Aggressive Dog Training
Aggressive Dog Training in Philadelphia
When a dog owner is faced with aggressive behavior from their dog, their natural response is to search for a “why.” Why is the dog acting this way? What brought this on?
The truth is, there are MANY reasons a dog displays aggressive behavior. For example, aggression can be brought on by a traumatic event that occurred during the dog’s critical development period. Although aggression doesn’t look “fearful” to most people, fear is also a common motivator behind aggressive behavior. It’s also possible that the dog has learned aggressive behavior during “rough play” with other dogs. As the dog matures, what was once “rough play” can later become aggressive behavior.
These are just a few examples of the reasons behind aggressive behavior. Dog behavior, like human behavior, is influenced by a multitude of factors. Bad experiences that have resulted in negative associations, a canine personality that prefers to take control, and lack of communication and trust between a dog and its owner can also be reasons behind the development of aggressive behavior.
There are many kinds of aggression:
- Human aggression
- Dog aggression
- Sibling aggression
- Food aggression (resource guarding)
- Maternal aggression
- Territorial aggression
- Fear aggression
It can be interesting and sometimes helpful to understand what happened to a dog in the past, but in the end, it isn’t typically necessary. All that’s necessary is to understand the dog’s current situation, and all the factors that may currently be influencing his behavior.
Aggressive Dog Training: Is it possible to overcome aggression?
There’s a huge difference between managing aggressive behavior, and resolving aggressive behavior through dog training. When you train with a professional dog trainer at Independence Dog Training in Philadelphia we not only get to the bottom of why dogs become aggressive, we correct it!
Dogs are aggressive for a reason, we help you figure out the reason and use proven behavior modification training methods to retrain your dog and eliminate the aggressive behavior.
“What happened yesterday doesn’t matter; it’s what happens tomorrow that matters.”
Getting Started
If you have a dog who bites, barks, or growls at people or other dogs you need professional help from an experienced dog trainer, call us to send us an email to get started with the 2 hour, no obligation behavior consultation.