If the dog snaps on the owner, growls and bites: what to do?

If the dog snaps on the owner and growls, then it needs to be brought up and show who the leader is. Read more in the article.

For many, the dogs seem obedient pets and, starting in their house a four -legged friend, people sometimes do not know that his upbringing is a long and laborious process.

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Often the owners have difficulties with developing their authority in front of the pet, and in this case, the dog begins to growl and grim. How to prevent this? What to do if this happened? Why does this happen and the dog began to behave aggressively? We tried to reveal answers to questions about the behavioral features of dogs in this article. Read further.

Why the dog growls, does not obey, snaps and bites the owner: the causes of dominant behavior in dogs

The reasons for deviation from the norm of behavior in animals are revealed by the research of experts-cinologists. Why does the dog growl, do not obey, snaps and bites the owner? Causes of dominant behavior in dogs:

• This fact is due to improper upbringing, violation of flock hierarchics in the subconscious of the animal.
• Dog thinking differs from human.
• They live according to their rules, the main of them is the law of the pack. It implies a mandatory hierarchy, at the top of which the leader must be.

Despite the fact that such pets are flocks, sometimes their life does not occur in a group, in a classical sense consisting of dogs. Read more:

• Pets consider their flock a family and people with whom they live.
• The owner should ideally play the role of the leader, but if he does not cope with this functionality, the dog himself stands at this place at the top of the flock of staircase.
• So he leads, and his behavioral skills acquire an aggressive color.
• It can be dangerous when a pet begins to growl, snapped, and can cause injuries to family members.

Therefore, such changes in the behavior of your dog are a serious bell that you should pay attention to. It is necessary and possible to get rid of the problems of such leading behavior. Do not postpone its decision in a distant box.

The dog began to snapped when you scold: why is it bitten when punished?

In the first days of getting into a new family, the puppy sees who the leader, even if the head of the family does not pay due attention to the pet. From the outside it is noticeable who dominates other family members, for whom they are, who they are listening. Read more, as the Little Puppy sees the world around him:

• To dominate is to have great rights, have levers of influence on competitors and be able to suppress them.
• The basis of any community, in this case, flocks, is the principle of dominance-subordination on which the hierarchy is built.
• At the head is always a leader - a person or an animal who has a certain kind of power over all other members of the community, pack. It can be safely called a dominant.
• Therefore, if the dog began to snapped when you scold, bite with punishment, then she does not consider you a leader, and tries to dominate.

As he grows up, the pet tries to be closer to the top of the hierarchy, because he understands that this guarantees him nutrition and shelter. The head of the family is perceived as a parent for a puppy who completely obeys him. The small dog is faced with new events, difficulties, does not orient himself in an unfamiliar area. He sees in his owner a defender, to whom he completely trusts and allows himself to be disposed of.

However, at one point, the puppy becomes an adult, gets acquainted with other dogs, learns the techniques and skills that help him cope with difficulties on his own, that is, he no longer needs a leader. And more precisely, he himself wants to take his place.

From this, manifestations of dominant behavior in the dog begin:

• Disobedience
• Ignoring teams
• Non -disobedience to the owner

All attempts by the parent to put the dog in place are perceived aggressively, as a way of controlling the life of a dog. In this case, the animal can snap and even bite in response to punishment.

How to deal with the dog’s dominant behavior: what to do, how to wean to snap on the owner?

There is only one way to prevent the pet’s attempts to become a dominant - to indicate to him a real leader. You will have to fight exactly and you need to be prepared for resistance, unwillingness to recognize the defeat. What to do, how to wean to snap on the owner?

• It is necessary to stock up on tolerance and endurance in order to make adjustments to the relationship with the pet and arrange the elements of the hierarchical structure of the family correctly.
• Show the animal that you are the owner. The rest of the household should obey you. Otherwise, the dog will not take you for the leader.

If this does not work out, the pet can act as a serious threat to the safety and life of people, even those with whom he lives. The following is described how to educate the dog so that it is obedient. Read further.

