My Jack - question regarding aggression control

[Hector]

Predator Friendly Ranching ...: Meco, and the collar of shame

 

[Yamizuma]

Harry Houdini had noting on your pack. For their next trick...


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[Yamizuma]

*nothing*


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[teodora]

that's a damn good idea. If one of their old project is destroyed by the ungrateful humans - ie the broken metal panel in the fence that has been replaced - then they'll happily move to the next one. Now I just went home in the lunch break to check on what we've done yesterday - 2 new solid timber fence posts, cement, bricks and the whole area covered with dog repellant - and i was very happy to see they didn't touch it. Well, I was happy to early. I left them in the back yard and I soon as I got in the car my Jack was up the front gate waving "bye" at me. For a moment I thought I had double vision...it can't be! Well, it could. I grabbed the bugger and locked him inside a bedroom. And went back to work for another couple of hours. Now I really can't understand how he got there. There are 2 options: 1 - there's another hole underground we didn't identify yet/ 2 - he jumped a 6 ft gate.

 

[Hector]

Well tethering would take care of the digging, breaking through fence panels, jumping fences lol.

 

[teodora]

yeah but... i don't feel good about tethering. There should be something else that works.

 

[al capone]

I'm happy for Jack,he is a very good dog. You still have work to do. They are so smart


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[teodora]

he's a good boy. We'll get there... he's still very very young. And he has 2 puppies to take care of when we're away, hard work.

 

[maryl]

Please don't consider tethering. If anything will feed his unbalance/aggression, tethering will. Studies have been done showing that tying a dog out makes him feel cornered, and he reacts to this with aggression.

 

[teodora]

no i can't tie him out.... I can't tie any of them. I'd better give up job, move in a kennel and live there with them lol.

 

[EverythingEnglishMastiff]

I wouldn't tether them unsupervised. They can deff jump a 6 foot fence (the bigger ones). My Hank can clear my 6 foot fence like a deer without even touching it.

 

[teodora]

we fixed this problem.... looking forward to the next challenge lol! ))

 

[Hector]

we fixed this problem.... looking forward to the next challenge lol! ))

Can you share what you did to fix the problem?

 

[teodora]

i fixed the fence... this is the problem i was talking about! The rest of it, behaviour and all, takes more time.

 

[Tren]

so... my sweet CC just got 1 year old: the very next day he almost jumped off the fence to grab a staffy and rip his head off. That staffy is an unstable dog and we knew it. Still, Jack didn't seem to have a problem with him before. The staffy was on the street (alone), jumping up and down our fence, so jack climbed on the other side of the fence and tried to grab the dog by the head. I pulled Jack back by the collar and he turned his head half way towards my hand and snapped (he didn't touch the skin). The hysterical staffy was still there barking at us. I can't control the dogs on the street, but I was always able to control mine - now it seems that he becomes more protective/aggressive towards male dogs and me getting in the middle is not a good idea anymore. I am not worried about front yard - I will not let him there until I put proper fences in place. I am worried it can happen at the dog park/during walks or in any other place. Should I get a muzzle for him? Training? He's obedient - except that moment when he was in attack mood. I do work with him basic obedience daily, he's good. I somehow expected him to mature, but I didn't see it coming so soon and so strong. May the 2 puppies contribute to his aggressiveness - he feels the need to protect the pups? What would be the best approach, before it escalates?

It's your dog is protecting the house and u. It should not feel the need to do so with u around your pup needs more socialization and you need to send a vibe of your in control until u can master that he will keep acting that way. U may need a trainer to teach you.

 

[teodora]

nah he was in pain - it didn't happen before/after that. We still keep an eye on him + redirection harness + muzzle but he's back to his normal self.He's not the first dog I have (I always had dogs and I have 2 neo girls as well who are good as gold).