Sudden, unexpected aggression towards dogs.

[Jax08]

Jax is so much better in just a couple of days. We have a long way to go on the resource guarding. She tried to chase Sierra away from a toy last night. But she is learning that she has to earn her privileges. She quite often looks confused like she's not quite sure what I want but she's definitely getting it.

[mistimp]

I have the same problem with dh. He tells me " you need to train your dog not to run out the door!" Its funny how the dog never runs out the door on me or the girls. Only when he is going out the door. Argh!

[Riley's Mom]

I have thought of doing the communicator thing myself, makes me very curious. BUT ... like Lauri said ANY change to aggressive behavior in our house would be a trip to the vet for a thyroid test if nothing else at least to rule it out. Nobody thought thyroid problems in either of my dogs, but they both were found to have hypothyroidism. If there is a thyroid problem on top of say the age thing and dominance thing, once they kick in the meds will help you deal with the other stuff because you'll have corrected one reason why these things are happening. If you go about trying to correct and wait out the age/dominance issues and ignore the thyroid problem (if there is one) you'll be defeating yourself.