The Worldbreaker
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- Aug 3, 2012
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Durbi and Braumly
Hello,
My oldest of two male Bulldogs is now 3 1/2 years old now. For the first 3 years we never really had any serious issues to speak of, occasional selective hearing being the worst problem. But within the last 6 months or so he has begun to get aggressive in certain situations, this mainly manifests with my wife more than myself although it has occurred with me as well. When he is getting in trouble he will begin to growl and get very defensive, at which point if the person doing the reprimanding makes a move towards him he will bite at them occasionally making contact. In one such occasion he also latched on to my wife's leg with his front legs and held on for while. We have noticed as well that he gets like this when he is on his bed, he will sit there and act very defensive, his ears will go back and he will look at us as though he is getting in trouble and if we get too close he will start to growl(occasionally) . I have been trying to work with him on his bed, I will get right down there with him and give tummy rubs and love, but the whole time he is unbelievably tense. Before long he will let out a little quiet warning growl, it usually doesn't escalate beyond that point with his bed, but of course the big concern is when it does escalate to biting. Beyond that I can't think of any other circumstances where Durbi gets aggressive, he has never been food aggressive at all and never with toys either, just when he is getting reprimanded(and not all the time either but it is becoming more frequent) or on his bed. Can anybody give me some advice? I'm not sure what approach to take with him.
Thank you very much,
Jeff
My oldest of two male Bulldogs is now 3 1/2 years old now. For the first 3 years we never really had any serious issues to speak of, occasional selective hearing being the worst problem. But within the last 6 months or so he has begun to get aggressive in certain situations, this mainly manifests with my wife more than myself although it has occurred with me as well. When he is getting in trouble he will begin to growl and get very defensive, at which point if the person doing the reprimanding makes a move towards him he will bite at them occasionally making contact. In one such occasion he also latched on to my wife's leg with his front legs and held on for while. We have noticed as well that he gets like this when he is on his bed, he will sit there and act very defensive, his ears will go back and he will look at us as though he is getting in trouble and if we get too close he will start to growl(occasionally) . I have been trying to work with him on his bed, I will get right down there with him and give tummy rubs and love, but the whole time he is unbelievably tense. Before long he will let out a little quiet warning growl, it usually doesn't escalate beyond that point with his bed, but of course the big concern is when it does escalate to biting. Beyond that I can't think of any other circumstances where Durbi gets aggressive, he has never been food aggressive at all and never with toys either, just when he is getting reprimanded(and not all the time either but it is becoming more frequent) or on his bed. Can anybody give me some advice? I'm not sure what approach to take with him.
Thank you very much,
Jeff