Hello Everyone,
My staffie is 2.5 months old, he lives with me for a week now. One can say that I am an experienced dog owner, I had the great German schnauzer and a Doberman Pinscher.
The first thing I do not want to do is to raise my dog to be aggressive- either towards people or animals.
My staffie is a usual puppy, still learning to pee/poop outside, biting hands when playing, eating regularly..
He is introduced to collar for a couple of days now to which he is accustomed. I tried putting a leash in the houce and tried to go with him to the exit door. He didn't wanna follow me. I tried to place rewards in front of him, so he can go forward. He did not want to do that. I said fine, too fast for the first day, I'll try something else tomorrow.
A bit later, he had urinated on a carpet, although I have a yard where he can do it and to which he is accustomed. I wanted us to go outside to try and praise him if he did it again the correct way. The puppy refused to follow me outside, I pulled him by the collar, nothing too hard, he resisted for a while and then began reacting very violently and aggressively. In addition to emitting aggressive sounds, he bit my hand. This was no puppy play, it was an aggressive bite. His bites are still soft of course because it is still a puppy, but I was very concerned about this behavior.
I reacted by placing the puppy on his back with my hands on his neck, loudly shouting NO at him, I did not hit him or beat him. He got scared by this and remained on his back for a few minutes.
I am very concerned whether the dog is showing early signs of much dangerous aggression. I do not want to raise a dog that is aggressive.
Does anyone have any advice based on the above?
Thank you!
My staffie is 2.5 months old, he lives with me for a week now. One can say that I am an experienced dog owner, I had the great German schnauzer and a Doberman Pinscher.
The first thing I do not want to do is to raise my dog to be aggressive- either towards people or animals.
My staffie is a usual puppy, still learning to pee/poop outside, biting hands when playing, eating regularly..
He is introduced to collar for a couple of days now to which he is accustomed. I tried putting a leash in the houce and tried to go with him to the exit door. He didn't wanna follow me. I tried to place rewards in front of him, so he can go forward. He did not want to do that. I said fine, too fast for the first day, I'll try something else tomorrow.
A bit later, he had urinated on a carpet, although I have a yard where he can do it and to which he is accustomed. I wanted us to go outside to try and praise him if he did it again the correct way. The puppy refused to follow me outside, I pulled him by the collar, nothing too hard, he resisted for a while and then began reacting very violently and aggressively. In addition to emitting aggressive sounds, he bit my hand. This was no puppy play, it was an aggressive bite. His bites are still soft of course because it is still a puppy, but I was very concerned about this behavior.
I reacted by placing the puppy on his back with my hands on his neck, loudly shouting NO at him, I did not hit him or beat him. He got scared by this and remained on his back for a few minutes.
I am very concerned whether the dog is showing early signs of much dangerous aggression. I do not want to raise a dog that is aggressive.
Does anyone have any advice based on the above?
Thank you!