Aggressive Australian Shepherd

I trained both of these dogs from a young age. Both were at least part Australian Shepherd and both were rescue dogs. The first one became aggressive towards children. she was great with cats, Dogs and adults. But when she was 7 she attacked a child on his tricycle and bit him on his back. With great sorrow,I had the dog put down.

About a year later someone dumped another Aussie in the neighborhood. She was about 10 weeks old and I adopted her. I was more careful in her training and she was doing fine. When she was 2 a collie was dumped in the neighborhood but she went unadopted for 6 months. I finally took her in, but she had become "predatory" by then in order to survive. Then, even though we fed her daily, groomed her and got her medical and dental care she continued to kill small animals in the area. My Aussie began to pick up these habits and although I have tried to stop this behavior, it has continued. She has attacked and/or killed squirrels, cats, chickens and small dogs. A couple days ago she attacked and killed two pigs and a goat. We are going to try to rehome her, but since she is so predatory I'm afraid we may have no luck in removing and may be forced to put her down also.

Comments for Aggressive Australian Shepherd

Average Rating starstarstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Dec 07, 2014
Rating
starstarstarstarstar
What you're going to want to do is:
by: Adam G. Katz

What you're going to want to do is: Buy and learn how to properly use the pinch collar. This will allow you to correct your dog in a manner that is meaningful. The choke chain collar is very difficult to give a motivational correction with. And it requires more "muscle" than I like.

The pinch (prong) collar is more like power steering.

Let the dog where a short leash attached to the collar, when you're in the house with her.

Employ the "Nothing In Life Is Free" approach, so that your dog starts to view you as the "pack leader." If your dog doesn't see you as the leader, then your corrections will be meaningless. So, if you're doing subtle things (inadvertently) to undermine your leadership role around the house-- it will be counter-productive.



Be sure to sign up for our free:
Aggressive Dog Training Tips Newsletter

You will receive the following:

FREE Weekly Dog Training Tips That Get Fast Results With Your Dog Delivered hot to your email account, you'll get either a fresh dog training video or a weekly article detailing the latest stuff Adam's been using with his local dog training clients to get maximum results in minimal time.

FREE Report, "Games To Play With Your Dog" Relieves Doggie-Boredom Wanna know the games we play with our own dogs? For example, the "shell game." Or what about teaching your dog to find your keys? There's also games to play to cure doggie-boredom? This report tells all... and it's your's, absolutely free when you subscribe to our free newsletter.

FREE Video Reveals: Three Keys To Successful Dog Behavior Modification Understanding what these "three keys" are and how they can be used to fix (almost) any behavior problem is the backbone of our dog training system. Adam explains it in this free short video that you'll get after you subscribe to our dog training tips newsletter.

All the best,
Adam

Adam G. Katz is the author of, "Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer!" -- which you can find at DogProblems.com.

Stop Any Aggressive Dog
. - Use Dog Whispering For Amazingly Fast Results - Any Aggressive Dog!

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to My Aggressive Dog.

250 x 250