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Barked: Sat Jun 30, '12 9:16pm PST 
Sorry, daddy was a little out of it and didn't realize it was old post.

Edited by author Sat Jun 30, '12 9:28pm PST

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Barked: Wed Apr 24, '13 12:18pm PST 
Aggressive Cane Corso

Hello, I'm writing in hopes I could find some support. I have a male corso (Leo) who I've had since he was a baby. I actually have his mother (Cashiss) who is an awesome girl. Well, I've been struggling with Leo's aggression for quite some time now. I've gotten him neutered, in kennel behavioral modification training, and have even tried medicine. Let doesn't like kids, but he tolerated my 11 year old for a long while. She's able to kiss, hug and play with him but today she grabbed his paw and he bit her. This is his 6th bite! The first time he bit her was when he was a smaller pup. So he's bit her twice. Another incident was when this lady was looking to work with him on his aggression, she had an teenager and when we went to meet him she called her daughter over to greet him despite my previous concerns about kids, etc. He bit her daughter and broke skin. Luckily I wasn't sued! But she was okay. The next bite was when my brother kept reaching his hand into Leo's crate when he was over my sister's house. Unfortunately, I wasn't around but my sister told me that Leo kept growling and my brother (stupidly) kept putting his hand in the crate. The next time was when I sent him to in boarding training, he's not comfortable with people touching behind him and when the lady did, he bit her leg, but didn't break skin. Lastly, he bit a guy that came into his kennel at night at the training facility. Please understand that I am trying everything to help him, but I don't know what else to do. Clearly he needs to be in a home with no kids AND no other dogs because he gets into it with his mom. She won't back down so we've been getting caught in the middle...not good cause my oldest got bit the other day. I talked to the trainer today and she suggested that I put him down. I'd feel like a murderer and it's sooo sad. I'm in tears as I write this. I don't want to put him down but also don't want to pass him on to someone else. If anyone has any advice for me, I would really appreciate it.

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Mr. Jake the- Beagle

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Barked: Thu Apr 25, '13 9:07am PST 
Guest you are better off starting a new post then digging up an ancient one.

But here's an article a dogster member wrote about their experience with an aggressive dog.

http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/i-had-to-euthanize-my-aggressiv e-dog-alapaha-blue-blood-bulldog

From what you've said... the dog sounds dangerous. But starting a new post may lead to more responses.
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Shiver Me- Timbers- "Charlie"

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Barked: Thu Apr 25, '13 1:33pm PST 
Have you considered looking for a Veterinary Behaviorist?

This dog sounds incredibly uncomfortable with people handling him, and under socialized. In fact, he sounds incredibly similar to my old foster dog - difference being breeds. My foster dog was a small hound, so probably easier to handle, but he was aggressive in very very similar situations and bit multiple people as well.

While you're figuring out what to do, I would keep him muzzled(basket style muzzle) in the presence of your kids, and I would have him put in a separate room, crated when guests are over to keep him from feeling overwhelmed.

Sending him away to Board and Train situations will ONLY make the situation worse and make him more uncomfortable with strange people. I would not ever recommend that training situation, much less for a dog that is clearly very uncomfortable being handled by anyone else but you.

Have you had a thorough Vet check done yet? If not, do so, and make sure it's not a health issue too.

I'll let you know.. I DID manage to work past my fosters issues, but it took MONTHS and it took daily training, and it took my building up his trust in me and getting him comfortable first, slowly, with me handling him, and then eventually bringing one other person at a time into the mix. It took quite a while of working on those issues and managing him so he COULDN'T bite anyone, before I finally managed to get him past them. Were there still situations he was uncomfortable in? Absolutely. But he found a furever home, and he learned how to bark to express his discomfort.

Your brother, putting his hands in the crate while Leo was growling, was taunting a dog that was already giving a clear warning indication. The good news is Leo appears to give warning signals. The bad news, is your brother continued to taunt the poor dog and forced him to resort to a bite.

Whatever you decide, good luck.. hug
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Nare

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Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 9:34am PST 
Guest your dog is not at fault. It is YOU who is letting your 11 year old child harass the dog. It is YOU who is letting your brother harass the dog. It is YOU who is letting sorry excuses for trainer harass the dog. This is YOUR dog. If you honestly cared for him you would not put him in situations that you know he would fail. Hes proven time and time again that he is not comfortable with strangers, with kids, and with people messing around his crate. Why do you let it happen then ?
You brought this dog into the world-- you even own his mother. You should own up for it. Where are all the other pups ? 80% of this behavior is genetic and before these puppies were born it seems they were given a life sentence from poor breeding practice.

Honestly he seems like he would be manageable if you stopped people from being immature twats around your dog. Tell people to leave him alone, don't look, don't touch. Making a billion people pet him is not going to make him like kids or like people.
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Koby

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Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 12:34pm PST 
I agree you should start your own post with this. You said you've tried medicine. What kind? have you had his thyroid tested?
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Barked: Thu May 2, '13 5:56am PST 
There is a thing called Springer rage, called so because of frequency of it in Springer spaniels. The dogs attack unprovoked. They can be normal one minute and attack the next. Most recent information is that it may be related to epilepsy, that the dog experiences a seizure or a small electrical charge misfiring in the brain which causes them to feel threatened and they attack. The next moment they are perfectly fine. I don't know if seizure meds help this or not but have a friend who's Gordon setter attacked me recently after he had attacked her twice. Just sitting there playing with a toy and I'm standing in the room. He looked up at me and I knew something was off. I backed out of the room quickly but he got me in the back of the leg. Read up on springer rage and talk with your vet. It is dangerous because unlike an aggressive dog, there is no reason for the attack. The other thing you may want to do is send off a blood test to Dr Jean Dodds of Hemopet in CA for a true thyroid test. Sometimes thyroid deficiency can cause aggression. She is the only one who knows how to truly check thyroid. All the other tests are not accurate. Good luck.
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