Aggressive Dog

[Northbigmuddy]

What are some ways to break a dog of being aggressive?

This is not my dog, but one of my employee's dogs. The simple answer for now is the dog is banned from my property. It's a Blue Heeler that most likely was encouraged to be aggressive with other dogs early on. Now at over 3 years old he has moved onto biting people. Not like attack mode tear you apart, but strong nips. My opinion is that its an aggressive breed, so tough luck you should have thought about earlier. Leave your dog in the kennel all day. Just wondering if there is a good way to work it out of em. Like the dog may be able to earn back his privilege to be around.

[BamaK9]

I've only seen one heeler that didn't bite people. They are generally a one man dog.

[music_man]

I've only seen one heeler that didn't bite people. They are generally a one man dog.

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[grnhed]

Those strong nips are bred into the dogs. My buddy raises and trains cow dogs and getting nipped is just part of being around those dogs.

[99beers]

It is bred in them, but it can be stopped. E collar.

[music_man]

It is bred in them, but it can be stopped. E collar.

Actually, there are several ways to stop it!
Crowbar, ball bat, 12 gauge, smith & Wesson, glock, the list goes on....
Just saying!
I ain't putting up with a biting dog!

[Northbigmuddy]

It is bred in them, but it can be stopped. E collar.

Actually, there are several ways to stop it!
Crowbar, ball bat, 12 gauge, smith & Wesson, glock, the list goes on....
Just saying!
I ain't putting up with a biting dog!

I went with the fist. The dog wasn't out to get me. I think he was of kind of just letting me know who's boss. He lost. I heard he favored that shoulder for a few days afterward. Haven't seen the dog since and probably never will.

I assume an e collar would do it, but who wants to carry a control around all the time? Anyway it's not my problem anymore, so the kid can do what he wants.

[music_man]

It is bred in them, but it can be stopped. E collar.

Actually, there are several ways to stop it!
Crowbar, ball bat, 12 gauge, smith & Wesson, glock, the list goes on....
Just saying!
I ain't putting up with a biting dog!

I went with the fist. The dog wasn't out to get me. I think he was of kind of just letting me know who's boss. He lost. I heard he favored that shoulder for a few days afterward. Haven't seen the dog since and probably never will.

I assume an e collar would do it, but who wants to carry a control around all the time? Anyway it's not my problem anymore, so the kid can do what he wants.

I hear ya!!

My uncle has raised/trained cattle dogs for over 40 years. He almost exclusively raises/trains border collies now, but he has dealt with all of them over the years.
To understand cattle dogs, one must understand exactly what each breed was "specialized" to do.
Healers (as the name implies) heal (or drive) stock from point A to point B! It is in fact bred into them to "nip" at the heal of stock to move them along! Cattle/stock dogs have to be extremely gritty! And sometimes the grittiness comes out on the wrong thing. Which is why (most of the time) they will nip a person on the back of the leg, and that's the end of it.
Border collies (and other collies), Australian shepherds, and a few other breeds are bred to head and heal (herd) stock. They're "usually" not as quick to nip people for this reason.

All that being stated, I won't tolerate a biting dog!!!
If it will bite me, it will bite a child (sooner or later)!

[greenheadgrimreaper]

I always have believed putting a working breed to work would do wonders for some. Hell put any dog to work and an owner would see a turnaround.

Blue heelers nip, it's gonna take some harsh punishment to get that out. Now breaking a dog from his bred tendencies is one thing, putting him in his place is an altogether different story. Think about a lab, we wouldn't assume that something is wrong with the dog if he runs after a tennis ball every time it is thrown. Why would we expect any different from breeds that haven't been as tainted by breeding mills like so many other breeds and unlike a heeler? Like the old saying goes, " know the breed know the dog." This applies to cold hearted women as well (but knowledge of said breed is still in its infancy).

Blue heelers are not sociable but to their owner, they are damned fine dogs. Probably not going to change that immediately. At least he will not truly change it.

[farmboy]

Enormous potential on the dog side. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlgih45 ... r_embedded