Learning to Recognize Canine Aggressive Behaviors

Any breed of dog can exhibit aggressive behaviors. Do you understand what it means if a dog bares its teeth at you? Is your dog warning you to back off or is your dog simply smiling? If your dog suddenly snaps at you – is this a failed bite or a warning that a bite might be coming next? The truth is these are typically aggressive behaviors that can range from visual warnings to postural or symbolic threats. Every dog owner needs to learn these subtle or not so subtle warnings of aggression, whether it be with a Shih Tzu or a Pit Bull. Any dog breed can exhibit aggression.

Dog aggression is often meant primarily not to harm so much as to alter the behavior of another creature, human or animal. Dogs communicate their aggressive intentions through changes in expression, posturing, and maneuvering, some so subtle as to be easily missed or misunderstood by a passerby or even the owner. A dog’s communication system is quite different from a human’s communication system. It is important that every dog owner, whether it be a Shih Tzu or a Pit Bull, or a tiny teacup poodle, learn the dog’s basic communication system expressing aggression.

The actual bite is often preceded by several aggressive responses and warnings. These might include staring, growling, tensing up, and walking stiffly. No one, however, would misinterpret the savage attack of a child by a Pit Bull, as anything other than pure aggression and most people would also interpret the attack as the dog being absolutely uncontrollably vicious. In a breed such as the Shih Tzu, one does not normally see such types of viciousness, however, as with all canines, it is possible. All canines are related to the wolf and even though humans have domesticated them extremely well they can still from time to time exhibit those wolf like behaviors.

Aggression may develop gradually in a pup as it matures. Play growling and nipping by puppies  may seem harmless, but they often represent warning signals of what can be possible later on. Growling and nipping in puppies needs to be handled immediately and eradicated. The mouth of a puppy should never be allowed on human skin regardless of the activity. One possible way of handling a mouthing puppy on human skin is to immediately close the mouth of the puppy and hold it tight while saying sternly to the puppy – NO BITE.

All puppies are prone to want to chew. They are teething and this is a very normal behavior, however, when it is transferred to human skin, it is not normal and not acceptable. It can be solved if caught in the early stages assuming there are no other emotional problems occurring with the puppy. You can also quickly put a chewable object in the mouth of the mouthing  puppy.

I suggest using tasty and nutritious chew treats to substitute for mouthing behavior or to place in the puppy's mouth when they exhibit mouthing or biting behaviors. It could be puppy does just need to chew by instinct. Life's Abundance offers several options in safe and nutritious chew treats for puppies and dogs. Buffalo Bully Sticks is one great choice. These chew treats help remove tartar from the teeth as the dog chews on them.

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