Dogs fight or attack due to pain

Causes of painful attacks

1. The dog has pathological pain in a certain part of itself. After being exposed to this part by other people or dogs, the dog will suffer from pain. Attack the pain to prevent the pain from getting worse.
2. The dog itself has no painful parts, but when other people or dogs come into contact with it, it is too hard and causes pain to the dog, and the dog will attack the person in contact.

Treatment of Painful Attack

If it is the second case, just pay attention to the range of behavior during contact.

If it is the first situation, take the dog to see a doctor immediately. After the physical pain is eliminated, the corresponding attacks will be reduced to none.

Dogs fight or suffer from learned aggression

Causes of learned aggression

1. Dogs develop the condition of "causing pain whenever the owner/other dog approaches" reflection.

2. Caused by false reinforcement, the dog's aggressive behavior when it is sick has received the care and encouragement of the owner. The dog is proud of it and thinks, "So I can still live such a carefree life. It bites when it is unhappy and barks when it feels uncomfortable. , I can get what I want when I call, and the owner will care and encourage me." Then he became violent. It's like spoiling a child at home.
3. The owner fails to objectively judge the situation and blindly imposes his own subjective assumptions on the dog.

Common examples in life

For example, the owner takes his puppy to play outside, and suddenly a big dog is passing by in the distance. Originally, this big dog has a docile personality, but My own puppy is not afraid of it and even wants to play with it.

But the owner assumed, "This big dog is a threat to my puppy and my puppy will be scared," so he took the initiative to chase the big dog away. Dogs are the best at relying on human power. They originally wanted to play with the big dog, but when they saw their owner being aggressive towards the big dog, they barked at the big dog together to please their owner.

At this time, when the owner hears the puppy barking, he will think that the puppy is frightened, so he rushes forward to hold the puppy, pat and comfort it - this strengthens the puppy's aggressive behavior, which in the puppy's eyes , the patting at this time is not comfort, but encouragement. It thinks, "The owner hates big dogs, so I will bark at big dogs; the owner likes to see me being aggressive towards other dogs, and he will reward me when I bark." . As a result, learned aggressive behavior is formed.

How to train dogs to eliminate learned aggression

1. The aggressive behavior of the same dog can be transformed, and different problems should be treated differently. Painful punishment cannot be used on a dog that is painfully aggressive. When it turns into learned aggression, it must be disciplined.

2. Find the reasons for your dog’s problems on your own. In many cases, dog problems are caused by people.caused by. To cooperate with the correction, the owner needs to first adjust his mentality, master the correct operating mode, and develop good behavioral habits.

2. Loving your dog does not mean doting on your dog.