Bad bad bad dog!!!

[Red Haired Girl]

Bite him back?

[Ivan]

Bite him back?

+1 (except with your hand, not teeth)
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/articles...correction.htm

[Kasianni]

Sorry to hear this, Kasia. Both James and now Patti would occasionally do this, and it's really really scary, I know.

I attended a couple of clinics with Brenda Aloff when I had Alex (who was never ever aggressive to me, but pretty scary with other people and other dogs), and found her to be incredibly helpful. You can find her website here: http://brendaaloff.com/ and I can't recommend her book Agression in Dogs highly enough. Extremely readable, and SO helpful. You can buy it from her site, or at http://www.amazon.ca/Aggression-Dogs...s=brenda+aloff. You can also get it through Chapters, I'm sure.

I would really also suggest calling one of the behaviourists at Saint Hyacinthe...a phone consult (esp. if referred by your vet) may well be free. Dr. Diane Frank is the behaviourist there. http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/chuv/...portement.html

Whatever you do, do NOT do nothing. This isn't going to just go away, and could escalate, and the more stressed and apprehensive you are around him, the worse he's going to get, because he's feeding off your emotions. You know what his trigger is, so you need some advice with how to work to around it. The suggestions I've given you are a good starting place. It doesn't have to cost a lot of $$$ but it will take time, patience, and above all needs you to calm about it (hard, I know, when he's chomping on you!! I know that feeling all too well from James and Patti). But it can be done. Good luck with it!!

I will call the behaviorist on Monday, that is where Theo went when he went down, his neurologist is there..It is scary, to see this 13 pound little thing go crazy and bark his head off and get all aggressive. I am so tired of him biting me, I've tried to be calm, its hard, I got a warning yesterday from him barking on Christmas day, seems a few people called to complain. I was trying to show him who was boss and put him in my room away from everyone and he wouldn't have it, barked him little head off I thought he'd never stop. I'm tired of it all. My hand is so swollen and sore yet Theo is laying on my lap now as I type this, like nothing happened at all, he is calm and sweet and I can't believe that this little bugger would do that to me. I'll get that book you suggested, thanks for all the help.