There are so many postings on this I could not read them all. In the time since I first posted here, my boy has bitten two people. So, I have hired a professional trainer of the 'dog whisperer' ilk. In one session, I was totally amazed how she affected my dog. He is very aggressive and when any one comes to the door he goes into attack mode, barking and trying to bite. She had him totally under control in 30 seconds. After that, he never barked, he never tried to bite and he never lunged. Now, I know that problem is me and not the dog. This trainer did not even have to speak to him, except when he was good, she said good boy. She accomplished everything by making him calm and using a leash and collar. I think a lot of her success was in her ability to use the leash perfectly in terms of timing and force used. It remains to be seen if I can take advantage of what she suggested. It is a matter of being dominate, however, when I tried to subdue my dog by rolling him and holding him down, he tried to bite me. He has never done that before and it really upset me because I thought he and I were friends. I don't think you can have it both ways with dogs, they have to know you are boss first, then friend. The other thing that will be an issue is time, I don't know if I have the time to do all this training. |