Sentences with phrase «dominance over other dogs»

They will also try to establish dominance over other dogs, and this can lead to quarrels and scraps.

Others, however, feel the need to push their dominance over other dogs — and humans.

When trying to gain dominance over other dogs, the dog may try to stand taller or even try to pin the dog under him.

Not exact matches

Michael taught us patience, yet firmness, using rewards / positive reinforcement methods (as opposed to negative based use - of - force methods to establish dominance over our dog, as suggested by others).

While dogs may fight other dogs in their pack for dominance, some dogs will also try to show dominance over humans, including their owner.

When compared to 20 cases of dominance aggression treated with conventional behavioral or other habit modification over the same time period, only 11 dogs improved > 25 % and of the remaining 9 cases, 3 failed to improve and 3 were euthanized or placed in another home.

The other major factor, unfortunately, is that a lot of dog behavior advice in the media and popular culture still has a tendency to pin most behavior issues on dominance, or conflicts over social status — so it makes a certain amount of sense to think that by spaying or neutering the dog and «taking them down a notch» in the pecking order, we might be able to fix the problem.