Comments on: Understanding Dog Biting Other Dogs’ Neck: What You Need to Know

By: Doggy Dan

Doggy Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 01:01:51 +0000

Have you looked at my free webinar. It’s a great place to start. Before changing the behaviour It’s important to understand WHY it’s happening. This will explain. The link for the webinar is here
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By: Darlene C Lampkin

Darlene C Lampkin — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:59:37 +0000

In reply to Doggy Dan.

As in when the newly adopted dog has inflicted bites that have bled….not much, but have left scabs, so I can be sure it’s happened. I’ve had dogs for 40 years and have seen tons of play that looks terrifying, but is fine. The play escalated and got more and more aggressive; I didn’t want to overreact but am now sorry I didn’t intervene sooner. Looking for a local trainer.; wish me luck

By: Doggy Dan

Doggy Dan — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:37:08 +0000

In reply to CMC.

It is difficult to offer advice without ALL the facts sorry.
Yoy can check out my free webinar to learn a little more about dog psychology though.
The link for the webinar is here
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If you register you can watch it right away or at a time that suits you. Enjoy!

By: CMC

CMC — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:48:02 +0000

I have a German Shepherd and he was at the dog park and approached a husky that was by its owner and he seemed very uninterested and wanted nothing to do with my dog so my son who was right there grabbed our dog and guided him away from the husky. The husky is known according to people I’ve talked to just stay by himself and not interact with other dogs at the park. A short time later my son and the husky’s owner were talking and fire trucks went by the park with the siren and horns going off and my dog and the husky were about 5 feet behind them when a fight started between the two dogs. No one saw which dog started the fight. My dog was the larger more dominant dog and had ahold of the husky’s left side of the neck scruff and the husky was trying to bite my German Shepherd back but wasn’t able to. The husky owner intervened and grabbed my German Shepherd by the neck/harness with his right hand and then my son was on the other side on the dogs separating them. My German shepherd is being blamed for all of it right now and animal control is really focusing on the fact that he grabbed the husky’s neck. My dog has never shown aggression towards other dogs and never attacked another dog or done anything like this. He’s been with animal control for a week and the shelter staff are reporting that he is the sweetest dog and hasn’t had problems with any of the dogs or with them. The husky didn’t have any injuries and at first we were told both dogs were being taken in but that ended up not happening. My gut is telling me the husky should be observed around other dogs to see how it reacts around other dogs because I think it may have started the fight and my dog was just the bigger more dominant one and he wasn’t trying to kill him where he had the scruff on the side of his neck and he wasn’t injured. Because animal control says my dog had his neck though they are saying it’s serious and the husky owner and my son were bit separating the dogs by how they were bit and where I believe my dog did bite my son but it was the left hand of the husky owner and I think it was his dog based on hearing my sons account of how the dogs were and there was blood in the husky’s mouth but animal control is just saying they think the husky bit his tongue. Do you have any advice that may help my situation.

By: Doggy Dan

Doggy Dan — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:01:08 +0000

In reply to Cynthia Carallo. Yes it's normal, but there are limits.

By: Cynthia Carallo

Cynthia Carallo — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:06:38 +0000

Very informative blog post. I feel much more comfortable watching my dog playing with another dog. I especially didn’t know that about neck biting. I didn’t know it was normal. Thank you for the information.

By: Doggy Dan

Doggy Dan — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:20:29 +0000

In reply to Edna Jankowski.

Glad he’s improving. You might want to use a front clip no pull harness. It makes it much easier. You’ll find them on my website https://www.theonlinedogtrainer.com

By: Edna Jankowski

Edna Jankowski — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:52:30 +0000

I have mobility issues and a dog owner newbie, my 3 year old shelter born border collie mix, is a rough and tumble sort of player. He’s Mr Personality with people, but he has not been socialized properly with dogs and gets a too intense. One definite problem is he guards me, when I loose my calm he looses his. When I loose energy or need to sit down, he becomes more aggressive and tells the other dogs to stay away, he has aggressively rolled two dogs onto their backs. Your CCD training is helping (15 days in program) This summer he broke 2 prong collars, so I got him a jacket sort of harness. (Also used in a vehicle as a restraint) He stopped pulling as hard, now following your training “knee and go sniff” we enjoy our walks much more.

By: Doggy Dan

Doggy Dan — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:12:36 +0000

In reply to Alyssa.

3-5 walks on a shock collar is worrisome. Check out the free webinar, you’ll love it! You can then share it with your daughter
The Reactivity Webinar happens weekly on Wednesday and Sunday at 3pm EST (USA time). The link for the webinar is here, and you can choose this week or the following week: https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/reactivity-webinar/
If you register, you’ll get the recording via email after the webinar

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:10:42 +0000

I’m a single disabled mom of two therapeutic assistive boys both rescues now 3 yrs shared time at both homes pt time with my 23 yr old daughter (who’s not speaking with me only about the boys) she uses shock n prong on the baby primarily hers who’ll be 4 in feb on every walk! and my boy elder with health issues will be 9 in a few days she still uses prong on every walk – I’m mortified in disbelief they should live like this on every walk with prong and the baby with shock for every walk! that’s the training she purchased and uses and she controls even me that I must also use these methods to walk the boys. I am heartbroken to believe they should ever have to endure such for every walk 3-5 walks a day I believe it’s horribly wrong and hurtful not teaching the boys different training for every walk. I put em on don’t use the shock much if ever but have it on him jic. Financially challenged and unable to help her see a different way as it comes from me – I am not qualified and this is humane for her