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Coton de Tulear with fearful behavior

Our Coton de Tulear has extreme reactivity around dogs. Will bark, growl, lunge, try to bite. He is also fearful and unpredictable around people, especially tall men and women - but has growled at a child.

With people and dogs he knows, he is terrific. He is loving, playful, sweet, and smart. It breaks my heart that he is so fearful. Hope you have some new ideas. We've tried so many methods.




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Mar 03, 2011
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by: Iris Miller

There are many good articles on the internet describing, explaining, fear aggression in dogs and solutions/training. After enrolling my dog in puppy training classes, beginner and then intermediate, that helped a little, but he still acted like my protector and boss of all other dogs. I was making lots of enemies, family included because Tuffy was becoming too aggressive.He was loving and friendly to family and friends and only a few of the dogs he knew, but scary to say the least around strange dogs.

He also refuses to let anyone leave his "pack" home (except me), he goes berserk growling and pawing the back of their legs. Last year I hired a "dog whisperer" type of personal trainer who trained ME, how to lead him, for me to teach Tuffy, to behave properly and to learn he is not the pack leader, I am. I could not afford more than two sessions, but did learn to keep a tight leash, not to look to him, but to direct him.

It is really an ongoing process and they do revert back to the same behavior and assume they must take charge if they sense fear or weakness in their master.

As soon as the weather warms up my goal is to enroll Tuffy in agility training and socialization classes. We have been homebound all winter and both need exercise. I would also like to train him as a certified service dog. He does a lot to help me with health issues,and with my sleep apnea, he wakes me if I am not breathing.

Personally, I think it can be a challenge maintaining a discipline program, especially with my Coton, because he is so smart and stubbornly independent! Gotta love 'em!

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