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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
No blood, no foul.
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Duke? You know he’s a killer. Seriously, maybe don’t swat him and things will be fine.
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I saw a bodycam video where a police dog bit the handler because it was stressed out in a situation and got tangled up in some cord.
"GOOD BOY!" the handler said as he petted the dog.
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im had many dogs over the years..rotts, neo mastiffs, bulldogs... ive had a couple of the boys challenge me over the years.. it sucks lol... you have to let them know who the boss is tho... lucky for me im sure, that they were young males at the time, 1.5 to 2 years old...and it never got really physical.. but i was like, oh fuck here we go.. i try to not yell at my dogs.. seems to make them very sensitive to my voice getting loud... if they fuck w you again, youre gonna have to handle it. its not a fun situation lol.. good luck
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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
Your approach with the dog was not ideal. You distract them with something else, like a treat. It's not a dick measuring contest. Dogs are more primitive and you can't predict how they will react. One of our dogs is also very possessive of toys, treats, etc. I have been nipped once or twice by both our dogs, but they don't draw blood. Your dog held back since it did not draw blood. It was a warning.
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If he nipped and retreated once once the nip happened, and there was no blood drawn, I wouldn't consider it a big deal. That being said, I'd also be a little liberal with correction for a little while. A tug on the collar or lead here or there, etc...
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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
Some of my dogs have behaved differently inside the crate compared to outside the crate. What breed of dog is it?
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Your dog isn’t respecting you because it is not acknowledging you as the pack leader.
Start watching, and even buy the whole first season, of the Cesar Milan the dog whisperer.
You can probably keep the dig, but you’re going to realize you were the actual problem that needs fixing.
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Your approach with the dog was not ideal. You distract them with something else, like a treat. It's not a dick measuring contest. Dogs are more primitive and you can't predict how they will react. One of our dogs is also very possessive of toys, treats, etc. I have been nipped once or twice by both our dogs, but they don't draw blood. Your dog held back since it did not draw blood. It was a warning.
Good post.
This is what dogs do. We often anthropomorphize them too much in this regard and then feel personally offended when they become possessive, but he's a male dog who's 'won' a new toy and tried to guard it while in his crate (his personal space). You should have just feigned excitement and called him out as if he were going for a walk as opposed to challenging him.
Now you've got something new to work on with him (resource guarding) and you can start doing some positive reinforcement training to get him comfortable with you taking things from that space.
I remember when my male mastiff growled at my mother one time when she tried to take a pig's ear from him. She was attempting to hold it so he could chew it easier, but he told her to fuck off. It made me laugh, as she took it personally and started ranting and raving about how she'd helped raise him since he was born and it was so disrespectful.
Even with me, one time I gave him a pig's trotter that I got from the back of a restaurant and it ignited some weird primal switch in his brain. I could stick my hand in his food bowl, take toys from his mouth, but with this he suddenly became incredibly defensive when I approached him and barked in a way I never heard before. I simply went into another room, called him over excitedly then shut him in it while I threw the trotter in the bin.
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First and foremost get your dog on his back and pin him down. If he squirms and fights back keep holding him down until he becomes passive. Also you need to establish yourself as pack leader. Simplest way is walk your dog across the street making him sit, still, butt to concrete each time you cross. Do not go fodward until that butt is on the ground and stationary. If you get bit again get another dog
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Bite the dog back.
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dogs know a beta when they see one
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If he nipped and retreated once once the nip happened, and there was no blood drawn, I wouldn't consider it a big deal. That being said, I'd also be a little liberal with correction for a little while, A tug on the collar or lead here or there, etc...
Instead of immediately disciplining the unwanted behavior, you’ll just be an asshole to your dog for a period afterwards? That sounds retarded.
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dogs know a beta when they see one
What is A Beta Male? - 20 Traits Help You To Identify Them
https://thepleasantpersonality.com/beta-male/
#14 Gets bit by his own dog.
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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
It's over for you. You might as well move into the crate and let the dog sleep next to your wife.
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Good post.
This is what dogs do. We often anthropomorphize them too much in this regard and then feel personally offended when they become possessive, but he's a male dog who's 'won' a new toy and tried to guard it while in his crate (his personal space). You should have just feigned excitement and called him out as if he were going for a walk as opposed to challenging him.
Now you've got something new to work on with him (resource guarding) and you can start doing some positive reinforcement training to get him comfortable with you taking things from that space.
I remember when my male mastiff growled at my mother one time when she tried to take a pig's ear from him. She was attempting to hold it so he could chew it easier, but he told her to fuck off. It made me laugh, as she took it personally and started ranting and raving about how she'd helped raise him since he was born and it was so disrespectful.
Even with me, one time I gave him a pig's trotter that I got from the back of a restaurant and it ignited some weird primal switch in his brain. I could stick my hand in his food bowl, take toys from his mouth, but with this he suddenly became incredibly defensive when I approached him and barked in a way I never heard before. I simply went into another room, called him over excitedly then shut him in it while I threw the trotter in the bin.
