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re: Any advice on adding a 2nd dog to the family?
Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:24 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:24 am to BowlJackson
I don't have a PhD in canine behavior but I don't see much difference in wanting to be alpha and being aggressive. I would imagine that is the case with most aggressive dogs unless they were beaten or treated badly and hates everything.
My dog was 100# and wasn't fat. Solid muscle. Huge for a boxer. I guess he would be in the wanting to be alpha slot. He would always lunge towards other dogs but wouldn't fight them. However, he was very very aggressive on how he went towards them that it just turned into a fight because the other dog was probably thinking they were about to die.
My dog was 100# and wasn't fat. Solid muscle. Huge for a boxer. I guess he would be in the wanting to be alpha slot. He would always lunge towards other dogs but wouldn't fight them. However, he was very very aggressive on how he went towards them that it just turned into a fight because the other dog was probably thinking they were about to die.
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:25 am to prostyleoffensetime
Boxers are legit the best dog on earth
Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:31 am to Jim Rockford
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They will sort out the pecking order themselves. Just watch them closely for a few days and don't let it get too rough. Some believe that two dogs of the opposite sex will get along better than two males or two females. There may be a little truth to that, but I think individual personalities have much more to do with it.
spot on. we had a lab/shepherd mix that was pretty high energy no matter how much we tried to tire him out. so we got a 5 month old female coon hound. both pound puppies.
when we brought her home. she fell right into being a part of the family. he was a little rough on her at first, but now they're BFFs. i would say you need to make sure that your oldest one knows that he's beta and still your right hand dog, not the new one.
they did (and still do occasionally) get a little rough with one another when fighting, but we smack it out of them. one of the funniest things about them is that they are insanely jealous of each other getting petted and will start a fight if one of them thinks about coming for attention first. or if they just are bored they'll start fighting and act like they vicously hate each other.
however, when they are outside or don't think we're looking they lay on each other and are inseparable. i caught them spooning on the guest bed one morning.
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<------ that's their teamwork.
This post was edited on 9/19/16 at 10:33 am
Posted on 9/19/16 at 12:02 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
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He would always lunge towards other dogs but wouldn't fight them
That's how my dog is. Actually the more I think about as we discuss it I think that trainer may be right. He's shown some aggressive alpha male/ territorial issues around the house, but his behavior in public I'm starting think may be driven by his Doberman guard dog instincts.
Examples, he will lunge at another dog that is 100 feet away which I think is mostly a "back off and keep your distance" type thing. He doesn't bark and if he does growl it's very little, and more of a warning growl than a menacing "I'm gonna kill you" growl.
Then there's been 3 incidents where he was leashed and strange unleashed/ loose dogs got in his face. Two of the times it was dogs bigger than him and my gf was there. Both times he planted himself right in front of my gf waited until the other dogs got right in his face and made the first move before he went on the defensive and attacked, in an impressively ferocious manner might I add.
The third time it was just me and him and a tiny teacup yorkie that was loose. Now most small breeds are mean and aggressive and when I compare him to them he suddenly doesn't seem so aggressive. Anyway, the second this little shite sees my dog he b-lines for him and dive bombs his face. I was scared my dog would kill this dog so are very quickly trying to walk away, but the little dog keeps following us and jumping on my dogs face the whole time. This dog was easily less than 10 pounds, I've taken shits bigger than this dog. Mine could've easily killed this dog in seconds had he been so inclined. Instead he was, rather gently considering the circumstances, using his front paws to push the little dog away. Looking back it was actually an impressive display of restraint for any dog, let alone one that has a reputation of being dog aggressive like mine.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 1:24 pm to Mercy Percy
Don't
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:22 pm to BowlJackson
yeah, ours sound very similar. It's just hard to control when the dog is 80+ lbs and happens a lot. Our family is big into dogs. We have tons of labs and a basset hound and they would always get into it every holiday.
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