My foreign Staffordshire Bull Terrior attacks other dogs ?
We rescued this loving dog a few weeks ago as he attacked another dog. The vet told the family that he could not go near other dogs and the domestic were about to put him down. He is so good beside kids they can poke him and he just sits and takes it. We go out and he attacks other dogs! He go from soppy to scary in a flash. Hes 2yrs old and we are the fourth owners. The 2nd owners tried to turn him within to a fighting dog and he was taken from them. He really is a lovely dog and cries if we take off him. Is there anything we can do to make him tolerate any other dogs or is he to old to aid. If hes gone beyond help we will stick to just letting him out in the garden and simply taking him for walks during the early am hours. We love him so much and just want him to know how to enjoy our local park and walks to the shops in afternoon light. Any advice would be gratefully apreciated. Thanks in credit.
No its not too overdue nor is he too old. Its unlikely he will ever be able to be close to or play with other dogs but he should be controllable.
Get him working near a trainer and I also suggestion checking out the book 'control unleashed'.
Contact your local SPCA and ask about a good dog trainer, you may never be able to allow him to play beside other dogs, but maybe you can get him to the point where you can soundly walk him on lead in the park. Good luck.
You can do your best, but it might be risky. Check into dog trainers contained by the area, see if they have any suggestion.
If he can get plenty of exercise at home, though, he may not *need* to be completely socialized--it might be nice for vet visits and the approaching, but if you can keep him away from other dogs, at smallest he's not human aggressive.
It sounds like he has a checkered past, and it also sounds close to he was bred to be very dog-aggressive (by whoever bred him) and the behavior was reinforced by the 2nd owners. I'll star, though, for the experts :)
I have a 5ry old staffy. He was socialised as a puppy. We step for wailks and the majority of the time he is off his lead. He comes when i call him. If i see other dogs on lead (especially bigger dogs) i put him back on his lead. Purely becuase you just cant update which dogs arent good with other dogs what ever their breed.. He tolerates most dogs and isn't interested in have a fight, he just carries on walking. I dont deduce he is a typical staffy.. However, there have been occasion when he has been out with my husband and they return beside a story of him getting into a fight. I must say usually started by the other dog. Our staffy afterwards is quite willing to carry it on.. Not a nice verbs.! My advise is avoid other dogs at every opportunity, keep him on a lead, try a muzzle. There are collars that you can bring back that spray citronella, It works by remote control (by the owner). You can activate it when your dog shows aggression towards other dogs and this might direct his attention away from the situation. Anything is worth a try.
good luck
Answers: No, probably not. If he didn't receive extensive socialization from a young age, he might never get along with other dogs. Staffordshire bull terriers tend to be combative next to dogs outside the family anyway unless they receive timely corrections from a stern, human pack leader.
The good report is that first thing in the morning is prime dog-walking time anyway. It's their intuition; wild canines walk first thing upon arising contained by the morning. Immediately turn him around and walk the opposite direction when you see he's going to react negatively to other dogs. It puts you out of your track sometimes, but dogs need their walks. You'll have even more behavioral problems from him whether he doesn't get them.
Consistently turning and walking the opposite way may bring more or less enough improvement in his behavior to switch to simple leash corrections. You might also want to try distracting him next to high-value treats when other dogs are in the vicinity.
No matter what technique you try to modify his behavior, make sure his collars and leashes are strong and in well brought-up repair. Always keep him under control in the presence of other dogs. One mistake and the authorities could classify him as a hazardous dog, requiring you to muzzle him in public -- if he isn't banned from going out contained by public at all.
The exercise will help relieve his "separation anxiety". So will firm, consistent pack leadership: In a pack, the person in charge is allowed to leave, however, the followers never leave the leader. If your dog is instinctually seeing you as their follower and you check out of him, it causes so much mental anguish that a dog often takes it out on your house or himself. Also, do "practice departures". Leave for 2 minutes; come subsidise in; ignore him for a a minute or two, give him a treat. Increase the time to 5 minutes, 8 minutes and so on. Do not reward fruitless behavior.
i too have a male staff that i rescued from the rspca. i was told by them to hold him on a lead when other dogs where about, i reason it is not worth risking a dog fight in the street or park because some expert who has written a book on training a dog to be respondent of a organize. if the first owner has deliberetly set other dogs on him to train to fight next theres no way hes going to trust another dog, but its not all that bad because you own one of the most loving and loyal dogs you could ever own and thats the problam because when your walking him and another dog approaches you both all he is doing is protecting you because of the bad past he have experienced.i feel that this problam for me was cured over a matter of time(about a year). what i did be give him ajob when out on his walks, i trained him to carry his favorit toy or stick to the local park thus knowing he would not drop it to yelp at other dogs and run the risk of losing it after a while he stopped barking at passing dogs and slowly learned the other dogs be not going to harm me nor him. but for me i had to learn not to counter when a nother dog approached i had to maintaine the same walking speed and grip the lead tight near no sudden movements and most important say nothing to explanation him to react after all he wants to protect you and soon as he learn it s not bothering you he will not be bothered either. i hope this helps. good luck..
i enjoy a staff too
not many staffs get on with other dogs
particularly new dog they dont know, so like they dont know if the untried comer is going to be a threat to you or your family, or himself for that fact...
staffs are extremely over protective about their domestic.
thats why he lets kids prod him about, but then thers another dog, who he doeesnt know...the first entity he thinks is...omg i neeed to prtect this family
he'd die for you...thats what you have to maintain in mind, and work around this situation
by muzzling him e.c.t
keeping distance from other dogs
its annoying, but your dog loves you so much, that why he does it...
to be honest its probably too late for socializing classes as that should evolve as pups
but you can give them a go...
my dog is ok with every dog manly or female that he met as a pup
but an ne comer is a definate NO!
only males though...because of any competition that might arise...
neuter didnt help...
its not the dogs fault
this is the reason they wer bred
right luck
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It's the temperament of the breed I'm afraid. I've lost count how many times my gentle retreiver has be attacked by staffies in the past.
I love dogs, but I find myself loathing staffies. (and the specific type of people who own them) Horrid creatures!
