How many times have you heard on the news or through the neighborhood gossip about a child, dog, or even a pet owner getting bit by their dog.
We are going to cover today a little information regarding how to stop dog to dog aggression.
When this usually happens the only one that does the most suffering are the pet owners.
You have one dog which is hurt, or killed, then you have the aggressor which usually gets put down because the victims owner wants it.
If you do not want to be in this situation and you would like to stop dog to dog aggression please read on.
The first step to being able to stop dog to dog aggression is to be able to spot the surrounding areas that may be stressful to your pet.
You may encounter multiple situations beyond what I have listed here, but these are the most common and will give you the head start in helping your pet.
These environments include, when your pet is in pain, loud noises, when you are in the presence of large or bearded men, small children yelling, or being groomed or excessively handled.
The excessively handled especially goes for the children.
Children do not understand when a pooch gets mad and do not know when enough is enough.
This is not their fault nor is it the dogs fault for getting upset.
The second step to the approach to stop dog to dog aggression is to be able to identify what your dog may look like when he/she is stressed.
If you run into a situation that is new to your pet and they get stressed if you can spot the signs you may be able to calm him/her down before it escalates to high.
Some of the signs include, when a dog paces, whines, pins his/her ears back, or even shows the whites of their eyes.
Some cures to stop dog to dog aggression would be as follows.
If you find that your pet gets very aggressive when you are walking him and he/she sees another pet walking, you are just getting the protection your pet feels that you need, even though you may not.
This is a easy one to fix, just simply take your pet and cross the street to make for less stress for them.
Another way to lessen the stress of this situation is to carry his favorite treats in a fanny pack or something similar.
When you feel like you have to stop dog to dog aggression you may have to direct his/her attention to you and off the situation stressing them.
When the pet directs their attention away from the stress and on to you, and only when this happens, you then thus reward them with a treat.
This may take some discipline on both of your behalves so going across the street is a quicker fix until you can work on the other a little bit.
We have covered some methods to stop dog to dog aggression and some remedies for it.
I believe that these are essential to get the ball rolling as far as de-stressing our new or old pets.
If we can stay one step ahead of our pets we can remain the alpha male and still be the top dog on the block, even to our pets.