99% Sweet -
1% Cujo!
When Nice, Smart Dogs Get Downright Vicious
From the Book, "Hidden Secrets Behind Dog Training."
Written by Master Trainer and Dog Psychologist - Kevin "The
Dog Prodigy"
Here’s where your dog’s dark side will come to light.
Canine experts refer to these dogs as “Ticking Time Bombs,”
“Loaded Guns” or “Red Zone Dogs.” Any
way you choose to label them, they are in need of serious professional
help. Sorry. But these dogs are NOT going to change or get trained
by working some dog trainer. In fact, most would refuse your case,
tell you there is no hope, or even worse, would advise you to
get rid of your dog.
If you took such a dog to a typical “obedience”
class, he'd thank you for bringing him to a buffet. As he is licking
his mouth and rubbing his paws, his thoughts would be, "Wow.
Thanks, Mom! All-I-can-eat people with their doggies for 6-8 eight
weeks straight. Who can beat that! Those small dogs are my favorite.
They make great appetizers and hopefully I'll run into one of
those wiener dogs so I can floss my front canines with one."
10 Red Flags that You Should
Definitely Worry About:
Red Flag #1:
You have a dog that shows serious aggression toward other dogs
or people and nothing you say or do seems to get his attention.
Sometimes your dog goes as far as biting and correcting you in
the process. These are the dogs that once they find themselves
in that zone, they totally block everything and don’t even
recognize or care for nobody's safety.
Red Flag #2:
Every time you get close to your dog while he is eating or chewing
on something, he tenses up, pauses and growls. Look for a curled
lip, a stomp or a crouching position. In a sudden move, he may
lunge and block his dish with his head so you keep your distance.
Maybe you notice him growling the entire time while gobbling down
every last kibble of his food.
Unless you want to lose a finger, don’t try anything cute
or sneaky on your own. All this indicates that your dog doesn’t
fully trust or respect you. This is definitely worth repeating
again. Your dog needs to trust and respect you!
Some of these dogs hide or run away after they steal something
and when you try to take it away, they snap at your hand. Again,
a dog that fully sees you as its leader would never behave this
way and would certainly leave your funky underwear alone!
Red Flag #3:
Whether your dog happens to be excited, agitated or just kicking
back, and you try to restrain or grab him by its collar, he really
tries to bite you. How about when you are about to move him off
your bed, off the couch or just off your lap? Something as minor
as bumping into your dog can set him off to the point of biting
you very badly. Maybe your dog was sound asleep and you intentionally
or accidentally, woke him up and that’s where he went
for the kill. “How dare you disturb me? You moron! Can't
you see that I was sleeping like a baby? Hello?” is what
basically each attack translates to.
This usually happens to those of you who let your spoiled dogs
lounge on the bed and on the couch with you day and night. So
in a way, your dog gradually takes over and sees himself as your
equal. See what happens when you’re too nice?
Red Flag #4:
As an act of defiant, your doggie grabs the leash or your clothes
with his teeth and won’t let go. How about taking it one
step further by tugging backward in an attempt to get the leash
out of your grip or get on his hind legs to really bite you? You
may notice him growling nonstop to intimidate you even more. Folks,
this is not a tug of war game and your dog knows it very well!
In a way he's telling you, “NO! You let go of the leash!”
Or, “Let me jerk YOU around for a change so you see how
it feels!”
Red Flag #5:
When your dog can't get his way, he bites at the air trying to
scare you. You might hear the sound of those lovely teeth snap
shut. The only reason a dog would snap at their owner like this
is to scare, challenge, and to dominate anybody who dares to stand
up to them. Don’t forget that dogs are much faster than
you think and rarely miss. After all, they catch a fly in midair.
So ninety percent of the time, that snap is just a warning for
you to back off, or the next time those canines will dig in and
do some serious damage.
Red Flag #6:
When he can’t win his way with you or when being demanding,
do you catch him pressing down on your hand or your sleeve with
his teeth and hanging on for a few seconds? He may even growl,
but not necessarily break the skin. This is NOT a love bite! It
is serious and it makes you feel nervous.
Even if you don’t necessarily feel much pain or get any
puncture wounds, your dog's telling you, “Look, I could’ve
crushed your bones and take a good chunk out of you. But I’ll
let you go for now. Not yet. GRRRRR.”
