re: My dog bit me and broke the skin today (EDIT: pic in OP)

The dog can sense that you are a military welfare queen

It sounds like your dog has a case of resource guarding. He is guarding either your wife or the bed. This can be a hard habit to break. There are several levels of guarding and charging and biting is on of the worst. The good news is you have a smaller dog and with training you can probably curb the habit. I have had a dog with similar habits and while I have it fully managed it never truly goes away. You might be able to break the habit from ever happening to you but the real problem is breaking the habit with strangers. A stranger wont know what to look for and its amazing how many people cant recognize an angry pissed off dog. Step one would be take the dog out of the bed until this is fixed and get him some training. Beating the shite out of him may break him from biting you but it wont break him from biting someone else. I struggled with getting rid of my dog but ultimately pumped a bunch of money into training an it made a big change. I do always have to worry around strangers though. A certified trainer can determine how big of a deal it is. It might be in the early stages and can be completely fixed.

Put that dog down. There are too many dogs that aren't aggressive that need homes to frick around with a dog that wants to bite.

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Put that dog down. There are too many dogs that aren't aggressive that need homes to frick around with a dog that wants to bite.

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I feel a lot of things - mostly angry, upset and hurt that he did this.

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WTF??

If you didn't beat that dogs arse you might as well get rid of it because you just ruined that dog.

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Get rid of the dog, you can never trust him and he's a huge liability risk hanging over your head now

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daschungde

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those motherfrickers are mean, especially the full size

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Put that dog down. There are too many dogs that aren't aggressive that need homes to frick around with a dog that wants to bite.

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My Aussie would bite any intruder who came in the house or into my car, or anyone who tried to jump on me. She's been tested twice. Once, someone who didn't listen (don't come in until I secure the dog) stuck her knee in and got a little warning nip that didn't break the skin (herding dogs use nips to communicate with animals they are herding).

The second was some meth head at the railroad area, some psycho who was yelling and waving a stick talking about kicking my arse. Dog was out looking for copperheads, heard the guy, and jumped his arse. He took a few bites and took off. Cops never found him.

These are appropriate bites. Biting your owner is an inappropriate bite and in the circumstances you describe is inexcusable.

I have never had a dog of mine ever bite me ,and it is apparent your dog thinks he is the alpha. Stop letting him in the bed and the couch and start training/retraining ,because y'all are too loose with him. Though I don't usually recommended hitting your dog in that instance if he bit you and broke the skin you needed to come down hard on him and beat his arse to let him know without a doubt you are in charge.

Have you tried bringing the dog to Sonic?