do you suggest?

I have two Welsh Corgis a 3.5 year old female and a 1.5 year old male. From reading the website I realize a lot of the problems I have with my dogs are my fault for not showing dominance (i.e. tearing things up when I'm not home, etc.). The one thing I don't understand is that my female has become very aggressive and mean to other dogs, and sometimes even to my male (who is her son). She will growl and try to bite him or other dogs if they are near her food or even the closet where I store her food. She has even attacked an 80 pound pit bull. Sometimes when she is aggressive towards other dogs the male will join in too and he normally gets along with all dogs. I'm afraid this behavior is going to transfer to him and I have to nip both of this bad, aggressive behavior in the butt.

Today, I started to try and train them. I began when I got home from work. Did not let them dictate when I took them on the walk and forcefully said "no" and did the hand claw to the neck when they barked or jumped up. They finally calmed down and it was time to try a pack walk. They were very forceful at first to pull ahead but I kept them either behind or beside me the whole way. I dictated where they went the bathroom, etc. They were finally calming down by the time we were coming back to my apartment complex and about to be home. My neighbor came outside with her small dog and it started barking at my dogs. They both started barking and I tried to stop them with a forceful "no" and a claw grab with the hand. The situation just escalated and my female pulled off her collar, ran towards the small dog, and attacked it. I had to run over and pull her off and while I am doing so, the male tries to join in. Luckily the small dog was okay but I was so distraught and frustrated I just put them inside and put them in their crates.

I need help.. this aggression has to stop. I will try again tomorrow and I am going to get the pull collars but this incident really put a damper on my spirits.

Thanks for any help/comments.

I have a 2-3yr old basenji/doberman pincher cross(medium). I adopted her 5 months ago, and they told me of the aggression. I told myself that I'd wait and see too make any assumptions. They told me that and about her peeing around strangers(only to certain men now). She's been in at least 4 different people. When the last owners got her they toke her on the condition that if she was not the right home for her they could give her back(they went back on that). They told her to put her down, she couldn't do that and me and my boyfriend happily got our first dog together.
The first dog she got to meet happened to be my uncles dog and he's a very submissive dog she she was fine even around a toy.
She met my moms dog and that's when the problems showed. They crowed her and she became very aggressive and even made one dog bleed. We kept them separate until we got a mussel. we got a mussel and reintroduce the dogs. now she's used to them and she fine except when they play if a toy involved, she becomes aggressive if they're playing with themselves she gets excited and it ends up in a fights.
I want to no how to deal with all the strangers and other people and their not properly trained dogs. We've had serveral close calls with run away dogs. Even if they are on a leash across the street and bark at her she seems to just snap, she will do everything in her power to stop me from going forward. she'll step infront, between, and behind, whatever way she can and will howl,whine,and bark back. Just pullin her along and walking passed isnt working and getiin her do sit does not seem to work either.
I think it's protective more than anything else because when separating her from fight she stops instantly.
I just want to know what you think. or if you could recommend a good trainer in Vancouver area of b.c.
I can't and wont give up on her, too many already have.

I have a golden cocker spaniel who is nearly 6years old. He has bitten me, my mam, dad, sister and boyfriend several times and more than just a little nip. He is a lovely dog but can turn at any time and is just so un-predictable!! I really dont want to give up on him.
He has been castrated but has made no difference, been to dog training classes and am currently looking in to £60 an hour dog counsilling! There is such a thing called cocker rage a condition only in golden spaniels. Its a little like dog epilepsy but dont know if im just making an excuse for these attacks?
He got attacked when he was little by a german shepard who was off the lead and he had never bitten before then, has that affected this behaviour? Any advise please!!!!

We live in an apartment building and my 6 year old female pitbull weighs in at about 80-90 lbs. She is large and strong and set off by the presence and barking of other dogs. We have another dog that she gets along with great, but I have to get up early in the AM to not bump into other dogs inthe building so she doesn't get crazy. When she sees another dog she doesn't bark or bare teeth, but she pulls and jumps and sometimes gets so excited she foams at the mouth. She is great with people but it's driving me crazy. I am at the point where I refuse to walk her because I am constantly afraid of bumping into another dog in the building. HELP!!

I have a cocker spaniel named Max who is the sweetest, silliest dog ever until he's around dogs who are bigger than him. When I take him for walks and there's a larger dog being walked, Max goes nuts. Barking, growling, trying to attack the other dog. He's small enough that I can scoop him up before any damage is done, but no matter what I've tried, he won't calm down. The only large dog he can stand to be around is my parents golden retriever Hunter.