Red Flag #7:
Your dog tends to bark, growl, snap or pace back and forth, especially
when you get loud with a loved one. Sometimes he will jump up
on you or the person you are arguing with, while nudging at your
hands and feet. It could be your boyfriend, girlfriend, partner
or even a roommate. Basically, the dog is trying to get things
under control on his own.
Often these dogs don't even let you hug or show each other any
affection. They push their way through and jump, nip, growl and
bark, trying to get you to keep your distance from one another.
Again, this isn’t cute or funny and rather a serious sign
of lack of trust and leadership on your part. So the dog is trying
to wear the pants in the house and wants everyone else in their
swimming suits.
Red Flag #8:
Your dog graduated from those wimpy bites to serious bites that
actually breaks the skin and leaves you with good puncture wounds.
These incidents are usually premeditated. It’s not like
another day when you can get away with an excuse for your dog
by saying, “Well, it wasn’t his fault for crying out
loud because blah, blah, blah…”
This kind of behavior could be triggered when you are reprimanding
your dog for unacceptable behavior such as: attacking another
dog, a person or even a child. It could be because you tried to
stop him from stealing food off counters or taking an object away
from him.
Red Flag #9:
If you have more than one dog, you most likely
know which one is the alpha. One way to tell is to look for a
strong personality. This dog usually bullies the other dogs, demands
all of the toys, all the bones, and all of Mommy and Daddy’s
attention. He pushes the other dogs out of the way whenever he
feels like it. And when he gets really frustrated, he takes it
a step further by causing serious harm to the weaker or more vulnerable
dog.
Ironically, this type of behavior always intensifies around the
owner. In fact, most of the time these dogs get along just fine,
but the minute that favorite “member of the family”
shows up, all hell breaks loose!
You guessed it. That individual is the weakest link here. Think
about it, if the owner was truly in charge, just one word, and
all the dogs would stop dead in their tracks and pee all over.
Okay, okay, no peeing required. But you know what I mean.
Without working with an expert who specializes in
solving extreme dominance in dogs, this will not go away on its
own. Some of these dogs even hold a grudge for something that
happened a few minutes, a few hours or even a few days ago. This
grudge may result in what appears to be an unprovoked attack or
a nasty dog fight. And what's scary about this is it could happen
when you least expect it. Some of these dogs snap at you, your
loved ones and at your other pets whenever they please. Basically,
the dog just “felt like it.”
In working with hundreds of red zone cases, I often
found no logical or behavioral explanation for such outburst.
They were just typical bullies who loved to dominate. Only a very
small percentage of these dogs suffered from epilepsy, tumor in
their brain, out of balance thyroid, chemical imbalance, early
malnourishment or other types of medical problems.
In every one of these cases, I
found no rules, no boundaries and certainly no effective leader
in the household. You basically have a wacko dog that needs some
serious help by a serious professional!

Drum Roll Please....
!!!
I've Saved the Worst-of-the-Worst For Last
!!!
Red Flag #10:
And when your dog finally bites, regardless of how much or how
loud you scream trying to get your hand out of its jaw, not only
he ignores you, but he even tugs backward, shaking your poor hand
like a rag doll or keep biting you numerous times. This usually
happens very fast leaving you with nasty lacerations and puncture
wounds. These are the bites that usually require serious medical
attention leaving you scars that last for years. Most of these
scars will never go away.
This one is a no-brainer. Folks, if you own such a dog, you need
professional help RIGHT NOW! It’s obvious that it has gone
way beyond the “obedience factor.”
You need to hire a professional that actually deals
and accepts aggressive cases on a regular basis. I am one of them,
but thank God not the only one.
Unless you work with such expert, these signs are only the beginning
of your problems. Dogs with these warning signs never get better
on their own. In fact, they always get worse. I am talking about
“the worst-of-the-worst” here.
Look at it this way. Would any of your bad habits go away on
their own? Of course not! Psycho dogs are no different!
Written by International
Trainer and Dog Psychologist, Kevin "The Dog Prodigy"
Taken from Kevin's Book,
"Hidden Secrets Behind Dog Training"
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My hope is that when you finish it, both you and your dog will
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--Kevin "The Dog Prodigy"
Master Dog Trainer / Author
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Kevin Salem is considered to be one of the brightest minds in
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Ever since he was young, Kevin has been able to relate and communicate
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