re: Dog Help Advice Needed- Growling and Baring Teeth

You either mount him or let him mount you. Someone has to be the bitch in the relationship and someone has to be the alpha. Your choice

Just needs reinforcement. Exercise him until he can’t go anymore. Daily. He won’t have the energy to challenge you.

I have a 7 year old Jack Russell/daschund mix who does this from time to time. He will growl and give a little bark, but he sure as shite will not snap at me. Its typically when im putting him up for the night. Ill even put my hand in his cage right to his mouth while hes growling to give him the chance to snap at me and he doesnt do anything. Usually stops growling.

OK, I’m not trolling but consider this:

Years ago I had the most beautiful male yellow lab that was perfect, well trained, loyal and basically could read me and my wife’s mind and never misbehaved.

When he was almost six years old, he displayed the exact behavior you described in your OP. He also started to growl at visiting children or friends who came by and tried to say hi and engage or pet him.

I took him to a vet and she ran a complete bloodwork. It turns out there was some sort of externally introduced thing that attacked his brain (yes like a parasite or something; sorry I don’t remember).

The vet prescribed some pills that totally worked and within a month he was himself again.

I know this is tl/dnr but just keep it in mind if your dog doesn’t improve. The vet can run a blood test for you.

Best of luck to you and your dog.

Im paying close attention to how mine acts, as im going.to be having a baby girl this summer. I will not accept aggressive behavior of any sort towards her, but currently its only when i put him to bed some nights he will growl a little. More like a growl/moan, And hes never bitten me or my wife. Hes nipped at others in the past, but nothing bad like latching onor even drawn any blood. Just a little nip. Hes very protective of my wife and i and our yard.

Bruh. I'd be concerned too if I was you bringing a newborn home. Just monitor him very closely the first few days. Probably once he realizes y'alls daughter is "part of the family " everything will be good.

Homey you might want to go ahead and beat the shite out of him anyway as a preemptive strike. Jmo. J/k

My wife has a female dog that does this only after 8 pm. Weird as shite. If you give her a treat she's normal for a few mins. I would put a shock collar on the dog and shock him when he does it. It might fix it and you won't be yelling at him.

I wish every woman I know could read this.

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Slap the shite out of him right across the snout. Not kidding. I had a miniature schnauzer named Jim when we brought my daughter home for the first time. Little Jimbo decided to growl at her. He never did that again. Point is they understand.

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This is correct. The snout slap is the wedgie of the dog world. And under no circumstances should you ever, EVER back down. Do not turn your back or relinquish position. This might be a bit much for you but what I would do is I would yank the dog out of the bed and lay in it. Make sure you get all your scent on it and then turn it upside down and make the dog lay on the floor the rest of the night.