How to deal with this

Depends on how he is handled.

If he is chained and does not have access to children, then he can be a bulldog. If he is going to be a bulldog and a family member then the bar moves up a lot higher.

My son could interact with all of my puppies and any of the dogs who did not have experience. Once experienced they were off limits.

I have had one dog that I really thought would bite me just because I was in his spot. That was dealt with without hesitation. I have had a couple that would turn and bite at me in order to be released if they were all geeked up. For me, and it is a totally personal decision/opinion, but this gets a pass.

I hate to attribute it to a family of dogs as it spreads like wildfire. I have a Mims male with a Garner out and he will do anything to get back to where he wants to be. I know that going in so there is not a surprise like, "He never did that before".

End of the day the decision is based on what works at your house, not mine, or any one else's.

If I had an action plan it would be to repeat the situation in a controlled enviroment as many times as you can with it ending on a positive note.

S

 

I'm good with what I am good with at my house. What works for me may not work for others and vice versa and I am good with that.

I agree there are times when that decision has to be made and I have had to make it here. How someone comes to that decision is on them.

S

 

Good analogy I suppose. Especially if you didn't really like the guy in the first place. LOL

Ben gives good advice.

For me, and this is just for me and works for me, I find it is much harder to find a bulldog than to find a cur. I think anyone can find a cur as long as they are willing to look and pursue "cur" being the end result.

For me, and again just me, bad habits are just another obstacle into finding a bulldog.

When it is late on Saturday night I know what I am going to ask the dog to do so if I have to put up with some shit or work thru some rough areas then I do that or settle for the fact I was looking for a piece of shit in the first place....and found it.

But it is relative as well. My dogs stay outside. They are chained in a fenced in area. Now that my son is grown, and we live on the end of the road in the middle of the woods, I can have bad habits that some can't. A growl or a nip at me to let him go when there is another in his sights I work thru until the point I know I am not going to get where I want to go.

I have had one dog in all these years that pretty much told me owned that spot and I would adhere to his rules. . I was to the understanding he was just renting that spot as long as he paid rent or until he paid enough rent to earn lifetime rights to the property. The final explanation was swift and final.

I had a Mims/Bolio/Eli male that did not like to being handled on and off the chain. Once off and on lead he was fine. When working he was fine. When being handled while working he was fine, even when geeked up. Getting the collar on and off him was a handful and if I did not know that going in I would have been bit. He was one of the few dogs I ever had to trust a bull snap over a collar ring. This dog during the on and off the chain would be considered a man biter. I know a number of T-totalers that would have knocked him in the head the very first time.

He ended up picking up 2 W's and I placed him with a buddy who used him as a stud dog. He went to a secure setting with a knowledgeable dog handler/owner who used him. He never threw any dogs with his collar issues/being handled on the chain.

If I had pulled the proverbial trigger (no pun intended) it is 2W's I never get and a couple three good dogs I never experience.

Just like everything in these dogs, it is relative. What works for me at my house may not work for others at theirs and vice-versa.

If that makes sense.

S