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Eliminating Dog Bite Through Training Eliminating dog bites begins with responsible pet ownership. It's the owner’s responsibility to make sure that his dog is properly obedience trained and properly contained. Obedience training is the first step at reducing dominance levels in all dogs. Obedience training is not the only solution to eliminating aggression but it is an intrigue part. I always recommend people get my 4 hour DVD titled Basic Dog Obedience along with a training collar. That means a prong collar, a dominant dog collar or a remote collar Dogs must be submissive to a human when they are obedience trained. So obedience training is vital. If you see your dog giving direct eye contact as it aggressively growls when you or your children try and take a toy away, it's time to become proactive. You need to deal with this dominance issue or get rid of the dog. I produced a 3 hr 35 Mn DVD titled Dealing with Dominant and Aggressive dogs If your dog is aggressive you need this DVD. If you have no interest in personal protection or breeding you should neuter your dog at a young age (before it's a year old). Statistics show that un-neutered dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs. Although this is not something that is set in stone. If a dog is neutered at a young age (6 to 10 months) it will often reduce aggression. But if a dog is neutered after 2 years of age it often has little effect on aggression. In fact neutering an adult female can often increase aggression. If a dog is a sharp dog by nature, the owner must take additional precautions on this dog's containment system. It needs to be in a very secure and escape proof living environment (i.e. a dog kennel or crate that he can not get out of). If you see your dog charging up and down the fence line in your back yard barking aggressively at the kids across the street or next door, then you have a potential problem. Do not look at this situation as a case of the kids teasing the dog. In most cases it's the dog becoming territorial and challenging the kids. On the same note, there is a difference between an aggressive bark and a dog that barks because it wants to get out and play. If you do not know the difference between the two scenarios, I recommend that you talk to your vet or possibly get my video titled, THE FIRST STEPS OF DEFENSE. I will say it one more time, handler education is the root of all these problems. Some people think chaining a dog is the solution; after all, how can a dog get off a chain? They are 100% wrong. While it's OK to chain a dog out for an hour or so (we do this here at our kennel), it is not OK to make a dog live on the end of a chain. Chaining a dog makes matters worse. Dogs that live their lives on a chain become almost schizophrenics. It's a cruel way to keep a dog and it usually makes them more aggressive.
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