I need help with my dog

[Bretmac]

Well my dog bit my mom...not hard but hard enough. he gets scared easily and growls if your doing something he doesnt like i.e pulling him back down the stairs after he gets up. but like the only on he has ever snapped at is my mom. my parents want to get rid of him but i dont he means alot to me.
Help?

[egrlax10]

Start taking him to dog training classes.

[Live4It]

Start taking him to dog training classes.
My dog got kicked out of training school, well actually she broke out, then she got kicked out.

She was suppose to stay there for a couple of weeks, it was more like a training camp.

[Bretmac]

well we cant take him to training classes money is an issue... would neutering him help

[DubGoalie23]

Well my dog bit my mom...not hard but hard enough. he gets scared easily and growls if your doing something he doesnt like i.e pulling him back down the stairs after he gets up. but like the only on he has ever snapped at is my mom. my parents want to get rid of him but i dont he means alot to me.
Help?

what type of dog is it, because I have a Lakeland Terrier and at first it was really crazy (they are bread that way), but my dad kind of built an aggressive playing situation with him and he has chilled out a lot since than. I guess it depends what dog, but sometimes being more aggressive with them makes them overall a lot calmer.

[Bretmac]

he is a springer spaniel

[riddlebox]

yeah man neutering would help.. it takes away a bit of their "competitiveness" which usually means they are less aggressive. How old is he though?

[Sjrlax69]

Neutering him should help, how old is he? Watch the tv show the dog whisperer, it has alot of helpful things with dogs who are in the same boat as your dog.

[bigdale9]

if you neuter him that might lower his testostorone levels hence making him slightly less agressive. how old is your dog?
EDIT- wow both two people above posted the same thing

[DubGoalie23]

he is about 3-4 now (I go to boarding school and lose track of these things) but when we first got him he was off the walls all the time, but now unless he is playing he sits calmly by the window staring at the landscape (I live in NYC).

[Bretmac]

he is 3 which is gonna be a challenge but i think i can do it ill bring that up with my mom

[aps11691]

yo I have a 7 yr old springer, and it is a wild breed to say the least. Mine was (and still is) incredibly aggressive towards other people/animals, but has never displayed this aggression towards one of my family. The way we trained him is gonna seem a little harsh, but it is most effective. When the dog growls at you, he is asserting his dominance, so to chill him out, you have to be more dominant. To do this, raise your tone, and hit him on the nose. sooner or later he will become submissive to you. My dog was trained as a puppy so im not sure you can train his behavior at 3. W/E man good luck. They are a fun dog fo sho'

[dillz18]

I have 2 Springer Spaniels and they are the most chill dogs I've seen. Most Springers I've seen are incredibly calm. Maybe it's just your dog. But neutering should help.

[Stringer4Lax]

Neutering it will help tremendously, ive owned about 5 dogs in my life (3 at any given time). All of which were strays or dogs that i've personally rescued. Once most dogs are neutered they clam down. but YOU MUST WALK A DOG EVERY DAY. Not being walked is what causes anger etc. in a dog, they have to much energy. If the dog is not walked he will become stressed and very moody.
Hope this helped, also try to train your dog, personal time with a dog is good for both human and canine.

[Mojo]

i had a dog like that. he was around 3 or 4 and he started to get agressive around people and pounced on this one girl but didn't hurt her. but then he started biting a little and got worse and worse. and we had to put him to sleep. and what stringer4lax said. we walk our dog now every day and hes good. but sometimes if we don't, at night he will just start barking, biting and pissing everyone off. so walk him every day.

[Bretmac]

yeah we walk him everyday we have come to the conclsuion his anger comes from my dad because my dad hates him and when my dad lived here if my dog did any thing wrong hed hit him so its a defensive thing....were gonna get him neutered

[Mojo]

yeah that would suck to have ur dad pretty much beat him. but go with what you want to do with him

[Stringer4Lax]

I know exactly where your coming from Bretmac, spend time with the dog and attempt to train him.
One of my dogs (astro) used to be a guard dog for a drug dealer, real big dog, easily could kill anything if he wanted to but i spent maybe 3 weeks with him everyday and trained him, he is now the perfect dog, he still has a tendency to defend the house though, anybody new has to be checked by him.

[akalata]

i have a jack russell terrier and he bites me all the time. he is a psycho and he is a great dog. tell your rents to cut his nads off and then take him on walks and get him tired. take him to a field and chuck a ball and have him fetch it.

[THE_1protector]

cut its jewels off. its like a betrayal to your buddy but you have to do wat you have to do.

[buckdpole]

Neutering - either way, don't think it matters much. What's more important is that you immediately go see a training specialist or take him to some obedience class. Once a dog bites a master, that's extremely serious and usually a justification for "putting him down" no questions asked. So, if you want to save your dog, get him some serious discipline. If he bites again, though, there's probably no hope.
By the way, did you learn to train him properly? A lot of people make the mistake that dogs somehow understand English or think like humans. What dogs need is utterly consistent behavior from us, and clear directions. You say a command once, in a loud, clear voice, and expect it to be followed. Have to sort of act like a drill sargeant that way, but also have to reward the dog immediately upon his complying with your directions. Ask a trainer how to do this, but don't wait. It's Pavlovian classical conditioning, man.

[EastCoastDeft]

...mans best friend...do whatever you have to do to keep him...what will your parents do, meaning get rid of him? put him to sleep?

[conorgillhero12]

my dog was realy young and wild but as he grew up he settled down

[TigerLax29]

Find someone very experienced with Springers like a breeder or professional trainer to consult with. Springers are behaviorally unique when it comes to dominance and aggression. You may have heard of "springer rage" which isn't really a correct term but there are factors to be aware of. The main concern is the tendency in some springers to not go through normal stages of escalation of aggression, posturing, growling, etc, so it can be harder to identify. Sometimes it's treated with training, sometimes with drugs (prozac)
and training combined.

Find someone who knows what they're doing with Springers and whatever you do don't....

To do this, raise your tone, and hit him on the nose. sooner or later he will become submissive to you.

It may work with puppy but it'll make the problem worse in an adult.

[SwRLaX10D]

After having at least one dog for the majority of my existence (1st dog when I was 7 until I was 13, he had hip problems later on and we put him to sleep after he broke it. now I have a cocker spaniel that has been with us since I was 14 and we love [b]her), I am confident when I say neutering/spaying works! With my beagle, he had too much energy and once ran through the screen door leading to our backyard. Had him neitered and he calmed down. With my spaniel, she was pretty crazy too: running all over the place, ripping up pillows, etc. Spaying fixed a lot. She still has energy, but not too much.

[laxkid44]

do u show your dog enough care and affection?