Bullying Bulldog

Often, there are warning signs that a dog gives before her behavior escalates into full-blown aggression. But if an owner fails to calmly and assertively stop the escalation at the early warning stage, it's often too late because the dog now sees the owner coming at her with a weaker state of mind, becoming more powerful at each encounter. This results in a cycle of aggression.

If you are uncomfortable or unsure about how to correct during the early warning signals your dog gives you, or if you are already in such a cycle, contact a professional for help.

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Hi Cesar, I have a real dog problem and don't know how to solve it. I was told you could help !
I have a male rotwiller and my girlfriend that lives with me has a male pit bull, they have both been fixed. The rot is 1 year old and the pit is 4 years old. we have all been together for about 2 mouths now...oh and my girlfriend also has 2 other big dogs that are mixed. Okay the problem we have is with the rot and the pit, when they first got together my rot is very playfull and tried to play with the pit, the pit wouldn't have none of it and would show agretion towards the rot, well I guess my rot had enough of it and they got into a full blown fight and the rot almost killed the pit. So now we have to keep them seperated and is not the best, we would like them to get along and not have to keep the seperated at all cost...if you have any sugestions it would be very help full.

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Steve

i seem to have a feel for such things myself living as i do with 3 cats and 2 dogs .. ( proving its possible) i don't think if theyve not made friends by now that they ever will.. sometimes old habits die hard .. unless cesar here has a "magic cure" ( which most people consider his skills but have no idea of the work needed by said person to maintain whats been done for them)
the catch is getting you the owner to understand and correct such behavior before it becomes too late there is nothing really that i can see that can be done to force those two to be friends .. I personally percieve it to a severe clash of personality, but that s just me.. what do you have to say about it cesar?
*looks questioningly at cesar*

I have 4 Pom's Tuffy-9 M. Foxy-6 F Peaches- 3F Dyno- 3 M. All from differant perants. Seven stiches, and a tetnus shot for me. Iwatched the show on fighting dogs, I have tried every thing you said to do. So far nothing is working... tomorrow I will put them in harness's with the leases on and try to stop the fighting sooner. But I think I should wait before I let them in the same room together.
I sure hope this works. If not my next message will come from the hospital.
Thank you

Cesar,

My neighbors have I think rat terrior's dusty a male dominates Chopper also a male he is about one two years old dusty is older a third dog Mijo is also there. Dusty dominates Chopper so bad he dominates him in a corner and won't even let him in the dog house when it rains. Mijo is not particurly dominate with Dusty yet he lets him in the dog house, not sure what the difference is. I am the neighbor and hear pore Chopper yelp when being bullied . I have vowed to help my neighbors with chopper because he is so dominated but know Dusty needs help as well. What would your recommendation be so these dogs are mentally healthy. My neighbors know that there is a problem but are not really trying to solve it , because Chopper is a little bigger but like I said came in as a puppy. They don't really spend alot of time with them like I do my yellow lab Jake, I rescued him from bad behaviors and he is what I think to be mentally sound dog, I am determined to help Chopper and Dusty. Suggestions would be great !

Thanks,
Brenda
Dallas , Tx

Hoping for suggestions. I lost my older dog last winter and now have the younger Akita/Border Collie mix, he is 5 years old and well adjusted. Recently, I was adopted by a pair of male and female Golden Retrievers whose owners do not wish to keep them. The trouble is in introducing my dog to the two new dogs. He is becoming very aggressive toward this submissive pair. It has not been a healthy mix, yet. I am completing a half acre fenced area for all of the dogs but I am very worried about the Akita/Border Collie hurting the two Retrievers. He attacks them and they do not budge, they have no fear but they are not aggressive towards him. Any suggestions?

An unhealthy pattern has been established where the Retrievers stay at work with me and the Border Collie mix stays at home. Unfortunately, home and work are next to each other.

Many dogs come and go from my home but they are always with people. I have never experienced aggression in the household until now.

Hi I watch your show all the time and I am a new owner of a English Bulldog and Boxer mix , Cooper is his name 12 weeks old , we have had a problem with him acting out so my husband tried to place him on his side to calm him , Cooper has bitten him twice now and brought blood both times , I'm not talking a scratch either , I am in love with my puppy and don't want to get rid of him . PLEASE HELP

Hi me and my wife watches the show and like what you do helping people, here it is my brother owns an Alpha Blue Blooded bulldog she is an albino and me, my wife, and a few others think she is def she wont listen to anything, she chews on everything she tries to get a hold of. Every now and then she will get something and just clamp down and lock her jaws shut, she also will just for no reason just get into an aggressive display she will lunge at you, growl while charging, and my nephew who watches her his way of discipline is by grabbing her by the top of her neck and will jerk her to the floor to me that isn't right way to discipline her the way my brother is by smacking her across her cheek and to me that isn't the right way neither of those work i try to make her lay on her side she will for a few minutes and then be back up and running she just got fixed. I wish I new what to do to help them but every time I say something my nephew claims he read how to discipline her and my brother is just as hard headed what is your advice we live in a apartment complex she has snipped at my brothers face and I'm afraid she is gonna snip at a kid or worse what is your advice? what can I do here to help?

I have a 1 year old English Bulldog (male), I am also bring a new 9 weeks old english bulldog puppy (female) this coming weekend that I purchased. My male seems to overplay with other dogs and I'm affraid that he may hurt the new puppy, what do you suggest I do? should I keep them separate until the female gets older? or slowly have both dogs play together until i notice they play rough. Also once the female gets older it will bring another problem to the table, my male will want to hump but I will like to train him not to when I'm not home. How can I fix that? Any suggestions will help. How can I nip it from the bud?

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