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My dog is a fighter. (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=217385)

Remote controlled shock collar and a stick.

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6227964)

pfffff, i dont know man. you can cut your loss and cull the dog or get those parting sticks(make your own outta hammer handles).keep one at the house & one in the truck.
You MAY be able to break her w/ a shock collar but it will never be a 100% guarantee. This is a known willful breed, hardheaded as they come by all accounts ive heard/read.
Me i wouldnt give up on her and give her the benefit of the doubt(being as young as she is), unless she gets over the top wild or shows any kind of latent human aggresion. If she starts to get people mean (and they are known to be man biters) id cull her with a hard heart and move on.

Yea, everything I’ve read about them indicates they’re aggressive bread. I guess they’re often used to herd feral cattle and pigs, even used in three dog teams to hunt wild boar.
For the most part she hasn’t seriously hurt another dog but I’d like to calm her down, if I can, before she does.
I was worried when she drew blood on Gearhead Wrenching buddies blood hound. That would almost end a friendship if she had hobbled his dog.
Anyway, like you say she’s still young and I’ve actually had good luck so far with a link training collar and a retractable leash. Just a short tug on the leash gets her attention quickly. She may just have to spend more time on the leash when we’re out, until she calms down some.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 6227998)

Agreed.

People aggressive - "If it bites, say goodnight"

Absolutely. I can’t have a man bitter, particularly not with a 5 y.o. and all his little buddies that run around.

Has ANTIFREEZE been suggested?

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Originally Posted by Frankie (Post 6228031)

Has ANTIFREEZE been suggested?

Yea, you're a page late.

is she a licker? does she understand that 'no' is an absolute w/ no loophole? do you have a release command(like when you play fetch/tugtoys)?
Cajuns dont mess around w/ dogs. did you know the dog & bitch or breeder atoll?

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Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 6227843)

Dogs are strange. They have very specific ideas about things, a lot of it ingrained. A friend of my dad's had a dog, some sort of Shepherd/Husky mix, I think. They got him as a puppy, when they had an older cat. That cat ruled over that puppy, even though he was bigger than her.

The puppy grew up into a very large and ornery dog. The thing's head was huge. It would growl at everyone. God forbid it got out, it would fight with any other dog and kick it's ass soundly. And as much as it hated other dogs, it seemed to hate cats even more. If it came across one, it was all over. Basically, any other living thing it could get at, it would rip to shreds.

And yet, even after going out and fighting with other dogs and literally killing cats if it could find any, this killing machine would go home, and there was the old cat, now almost 20 and barely stable on it's paws. And this giant dog would love that cat, and cuddle with it and lick it and protect it, and if anyone went near that cat he'd growl at them and eyeball them. It never associated the thing in the house with the things outside. That old cat finally died, and that dog moped for weeks.

Same thing. My parents just bought a german shepherd. He's still not even a year old yet, but he's curious and friendly and loyal to everyone in the family.

Funny part is our cat is about 14 years old. Big maine coon. Just likes to sit on the chair in the patio and look out the window all day and hang around humans. We brought the dog along to acquaint the two animals. She gave him a decent slap in the face upon first meeting and since then, he's deathly afraid of her even though she's 4 times as small as he is. The really great part is she's gotten used to him, so she'll want to go over and make friends and he'll run away like a scared bitch.

there's only one person i trust on here for dog advice, googlegoolge

Has anyone mentioned Prozac?

Look into getting a remote control shock collar.

http://www.pet-super-store.com/pet-s...ining-collars/

They also work great on your wife.

Ceaser would say that the problem is in the owner. You probably show compassion to it by petting it after its been in a fight. You can't show compassion before you give discipline or you'll create what you see. Before you take it to other dogs take it out on a work out to where she's used all her energy and you're able to get it down to a calm submissive state then introduce it to the rest of the dogs. Be the pack leader.

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6228086)

is she a licker?

Yes. I put up with it to an extent.

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6228086)

does she understand that 'no' is an absolute w/ no loophole?

Absolutely. She's actually a bit timid towards me, I have to be careful with how harsh I am correcting her or she'll hide from me. I'm pretty sure she was beat before we got her.

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6228086)

do you have a release command(like when you play fetch/tugtoys)?

Good point, I need to work on that. Mostly our play time is getting out to let her run or playing fetch with a tennis ball. To get her to release the ball I just stick a finger in her mouth and pull the ball out.

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6228086)

Cajuns dont mess around w/ dogs. did you know the dog & bitch or breeder atoll?

No, actually. She and her brother were abandoned by the city dump then taken in by Castaways, a local charity that rescues dogs. We adopted her from them.
At the time we asked about her brother but they wanted to separate the two because she was dominating him.

Watch this:

<img src=http://www.simplenomics.com/wp-images/dogwhisperer.jpg>

Then poke the shit out of the thing. It'll eventually submit. I've seen over 3 episodes of this show. It works every time.

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs (Post 6228244)

Look into getting a remote control shock collar.

http://www.pet-super-store.com/pet-s...ining-collars/

They also work great on your wife.

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