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Dogs are naturally aggressive and we all realize that dogs are able to seriously injure humans and other animals. However, there are methods available to dog owners for training aggressive dogs. An aggressive dog must be given obedience training immediately, before someone is injured.

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The most common types of dog aggression are aggression to strangers, and aggression to family members. These two types of dog aggression happen for different reasons so must be treated differently.

Aggression to Strangers

Dogs will often dislike strangers and other animals until they have an opportunity to get used to being around them. Getting dogs accustomed to being with people and animals they don’t know is called socialization. It’s impossible to overly stress the importance of socialization in your dog’s training. So how will socialization stop an aggressive dog from attacking people making deliveries to your house?. A dog that has been socialized will begin to realize that these new adventures can be pleasurable instead of being frightening.

It is vital that your dog learns this as a puppy. If your dog is often around various kinds of people (such as, men in uniform, elderly people, young children, teens, people carrying umbrellas or wearing helmets in peaceful and enjoyable surroundings, the safer your dog will be around strangers.

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If you are trying to find a good spot for socializing your puppy, group training sessions, often held by large pet stores or at a veterinary clinic, are a good option. Your puppy will learn how to relate to strange dogs. He will also learn that he need not fear the unfamiliar people at these sessions. Make sure you don’t overwhelm him – begin slowly to allow his tolerance to grow over time.

Aggression Towards Family Members

Dogs are often aggressive to their human family members for the following reasons:

• Your dog is guarding his food and toys from his owner or family members. Such excessively possessive behavior or resource guarding is not uncommon in dogs.

• Dogs being pack animals show dominant behavior according to where they see themselves ranked in the pecking order of the household. Dogs perceive the family structure as being no different from a dog pack. A dog that sees himself in a loftier position than his owner will be aggressive.

Resource guarding is certainly an act of dominance – a lower ranked dog would never be aggressive towards to a higher ranked member of the pack.

The best way to prevent aggression in dogs is to give your dog consistent dog obedience training, which will make it clear to your dog that you are the “alpha dog”. This fact may be emphasized with rewards such as praise and treats when he obey a command, and by imposing “time out” when he misbehaves.

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