I have raised my Pit Bull since she was 6 weeks old. She is a house dog and very spoiled and babied. She just turned one year old and suddenly she has become very aggressive. When she's sleeping or just laying down, and we go by her to kiss her or cuddle she growls and snaps. She bit me on the ear causing my face to bleed. What could cause this onset of aggression? Do females get aggressive in heat and bitchy?
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Your dog may have an injury or undiagnosed medical problem as her new behavior happened suddenly. Please take her to your vet to check on her current health and possible treatment to help her and you.
Your dog has always been dominant. You just didn't notice because you thought her puppyish behavior was cute and a sign she had spirit and personality.
Dogs do not treat their pack leader like you are doing.Getting right up in the face of the pack leader will get you a warning growl or even a bite. Invading the leader's personal space without warning or bending over the leader will get you "disciplined."
You have a large breed dog known to be an aggressive breed, yet you have taught her that she is the boss. This was a big mistake. If you don't want to get rid of her or even have to euthanize her when she gets older you will need to fix this ASAP.
First, she must stay off the furniture and bed from now on. Dogs belong on the floor, humans on furniture.
Next, she must sit patiently and wait for you to put her food on the floor. She must never lunge forward and start eating before you've set it down.
It's unlikely that you'll want to do any of this since you see the dog as a child and not as a dog. But if your dog will bite YOU she will bite any stranger and at that time will be ordered to be put down. So don't delay teaching your dog that she is not your boss or any human's.
Treating your dog as your child is fine don't listen to this other person. You just need to establish who's boss that's all ... be stern don't let her get her way.
Almost every 'observation' that you make about this person's dog is based on conjecture and you are, essentially, just parroting the outdated 'dominance' nonsense peddled by Cesar 'The Dog kicker' Milan.
Sorry you disagree.
The owner says the dog was "very spoiled and babied." Now the dog is aggressive. There is a reason for that.
Suppose you "spoil and baby" your child. Then this child gets to be a teenager, but you are still spoiling and babying him. Would it really surprise you if he started to misbehave? He has never learned to see his parents as people who can tell him what to do. And now he's bigger, he feels he no longer has to listen.
I see you don't like Cesar Milan. He has rehabilitated literally hundreds of dogs, but I suppose you would rather they all have been euthanized?
I'm @ the point where I want to have all his teeth pulled out.. No joke.. I think this will save his life and a persons too.. Please help.. Tell me if I'm thinking crazy????
Sudden aggression from a previously reliable dog may well indicate that your dog is in pain. I'd recommend a trip to the vets to get her checked out.
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