Domination and Aggression

Basically, dogs are known for their natural aggressive tendencies and this special trait was predominant when they were roaming in the wild almost thousands of years ago.

However, in today’s situation and when the dogs are used as domestic pets, excessive aggression in them is considered the most serious behavior problem that one must deal sternly with.

Aggression is largely stoppable, if you really understand puppy’s growth pattern, period and many other factors that influence the development of aggressive behavior. Uncontrolled aggression has been shown to result in increasing numbers of dog bites and most of the victims are under the age of 10.

Factors that influence aggression in pet dogs: There are many factors and parameters that play an important role in influencing aggression in dogs. Some of those factors are:

· Genetics and hereditary factors are the most important causative factors that induce excessive aggression in dogs. Some of the police and protection dogs are known to show extreme aggression against humans. Many terriers and hunting dogs are also known to display a wild aggression that needs to be checked properly.

· When you attempt to inbreed dogs, you can introduce characters of unstable temperament, and many hormones can also contribute to aggressive behavior in dogs. Dogs tend to be very aggressive while they are in heat or when females are nursing their puppies.

· Several environmental factors like pathetic living conditions, lack of social contacts, excessive punishments, fear and apprehensions could make your puppy overtly very aggressive. Apart from these factors, dogs may also develop aggression when they are given too much liberties and unwanted praise by the owners.

By birth, dogs are pack animals that follow a fair degree of hierarchy within their groups and this trait is still carried in their blood. One common example is their aggressive tendencies against small children in your home.

Most of the time, dogs consider family members and other people as members of a pack, and they try to establish their own ranking in that particular social pack.

Most of the dogs try to challenge other members of your family by trying to asset their position by challenging the most submissive members of your family. Your dog may also display aggressive tendencies especially when they are eating their food. If you do not try to correct these problems by using behavior correction training methods, your dog will start to assert its supremacy against everyone in your family.