Of the various types of aggression issue dogs may have, aggression towards people tops the list as the worst of these issues. A dog that has begun acting aggressively towards people may be just one step away from biting a family member or a visitor to your home.

If your dog is showing any signs of aggression towards people, you need to stop that problem behavior before it does become more serious. Dogs usually have a reason that has caused they to become aggressive . Often the reason for aggression towards people is that the dog has been previously abused by a former master or someone else.

If you know what to look for, the signs of aggression towards people are easy to spot. Growling and snarling are obvious signs that a dog is feeling agitated and aggressive. The dog will also raise the hair on his back, bark aggressively and perhaps snap it s teeth too. Sometimes, strong aggression towards people will lead to a biting episode unless the stimulus is removed or the dog is corrected.

The dog has probably reached this level of aggression towards people over a long period of time-due to some kind of negative conditioning. Your dog’s aggression towards people can be reconditioned by using only positive conditioning to  reverse his problem and create a bond of trust and confidence between you and your dog.

If you have noticed your dog has become aggressive towards people, make sure you don’t let him run loose. To be sure that your aggressive dog has no chance to attack any passersby, keep him in an enclosed yard or on a lead.

Use this following training advice to correct your dog’s aggression. Start by taking your dog with you to visit a friend of your-someone who likes dogs is a good idea, so they won’t be acting timid. By meeting away from your dog’s own territory, you are decreasing some of his aggressive tendencies. Make sure you have your dog’s leash already on him when you begin the training. The leash gives you the control you will need in case your dog decides to lunge at your friend. In case your dog does act aggressively towards your friend,  you should immediately calm him down with a firm “no” and put him back into his sit position. You do not want to loose your cool and yell or hit your dog if he does act aggressive. Doing that will only negatively impact your training efforts, by keeping your dog tense.

Make sure your dog has remained in a relaxed sit position before giving him any praise or rewards. Once he does so, you can then praise him and give him a treat for being a good boy. By only praising him when he is doing something you approve of, you are positively conditioning the responses you want. Each time your dog shows some aggression, just repeat this step-over and over, be patient. The positive conditioning works because you are gradually desensitizing your dog’s fear of people and his response of aggression towards them.

You will have to give your dog repeated training sessions for this training to work. After your dog has become relaxed with your friend, you can do the same training step using different people, until he can meet anyone without first being aggressive.

Start the training by introducing your dog to 1 new person at a time. This is due to the fact that a larger crowd of people could easily be overwhelming for the dog, and make it impossible for him to relax. However, after he has met and become comfortable around a variety of individual people you should gradually increase the amount of people he is exposed to in social situations. Your eventual goal is to stop your dog’s aggression towards people in any social situation.

These simple steps should help you correct your dog’s aggression towards people, and teach him that he can relax around your friends and family. If you have successfully corrected his aggression problems towards people, you will finally have a dog that is safe and fun for your family and friends to be around.  Now that your dog has mellowed out, you can even take him out in public for a good time without traumatizing him and him traumatizing the people he encounters.

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