Aggression Case

This training and consultation is designed for dogs that show aggressive behaviors towards other animals or humans. We define aggression as an intent to do harm or control another animal or human through the use of hostile or violent behaviors, such as biting, growling, lunging, hard staring, or freezing. Aggressive behavior can be driven by fear, stress, genetics, resources, or dominance.

 

Our goal with aggressive dog training is to stop the practice of aggressive responses and to teach the dogs alternate appropriate behaviors that will replace the aggression. We do this through training, management, and positive reinforcement. We do not believe that you should treat aggressive behaviors by showing aggressive or hostile behaviors back to the dog. The use of aversive tools such as or training techniques can ultimately worsen aggression and harm the dog. There is an ever growing pool of research that supports this statement.  

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Forms of aggression we frequently see and address include: 

• Fear Related Aggression      

• Dog to Dog Aggression     

• Dog to Human Aggression

• Resource Guarding            

• Territorial Aggression         

 

If your dog is showing aggressive behaviors and needs training please look at the full description of our training procedure below and fill out the behavior history sheet. After you fill out the behavior history you will be contacted and a consultation will be booked for a time that is best for your schedule.