Dog Health Questions: Please, Dog teeth extraction, putting him down or any other immidiate options?

Hi there! I have a dog, and I love him, he lives in my parents' house wher my sister and her kids stays too. My dog is an aggressive one, he snaps at everybody except me, recently, he has bitten one of my nephews who was just visiting. It left 2 deep wounds. I thought neutering him would improve his behavior, but apparently, it did not, or just not yet. I've already bought a book about dog training, but still, I haven't used the whole thing on him yet, I barely have time to do it because I work in the city, and I stay there for the weekdays while spending only the weekends in my parents'. I need and immidiate action for my family's safety, should i consider pulling off his canines rather than putting him down?

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Recommended Answer:
No, don't pull all his teeth. Your family needs to manage the dog to keep the teeth off other people. That means put the dog away when people are visiting. There is no excuse to have children get bitten when adults KNOW that this dog bites. Get a basket muzzle for him, crate him in another room, etc. etc. He should NOT be loose ever around anybody again. Period. He doesn't bite with his testicles, so just neutering him would do no good.

You don't live there, so the responsibility falls to your parents here. They need to manage him to keep his teeth off people, or talk to the vet about euthanasia. It's not responsible to rehome dogs that bite, especially if it has bitten someone badly like this. If your parents want to hire a trainer, here's an option for them (if they don't work with aggressive dogs, they'll be able to refer you):

Onayd (Ronald) Lumbao - Regional Director of the Philippines

Dog Scouts of the Philippines

Offering Free Community Classes on Dog Care and Training. Promoting Pure Positive Training

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Tel: +971553647101

Email: onayd@yahoo.com

Website: www.dogscoutsphilippines.com

Good luck.

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• I love animals, but the dog has to go -now. Once a dog bites, it can't be trusted.
  
  Please don't put him down... find another home for him without children, visiting or not, and where someone has the time and interest to train him.


• You need to find that dog another home. How irresponsible, to leave this dog with your family, untrained, when he acts aggressively towards them.
  
  Contact a breed rescue and give the dog a chance to get trained. You obviously are not committed to him. Let him find a better home.
  
  If you really loved him, then he would have been trained already, and none of this would be happening.
  
  Extracting the dog's teeth is NOT the answer... so don't even think about. You'd never even find a vet that would do that, for these reasons. You can't just skip the training and de-tooth your dog.


• you should have thought about this before you got a dog you didn't have time for. now another innocent pet may have to be put to death due to the owner's ignorance about the breed's temperament and inability to properly train the animal. you absolutely cannot pull the dog's teeth, that is the most irresponsible and ridiculous thing i have ever heard of and it's not going to solve your problem anyway. you'll never find a vet that would do something like that and if you try to do it yourself the dog will likely take a proper chunk out of your face. don't put him down either, that's just an admission of what a poor pet owner you are. i suggest giving him to someone who can handle aggressive behavior and has the experience to properly deal with the problem. next time you should probably just get some goldfish.


• Take him to a trainer/behaviorist, pronto, before attempting anything yourself. Pulling teeth will only cause the dog pain and will not solve the issue; he needs consistency and patience.
  
  Trainers and other sources (your vet could also put you in touch with a QUALIFIED trainer/behaviorist):
  
  http://www.inch.com/~dogs/behaviorists.h…
  http://www.apdt.com/
  http://www.cappdt.ca/
  http://www.wonderpuppy.net/canwehelp/