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Date Posted: 12:23:15 01/12/03 Sun
Author: Sharon A
Subject: See, this makes sense to me .....(msg)
In reply to: Lisa 's message, "Exactly..." on 07:08:29 01/12/03 Sun

There will never be a 100% guarantee that this dog will not decide to go after another dog at an event. And if she does-there won't be an e collar to stop her. In the long run by creating a false sense of security that the dog had been "trained" not to go after other dogs EVER, they made a bad situation worse.

I also read an opinion that frequently you simple surpress the aggression, and if you haven't figured out if there is an underlying cause for the aggression, what that cause is, and deal with it, it will not only return out of the blue one day, but possibly be much worse because depending on that underlying cause since the dog may not have received the message "go after another dog = pain", it got the message "see another dog = pain" and you have in fact exacerbated the dog aggression.

They also suggested that removing the dog from the Sch training and taking them to a more easily controlled area where they are still exposed to other dogs and attempting to recondition them with positives - like feeding them yummy treats, or giving them praise as soon as they take note of another dog but before they get the idea to take off after them - might increase your odds of successfully decreasing the aggression.

What's your opinion on that?

(This is the kind of information I was looking for when I kept hammering that nail over on the other boards.)

Sharon A

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Replies:

Some Pit Bulls.. -- Lisa, 16:13:39 01/12/03 Sun
- However, it's very possible... -- The Sarah, 17:32:31 01/12/03 Sun
  - That's possible as well... -- Lisa, 18:35:44 01/12/03 Sun
    - Because they're idiots...nm -- The Sarah, 18:38:17 01/12/03 Sun