I adopted Max in Turkey when he was almost a year old. Because of the way dogs are viewed there (there's no such thing as a Humane Society), not only do I know nothing about his first year, but there is a huge problem with stray dogs. Where I lived, there was a pack of large stray dogs (about 12 of them) who would constantly bark and charge at Max when I would take him for walks. The leader of the strays (I named him Bruno) would come to without a few feet of us (they didn't bother people) barking and growling at Max who'd I'd have gathered up in my arms. As far as I can tell, this is why he doesn't like big dogs. At least he doesn't when I'm there. If it's my dad who's taking him for a walk, Max is a lot calmer when they come across a large dog. He still gets twitchy if the other dogs gets too close, but he doesn't freak out the same way he does if I'm there.

Is there any way I can help Max not be so aggressive around big dogs?

My 15 mth old, female Shepherd mix just recently became aggressive to strangers. She has always been gentle, submissive and eager to please. She is very socialized and goes to the dog park meeting new dogs and owners almost everyday.

She has never had a problem at the vets or with people touching her in anyway.

Several days ago I took her to the vet for a sore paw. The male assistant examined her paw and then playfully rolled her on her back to get a better look. She then snapped and growled at him, not stopping for several seconds. Then her female vet, whom she loves, was feeling her throat and she snapped at her but did not growl.

Three days later a male friend stopped by who she has never met. He petted her and then without warning she snapped at him. This happened several times throughout a half-hour period. I then put her in "time-out" (sit-stay) away from the group and asked him to ignore her. We did the same thing. She seemed to understand that this behavior was not acceptable. This seemed to change this behavior but she still seemed nervous about him being there.

I am not sure if she was just not feeling well or if she was trying to protect me or if this is a new behavior. I am a little nervous about it and how to prevent it from happening in the future.
Thank you for your input!

I adopted a 14 month old boxer mix from a couple who could not keep her any longer (she was a rescue). She's sweet and smart as all get out...amazingly sweet dog and very protective.

But the one thing I noticed is that when I walk with her around the neighborhood (I live in a multi cultural neighborhood) she will growl and last night she LUNGED at a Hispanic man! I walked her last Saturday where two very young half black, half oriental children were playing and she growled and barked at them. But when I walk by a white or Caucasian person, she sits and behaves. I don't understand this whatsoever.

I called and asked the foster parent about this behavior as it COULD cause a problem in my neighborhood and she had no idea of what I was talking about (go figure). I'm at my wits end as that I've never experience this kind of "racism" in an animal. Now mind you, when I was growing up across the street, my neighbors had a "white dog" (white GSD) named Freedom and once he got out of kennel and, as I was sitting on the sidewalk playing, he ran after a group of African American children that passed right by me. The dog came up and licked my face over and over again but he was horrible aggressive towards the other children.

I am in dire need of an exercise dog and would like to enroll her in doggie day care but if she's going to be like this, I don't know what to do. Help?

hi . i have 3 staffordshire bull terriers but my 4 yr old has had this problem since she was a pup ..i was told that she was ill treated as were her litter mates before i homed her ....i have enquired before with dog behaviourists in my area if there is any way of helpin her n each one has said no ... do you believe this .id love to be able to walk them altogether as im curently and have been for the past yr , walking her on her own . the fear agression is only towards other dogs she sounds like she wants to kill them growling n barking at them but her tail is wagging at this time if we are walking and she hears any dog bark from in there house she wants to get away , its hard to explain really ..strange thing is , is if she knows the person like my mum or friends n she meets up with them with there dog n its there first meeting she wil take no notice of there dog atal like its not even there.........the noise phobia is everythin from kids argueing, opening packets to fireworks she shakes uncontrolably ,pants n she sweats ....any advise is welcome please
lisa

Hello-
We have a household of 4 dogs. One 16 year old cocker spaniel female, one 10 year old male yellow lab, one 9 year old male coyote mix, and a 2 year old Frenchie male. I wrote you a few months ago about my coyote mix going after our 16 year old to the point of blood shed. Your web site simply referred me back to the site to read about tips. I have read your books so am aware of making sure we are pack leader. After much failed hard work we took him to a behavior specialist, who put him on prozac. I hate that he is on prozac but it has helped enormously with the aggression towards our 16 year old. for now our coyote mix is calm and sweet, and does not get worked up when the 16 yera old is near him. Now our always sweet french bulldog who I have claimed would not hurt a fly, is now attacking our cocker spaniel on a daily basis. I am so busy each day mending wounds, and trying to set the boundaries I have learned from you. The dogs as a pack get 2 walks per day prior to meals. So exercise is not the issue. We have trained them all with basic commands, and set limits, but it appears that my youngest is trying to establish a pecking order and do away with our oldest. I am having a horrible time with this, and the stress level is now at its highest with how unpredictable this animal has become. I refuse to put 2 dogs on drugs. Please help us!!! We love all of our animals and simply want our 16 year old to be able to peacefully live out the rest of her life. 911!!