A lot of factors can be responsible for making a dog become aggressive. Dogs are instinctively aggressive. Dogs needed to be aggressive just to survive. In order to feed and protect their families, aggression was a necessary survival trait. Even after all these years of domestication the aggression instinct still remains, and stopping the occurrence of dog on dog aggression is an important thing for any owner to know how to do. As an owner you need to control your own dog if he is overly aggressive, as well as know how to recognize and avoid another dog that is displaying aggressive behavior. If you understand what makes dogs become aggressive you can become pro-active and stop the aggression from happening.Check out my article about recognizing dog body language at www.BehaveDoggy.com..Recognizing Dog Body Language

If your dog is also aggressive, when ever another dog enters the area, your dog will go on alert and show that he wants to be the dominant dog. One way a dog will display dominance is by putting their head above the other dog’s head and maybe also putting their forelegs on the other animal’s back or shoulders. As they become more aggressive they will raise the hackles on their back, growl and show off their teeth. Stopping dog to dog aggression should be done before this is allowed to happen. If the second dog does not begin to act submissively at this point, there will very likely be a dog fight. Of course you have seen this type of dog behavior many times. If you pay attention to your pet, you’ll see these disturbing behaviors in time to be stopping the dog on dog aggression that could otherwise soon follow.

I learned a good tip about dog on dog aggression correction from reading Secrets to Dog Training, my go to source for solving my pet’s problems whenever one pops up.  Happily, this technique for stopping dog on dog aggression worked wonders for my dog. Try out the tip  below for stopping dog aggression, and get your dog a new friend.Visit BehaveDoggy.com for more on dog aggression control.How to Control Dog Aggression

Invite a friend and his non-aggressive dog come over to visit and begin stopping your pet’s dog on dog aggression problems by introducing him to the idea that another dog can be a lot of fun.If you have a male dog, I’d strongly suggest starting this “friend” training with a female dog. A neutral location is a good idea, so your dog doesn’t have the instinct to protect his turf. Have both dogs on their leashes so you can maintain complete control in case your dog lunges.  Place the dogs into the sit position while they are apart enough that they cannot reach. If your dog is acting aggressive, remind him who’s the boss, and make sure he stays in the sit position. If your dog is already obedience trained, he should know already that he needs to listen to you. Unless your dog does listen to you, controlling his aggression isn’t possible. Proper training and socializing of your dog when he is a puppy is the best way of avoiding dog on dog aggression problems, as well as creating the best behaved pet you can have. My article Puppy training Using Positive reinforcement discusses getting an early start with training.  Show your dog you are happy when he stops acting aggressive by giving him a rewarding taty treat and lots of praise. Be consistent with your training so your results are fast and also consistent. Stay positive with your training and remember not to yell when frustrated as that will not make the training go faster or easier. Because your dog wants to make you happy, positive reinforcement training techniques are the best way to get the results you want.

Once the dogs show that they are calm around each other bring them close enough to take a preliminary sniff at each other. Because the dogs are calm they should now greet each other without the displays of dominance and aggressive posture such as growling or raising the hair on their backs. Your pet is already on the way to having stopped his aggressive behavior if he is still relaxed at this time.  We repeated meeting each other in different locations to test my dog’s aggressive reaction. Once he seemed like he enjoyed his new “friend’s” company the final test was in my dog’s own yard. Would he be friendly on his own turf? It was a great thing to see my dog was even friendly at home when his new pal came over. I was really happy to see that. My dog got excited and even wagged his tail when his new dog friend came over to visit. That was quite a change from how he used to act. We could now have the dogs play off leash in the yard and no problems happened at all.

Now I knew how to stop my dog’s aggression problems, could take him out in public and have him be able to make new friends. I finally got to enjoy walking my dog in the park, without fear of him becoming aggressive when other dogs came around. It was now enjoyable to take my dog out in public. It sure was a lot more enjoyable taking walks after stopping my dog’s aggression to other dogs.

If you want to see good results stopping your dog’s aggression towards other dogs, try introducing him to a new dog friend.