There are a variety of reasons dogs may act aggressive. Aggression is a natural part of their personality. Dogs needed to be aggressive just to survive. Aggression was needed in order to be able to hunt and catch food, and to protect their families and territory. Even after all these years of domestication the aggression instinct still remains, and stopping the occurrence of dog on dog aggression is an important thing for any owner to know how to do. By recognizing your dog’s body language you can see when he is about to become aggressive and be ready to control it. If you understand what the reasons that cause dog aggression, you can become pro-active and stop the aggression from happening.

There are a variety of ways dogs try to show they are dominant, such as placing their own head over the other dogs, or by putting their paws on top of the other dog’s shoulder area. As they become more aggressive they will raise the hackles on their back, growl and show off their teeth. Stopping dog to dog aggression should be done before this is allowed to happen. If the second dog does not begin to act submissively at this point, there will very likely be a dog fight. Of course you have seen this type of dog behavior many times. If you pay attention to your pet, you’ll see these disturbing behaviors in time to be stopping the dog on dog aggression that could otherwise soon follow.

Use the advice below, and I bet your dog will learn to start enjoying his new dog friends like mine did and lose his aggressive attitude.

• You can take your aggressive dog on a trip to visit a friend of yours, whose dog happens to be friendly and non-aggressive. Because dogs are more aggressive to other dogs of the same gender, try making sure his new friend is of the opposite sex. If your friend’s place isn’t a good idea, at least starting in a neutral location is a good idea, so your dog doesn’t have the instinct to protect his turf.

• To be sure your dog doesn’t lunge or act aggressive, be sure to have the dogs on their leashes at the start.  Remain far enough apart that the dogs can’t reach each other, and have the dogs assume the sit position. If your dog is acting aggressive, remind him who’s the boss, and make sure he stays in the sit position. Use lots of praise and a nice treat for a reward to show him you are happy when he stops his aggressive posture. It is important for you to be consistent to get the  best and quickest results with your dog training. Don’t emphasize the negatives by yelling at your dog.

• Once the dogs show that they are calm around each other bring them close enough to take a preliminary sniff at each other. Because the dogs are calm they should now greet each other without the displays of dominance and aggressive posture such as growling or raising the hair on their backs. If your dog is still calm at this point you have already begun stopping dog on dog aggression in your pet.

• Meet your friend and his dog in different places to see if the aggressive dog was comfortable with his new friend in a variety of locations. The idea is to desensitize your dog’s aggression through the repeated encounter with a friendly dog.

• After the dogs seem like they have become comfortable around each other, the last test would be to have a meeting in your dog’s home territory. In case your dog acts aggressively because he is on his home turf, have the dogs on leashes to see how they are going to act. If your dog does remain calm, then it is OK to unleash them and let them play together. What a relief it is to see your dog stop that bad aggressive attitude with other dogs, and actually having fun like a normal dog should.

This was the beginning of being able to introduce your dog to other new friends and stopping those bad aggression problems.

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