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My Aussie Is Suddenly Dog Aggressive...

by Kym
(Colorado Springs)

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I have owned Aussies my whole life. I have my 5th one now, a 2 1/2 year old female. She is the sweetest thing ever or at least she was. Suddenly, she is attacking my other dog for no apparent reason! I have 2 other dogs (a 3 year old Border Collie/Aussie, and an 18 month old German Shepherd) and 1 foster (a 1 year old Boxer mix). I am VERY careful about 'integrating' fosters into my 'pack' (I have been fostering for years-no problems.) They were all living peacefully for the last week and then it happened... my Aussie attacked my German Shepherd out of the blue and my Border Collie joined in (a pack thing?)

I thought everything was ok (thinking back hind-sight, thought it was over 'fast food' YUMMY)so... no more food around the dogs. Two days later, everyone is out playing together ( I am with them) and all of a sudden... she attacked my Shepherd AGAIN! And then they all jumped on her!! I was alone scared to death but managed to get them off of her with minimal damage...

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY SWEET DOG???? PLEASE HELP ME HELP MY DOG!!! I don't want to get rid of her but I cannot have this behaviour. They all get LOTS of exercise, go to the dog park, well socialized...




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My Aussie Is Suddenly Dog Aggressive...
by: Anonymous

That's interesting as my 20 month neutered Aussie male has recently started being snappy - mostly with German Shepherd males too. He doesn't look for trouble but if they get in his face he let's them know in no uncertain terms that he wants them to back off.
Re:Your comment
by: Kym

Thanks for that interesting fact. My last aussie male was dog aggressive but only towards Rotties and Chows (I adopted him at 8 months) I thought maybe it was an issue from his past..My current aussie I have had from 8 weeks, no 'bad' past (attacks,etc) My shepherd is VERY passive(and spayed) so she shouldn't be threat right?
She has gotten better the last few weeks but not without LOTS of obedience(back to basics) and LOTS MORE excersise(like til she's exausted!)
I still don't trust her,and keep her in my sights,on a leash in her kennel at ALL times. She isn't allowed any freedom without my say so..
and I don't allow her with the other dogs unless there is someone else here with me.
I wish you the best with your dog..Good luck.
dog aggression in aussies
by: alicia

HI Kim, I have a 16 month old female also blue merle. I have been taking her for obedience training and agility since 7months old. I have also taken her to dog parks, she has displayed aggression but also saw improvement depending on certain dogs that were there. Anyway, she also acts aggressive esp. when on leash. This past fall my husband and I would take all our dogs for a 1 hour hike and meet dogs along the way. I saw improvement when we stopped she would greet in a nice way without lunging or growling. Other than this she is a fantastic dog and very smart and funny! Hoping I can find a way to stop this esp. for agility. There is a you tube teaching on what they call counter conditioning. It looks like it works too!
dog aggression
by: Anonymous

Kujo is ball mad, and loves nothing better than flyball and is very focused when he thinks there is a game on hand.The way I am handling this at the moment is that when I see another dog approaching that might be an issue I show my boy the ball and he completely ignores the other dog. He only goes back on the lead if he looks like getting involved and that has happened for a while now.
Re: Suggestions
by: kym

Thank you all very much for your suggestions and your own stories. I am willing to try ANYTHING for her to be a well rounded dog. If nothing else it's nice to know there are people out there willing to help and not criticize!! Thank you to all! And we will keep working!
unusual aggression
by: Marg

Hi! My own Aussie, always friendly with every dog she met (she is 5 years old) has recently started attacking small dogs and been much quicker to initiate a "rumble" with other dogs. I called her trainer who suggested I get her thyroid checked out. Apparently if a dog is hypothyroid it can cause sudden aggression. As I already treat my girl for low thyroid, this is probably not the reason for her behavior, but you may want to look into this or at least read the literature on it.
Good luck!
My assie is dog aggressive.
by: Del

Hi Kim,My Aussie is 2yrs old now and she has been aggressive since she was a pup around 4 to 5 mths old.She was realy bad then,she would would see another dog from a fare distance and she would pull me trying to get to the dog.
As she got older she got much better,I can just about walk passed a dog before she attacks but it is not all the time.I do obediance with her and she is good if she is focused on me,but if another dog gets too exicted that wiil send her off.I would be happy to be able to have her relaxed next to another dog.I think it is a matter of letting them know your in control,which is something I'am still learning to do.So good luck to you and staying calm I found works well..
Re: Aggression
by: Kym

Thank you everyone for your help! I really appreciate it!With everyone's help she is getting better. I still don't trust her, but she is improving!

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