A cat has unresolvable behaviour problems which mean you can not keep it and which mean that it is not rehomeable; the problem behaviours have not responded to behaviour modification therapy or to drugs
e.g aggression towards humans which result in people being physically injured (Note: some behaviours are due to neurological conditions / brain damage and are incurable), soiling behaviour
Balázs filled out a questionnaire assessing her pets» behaviour in five categories — fearfulness,
aggression towards humans, excitability, responsiveness to training and aggression towards animals — plus one that compared the relative dominance of each dog with the others.
But intra-species aggression and
aggression towards humans are two distinctive traits that should never be confused.
While innately protective of their charges, they rarely display
any aggression towards humans.
Out of 21 assessments, only 4 dogs showed any form of
aggression towards humans, and some, like dog # 31 (whose assessment is pictured below), showed no aggression whatsoever.»
There are two ways in which a dog can demonstrate aggressive tendencies: aggression towards another dog, and
aggression towards a human.
Aggression towards a human, on the other hand, is much more complex and forms the subject matter for the following article.
The pit bull terrier does have a past that includes bullbaiting and dogfighting (which still occurs illegally in some areas of the US), and reports of
aggression towards humans, specifically dog bite injuries and even deaths, have likely contributed to the unfavorable public opinion of these dogs as well [14 - 18].
Puppies with separation anxiety, extreme fearfulness, or
aggression towards humans or other dogs will not be considered, though they may benefit from private training sessions.
Most of these dogs were also family pets so
no aggression towards humans was ever tolerated.
He has never shown
any aggression towards humans.
Typical behaviors that people associate with intact male behavior include mounting, straying and wandering from the homestead,
aggression towards humans and towards other dogs, and marking.
And while some pit bulls are bred for fighting,
aggression towards humans is BRED OUT in the breed.
In the beginning of the 20th century Pitt bulls were the most popular family dog for a reason,
aggression towards humans is not in their breeding.
Human aggression was culled - yes, even by those breeding dogs to fight a hundred years ago -
aggression towards humans is, and has always been, an unacceptable trait in the breed.
Any domestic animal found by a person other than the parish run Animal Shelter shall be held for fourteen (14) days before claiming ownership and / or adopting / transferring said animal so long as the said animal has not displayed or reported to have displayed
any aggression towards humans or other animals and / or has not caused damage nor reported to have caused damage to property.
Whether it's
aggression towards humans or aggression towards other animals, it's very hard to ignore and definitely detrimental to any dog's well being.
However, if your dog manifests food aggression or
aggression towards humans, you should take him to a specialist to address this problem.
Aggression towards humans should be viewed as a serious fault.»