Thanks for the well thought out response. Like I said, he’s never done that before. Shit, I can leave food unattended on the coffee table in the sunroom and he knows not to eat it. It was more shocking than anything. I’ll see how I feel about it today.
It's over for you. You might as well move into the crate and let the dog sleep next to your wife.
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Dogs never bite people with big arms so there's the problem
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So, it’s weird we have some company over with a toddler and we’re talking about how our dog is pretty good with kids and what not. Anyway, the kid was playing fetch with him and he took the whiffle ball into the crate. This is not a normal dog toy and we don’t play fetch with him with it. My oldest tried to get the ball from him and he growled. Anyway I went in to get the ball and grabbed it and swatted him when he growled and he bit me. This was a few hours ago, I’m a bit perplexed on how to deal with this. I’ve heard that once a dog bites you that you can’t keep it around anymore. I couldn’t really do what I wanted to, as we had company, which was to discipline him. We’ve had the dog 5 years so it’s not like it some new animal we introduced. He didn’t draw blood but I certainly have a tooth mark on my hand and a red scratch mark. Thoughts fellow dog peeps?
When I was younger, I had a miniature poodle it was a really smart dog and won't hurt a fly. the only thing that would trigger it was after I would go downstairs in cellar to lift weights, I would come up all sweated and that other wised well behaved dog would go crazy, growling, and snapping. I didn't want to hurt the dog, but after it nearly took my finger off, I used to throw a cardboard box with a hole in it over him. After I showered the dog was back to normal. I could only Imagine if my next dog behaved like that.
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What is A Beta Male? - 20 Traits Help You To Identify Them
https://thepleasantpersonality.com/beta-male/
#14 Gets bit by his own dog.
;D
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Ideally, you correct the behavior in the moment because the dog will not recognize any “punishment” today as related to something he did yesterday or last week. Since that ship has sailed you have some work to do in order to reestablish the pecking order; see Phantom Spunker’s post above.
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Instead of immediately disciplining the unwanted behavior, you’ll just be an asshole to your dog for a period afterwards? That sounds retarded.
After a dog's been around awhile, you tend to discipline them less, and let them get away with more. And with that, they will challenge you more. I was flippant in my writing, but that's all I meant. Not being an asshole, just a reestablishment of the rules.
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Dogs and sons who have not been loved by their masters seek attention once teens and adults to compensate for what they didnt have originally. Fathers either left them alone, or were distant most of the time and not encouraging them. Some even despised them which would shape their personality and the way they d interact with others for the rest of their life.
They are extremistic in everything they do, always looking exageratly for attention, and have troubles adapting to society's rules, because they also have troubles defining their own identity and respecting authority and hierarchy.
Also dogs who got picked on by others during childhood and adolescence -often sons without a father figure- try to compensate by lifting weights, to develop muscles and survive in ther male world. They re insecure because they re girly, childish, feminine having been raised by a single mom. They lift obsessively hoping it will transform them into men, to compensate for their lack of influence from a father figure that was not there. Unfortunaltey they can get as big as they can it doesnt cure their insecurity and who they truly are, how they grew up being raised by a single mom. They re no as manly as other men whatever they do, and they often have a big lack of masculine presence they dont know how to balance, hence often being borderline homosexuals while trying to get their manhood back thru various manly activities (mma, cars, weight lifting etc). They are often the ones that, in order to get respect from other males will go the steroids route to get even "bigger" attemptint to cure their insecurity , but being natural not being "enough", they still feel "too small", insecure, amongst other males. The lack of a father figure also often means they didnt have guidance to continue studies and are often working shitty manual jobs.
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When even your dog doesn't respect you :-\
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If you went into his crate, you cornered him, he had nowhere to go and his only line of defense was to nip at you.
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If you went into his crate, you cornered him, he had nowhere to go and his only line of defense was to nip at you.
A proper loyal pet would not bite its owner even if a limb was being cut off
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I've never owned a dog so I know nothing but along the years I've seen some mentions that a dog can get aggressive towards its owner if he gets sick, frail and weak? Another thing I found interesting was a claim that if the owner dies, for example in a home and he is alone with the dog the dog will start eating him after like 5-7 days, whereas a cat will do that after 3 days? You guys' dogs would never eat you though, right? :D Do you leave large potentially dangerous dog alone with small children?
Maybe people anthropomorphize dogs way too much like Phantom said.
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I've never owned a dog so I know nothing but along the years I've seen some mentions that a dog can get aggressive towards its owner if he gets sick, frail and weak? Another thing I found interesting was a claim that if the owner dies, for example in a home and he is alone with the dog the dog will start eating him after like 5-7 days, whereas a cat will do that after 3 days? You guys' dogs would never eat you though, right? :D Do you leave large potentially dangerous dog alone with small children?
Maybe people anthropomorphize dogs way too much like Phantom said.
Absolutely.
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“Dogs will only attack when provoked by a small-handed individual.” - Royalty probably
Also…..
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