GSD Agression toward bull mastiff

[codmaster]

Originally Posted by Konotashi

I'm kind of stuck on the fact that you performed an alpha roll on the dog.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that could worsen the problem. If he's actually fighting the mastiff to assert his dominance, and you force him to submit, that will encourage him to fight even more. Not to mention you could get a face full of teeth doing that.

To the OP, agree with the poster that you could get hurt with trying an alpha roll if you don't know what you are doing and/or if your dog does not respect you.

OTOH, sometimes it can help as it did with my male GSD when he was very aggressive to another male GSD in our group. BUT we had a real pro trainer there to handle it first (and two muzzled dogs!). Would never recommend anything like that if not for these things.