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Dog Aggression – Fighting & Biting
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(91 ratings)
703 students

Dog Aggression – Fighting & Biting

Easily Prevent, Objectively Assess & Quickly Resolve Dog Aggression Problems
Created byIan Dunbar
Last updated 10/2018
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Prevent temperament and aggression problems from developing
  • Objectively assess the severity of dog aggression
  • Resolve the majority of dog aggression problems

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 5h 28m total length

  • Introduction28:54

    Explore the dynamics of dog aggression and reactivity. Contrast off-leash success with on-leash challenges, and emphasize socialization, handling, and owner influence in training.

  • Neonatal Handling27:22

    Neonatal handling is the most important time for socialization; newborn puppies learn social savvy through touch, smell, and gentle exposure to humans, shaping their behavior.

  • Ethics27:21

    Explore ethics in dog aggression training, focusing on observable behavior, bite inhibition, and humane resolutions while educating owners, vets, and breeders.

  • Start with Puppies27:21

    Learn neonatal handling to make puppies easier to manage, plan extensive socialization from eight to twelve weeks with 100-person exposures and off-leash puppy classes, and monitor temperament changes.

  • The Friendly Quotient26:51

    Learn to assess a dog's friendliness with the friendly quotient and apply classical conditioning, using kibble-based secondary reinforcers and desensitization in shelter and training settings.

  • Solve it Now24:13

    Solve dog aggression by combining operant and classical conditioning with analog feedback and graded rewards, replacing binary right/wrong cues to train calmer behavior.

  • Triage the Problem27:38

    Assess whether a dog is dangerous and decide on management, from bite history to euthanasia, and promote bite inhibition and early socialization to prevent aggression.

  • Make it Social28:14

    Conduct surrender questionnaires to reveal bite history and determine dog suitability before shelter intake. Use multi-age puppy socialization and off-leash training to strengthen bite inhibition and safe interactions.

  • The Fearful & The Bully27:28

    Guide fearful dogs through safe socialization and desensitizing with gentle handling, and manage bullies with controlled off-leash play and proximity cues to foster calm, confident interactions.

  • Reverse the Meaning27:16

    Implement stimulus blocking and mega secondary reinforcement to manage dog aggression, using tug toys and the jolly routine. Use nonaversive cues to reduce fear and reframe behavior.

  • Cheating the Lure28:44

    Explore rapid classical conditioning to manage dog aggression and reactivity using treats, lure-based exercises, and controlled social exposure, with ethical considerations and safety for dogs and owners.

  • All Stress Isn't Bad27:34

    Advocate balanced stress in dog training, noting that some stress and frustration aid learning and development, while cautioning against painful methods like shock collars and emphasizing humane, measurable effectiveness.

Requirements

  • No knowledge or experience is required

Description

Obviously, prevention is the key to success — oodles of early socialization and handling with people and frequent off-leash walks, play and socialization with other dogs. With all cases of aggression (regardless of cause), the first step is to determine whether or not the dog is actually dangerous. Being reactive is not the issue; all animals “react”, humans included. 

The essential question is: Do they cause physical harm? Dog bite incidents are objectively assessed on a 1–6 scale based on wound pathology. Dog fights are assessed by calculating the Fight:Bite Ratio. Most dog bites and dog fights cause little, if any, damage and so, the prognosis is excellent for a hasty resolution via speedy classical conditioning techniques and basic lure/reward training for control and focus. 

With severe damage though, the dog is dangerous, the prognosis for resolution is extremely poor and so rehabilitation should not be undertaken cavalierly, if at all.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone living with a dog that has aggression issues, either towards humans or other dogs

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