Heard a new theory the other day about male dog aggression!
Nov 16, 2019 15:31:00 GMT
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Post by Carlin on Nov 16, 2019 15:31:00 GMT
So I have had a few issues with Buddy and his reactivity since the heroin addict (now thankfully gone) and his pitbull moved in one door down last year. I had a home consultation with a dog psychologist about it and got a lot of good tips and new methods.
One interesting thing she mentioned was that there is an increasing issue with male dog aggression. Buddy is fine with 97% of dogs even if he is leash reactive, but uncastrated males are tough for him, especially as they go nuts over him thinking he smells like a female. He has his integrity. She said that the kennel clubs have been encouraging breeding for more and more "masculine" traits in the males and the result is there has been an increase in the testosterone levels of the uncastrated males resulting in more aggressive and dominant behavior across the board for male dogs.
It makes sense but has anyone else heard of this?
Btw, not to brag about how incredible Buddy is, but we spent 2 hours with a very stressed, not properly socialized doxie/terrier mix, 2.5 years, castrated, whose behavior gets him attacked (almost killed once). Despite the dog being a total arse, Buddy handled him like a prince! He growled and corrected him when needed and set limits, came to me when he felt the dog was too much and after the first 20 minutes they were just fine together with the other dog boiling over every now and then but Buddy handled it all very well! We are going to try having them out in different environments so he can hopefully learn a bit from Buddy. They have almost the same kind of background of abuse and neglect and his owner felt so much hope for her dog after meeting Buddy properly. She is a friend of a friend and knows of Buddy but her dog was always too crazy for them to meet before. We took a chance since I know and trust Buddy and it worked great.
One interesting thing she mentioned was that there is an increasing issue with male dog aggression. Buddy is fine with 97% of dogs even if he is leash reactive, but uncastrated males are tough for him, especially as they go nuts over him thinking he smells like a female. He has his integrity. She said that the kennel clubs have been encouraging breeding for more and more "masculine" traits in the males and the result is there has been an increase in the testosterone levels of the uncastrated males resulting in more aggressive and dominant behavior across the board for male dogs.
It makes sense but has anyone else heard of this?
Btw, not to brag about how incredible Buddy is, but we spent 2 hours with a very stressed, not properly socialized doxie/terrier mix, 2.5 years, castrated, whose behavior gets him attacked (almost killed once). Despite the dog being a total arse, Buddy handled him like a prince! He growled and corrected him when needed and set limits, came to me when he felt the dog was too much and after the first 20 minutes they were just fine together with the other dog boiling over every now and then but Buddy handled it all very well! We are going to try having them out in different environments so he can hopefully learn a bit from Buddy. They have almost the same kind of background of abuse and neglect and his owner felt so much hope for her dog after meeting Buddy properly. She is a friend of a friend and knows of Buddy but her dog was always too crazy for them to meet before. We took a chance since I know and trust Buddy and it worked great.
