How to Handle Aggressive Dog Behavior

Aggressive dog behavior can be one of the most difficult problems for a new dog owner. Especially when you consider certain breeds tend to be more aggressive than others.

The first thing that you have to remember is that 99.9% of the time, the reason the dog is being aggressive is that chances are, he is just being territorial. They are just trying to intimidate people into backing down, so they can prove they are the alpha male.

Obviously the dog is not used to people and he doesn't know the ranking order. He doesn't understand that you are the master and he is the dog. You've got to start letting the dog get used to people. The more people he sees, the better off he is going to be.

Try to make this as calming for him as can be. A good idea would be to just take the dog out on a leash to a park or any place that has a lot of people, so he can start observing human interaction. A great place would be a dog park, so he can see how most humans interact with dogs.

What will start to happen is that the dog will get comfortable with the idea of human beings. If you don't have any parks around you, just get people that you know to come to your home (remember to keep him on a leash), so hopefully as he'll start to see all the different people, he will start to grasp the concept of what;s going on. Eventually, he'll start to feel like a part of the society and he'll understand what kind of behavior is acceptable and unacceptable.