How to educate a dog that snapps on the owner and bites: feeding, affection, encouragement and punishment

To return everything to their places, you need to make a choice in favor of those areas of influence that can be kept under control, namely: affection, feeding, punishment and encouragement. So, how to educate a dog that snaps on the owner and bites? Read more:

Affection:

• When a person constantly strokes and caresses his pet, trying to show his love thus, the animal perceives it as confusion in the hierarchy.
• The affection is necessary in relations with the pet, but everything should be in moderation.
• It is necessary to encourage him in this way for excellent behavior.
• In this case, the dog will value such moments and try to exaggerate them, and not abuse them.

FEEDING:

• The dog must be accustomed to eating no earlier than the owner himself ends the meal.
• You need to feed it with one hand, and at the same time holding its plate, even if the animal tries to protect it.
• It is necessary to save the pet from the habit of being next to the table and asking for food from the owners.
• The beginning and end of eating a dog should be carried out strictly on command.
• If you need to pick up the remnants of food, it does not resist and voluntarily gives.
• The pet must be sure that any growl is stopped by the owner, and if he leads to a provocation and retreats, he will again cease to be a leader.

Promotion and punishment:

• The “Knut and Gingerbread method” is relevant at all times and in all respects, even with regard to relationships with animals.
• Good behavior should always be encouraged, and bad behavior should be punished.
• If you do not be consistent in encouragement and punishment, then the hierarchical understanding of the pack in the dog’s head will turn over again.

It is worth noting the correct application of the methods of punishment. The language in which the "parent" speaks with his ward should be clear. As a punishment to effectively apply "Reception of a wolf pack"Where the leader’s neck presses to the ground the one who has guilty, as if strangling. With the continuation of the resistance, the offender is sharply lifted into the air until he recognizes his defeat.

In the case of a dog, you can do the same. When the animal begins to show aggression (before that it is recommended to put on a muzzle), raise it by the leash (the main thing is not to strangle) and release it only when it goes limp and recognizes the power of the owner.

Experts advise practicing this technique, while the dog ceases to react hostilely (growl, rock) even to provocation, that is, until he leaves the dominant position.

Prevention of dominant behavior in a dog when it snaps on the owner

It is difficult to fix such behavior in dogs, but it is possible to warn. To do this, it is necessary to indicate who is the leader of the pack from a very early age. Tarling the puppy to order, training in commands, building subordination between the owner and the pet - all these are important components of the prevention of dominant behavior in the dog when it snarks at the host and growls. It is important not to make mistakes from the moment of the appearance of a pet in the apartment, to accustom to hygiene rules, to play correctly and walk with a puppy. Then with a dog it will be possible to do everything without worrying about his life, the safety of the inner circle.

Any manifestation of hostility must be suppressed in the root. Do not give in to your pet and do not retreat, stand on your own. This does not mean that you are a tyrant, but a good teacher, and you have a hierarchy correctly installed. In the family, that is, the pack, the head is the leader.

Recommendations and advice to dog owners with the problem of dominant behavior that snapping the owner

Experienced dog breeders are able to educate pets. Animals obey them implicitly. Here are the recommendations and advice to dog owners with the problem of dominant behavior that snap on the owner:

• For the first time, when the dog showed aggressiveness towards the owner, it should be the last case when she behaved like that.
• Do not hope that this case is, this will no longer happen again and let everything in it.
• The situation will only aggravate if you run it.
• The dog will behave in this way, growl and rock, exactly as much time as he will think, what is a leader. And the longer, the more difficult it will be to correct this and carry out adjustment.
• Thus, do not postpone the solution to the problem for later, you need to enlist the support of the family and do this on the fact of the appearance of the first signs of dominant behavior.

Of course, you can turn to an experienced dog breeder to train four -legged ones, but he will not be able to explain to the dog who the leader is the leader. It often happens that the owner of the animal is trying to change the behavior of the animal, but does not work on himself, and the dog continues to dominate. In this case, you need to think about other stronger owners for her, who can point her to their place. After all, if a person cannot become the leader of the pack, then his dog will become him. Remember this. Good luck!

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