Dogs have several types of aggression problems, but dog aggression  directed at people  is the biggest problem of all of these. A dog that has begun acting aggressively towards people may be just one step away from biting a family member or a visitor to your home.

You will need to correct your dogs behavior if you see it displaying aggression towards people. Usually a dog will have a reason that has resulted in his becoming aggressive. Often the reason for aggression towards people is that the dog has been previously abused by a former master or someone else.

It is pretty easy to be aware of a dog that is showing signs of aggression. Growling and snarling are obvious signs that a dog is feeling agitated and aggressive. In addition, it may raise the hackles on his back, bark and even make a lunge while snapping his teeth. At this stage of aggression there is a possibility that the dog will soon bite, unless the situation is defused.

Through repeated abuse over time negative conditioning has led to your dog's current state of aggression. Your dog's aggression towards people can be reconditioned by using only positive conditioning to  reverse his problem and create a bond of trust and confidence between you and your dog.

Do not let your aggressive dog run loose until you have retrained him not to be aggressive towards people. Keep your aggressive dog inside a fenced yard or on a lead so that he cannot run loose and possibly attack somebody passing by.

You can use this training technique to gradually correct your dog's aggression problem towards people. To get started, bring your dog with you on a visit to a friend of yours-someone who maybe your dog already knows may work best. I recommend that you have the meeting away from your dog's own territory-this should at least remove his instinctual territorial aggression urges to protect his turf. Before you start the training, put  your dog on his leash. By controlling your dog via his leash, you can prevent any lunges by your dog. If your dog tries to get at your friend, put him straight back into his sit position with a correction and a firm "no". However, do not yell at your dog or punish him for this aggression. The hitting and yelling will only hurt your training efforts, because your dog will not calm down if he is getting the negative reinforcement.

Do not give him any praise or affection or a treat until he has resumed a relaxed sitting position. After he has become calm and deserve his rewards you can do praise him and give him a treat. By only praising and rewarding the behaviors you want, you are using positive reinforcement to get the responses form your dog that you want to see. Each time your dog shows some aggression, just repeat this step-over and over, be patient. The positive conditioning works because you are gradually desensitizing your dog's fear of people and his response of aggression towards them.

You will want to practice stopping your dog's aggression towards people often to really establish your dog's new found ability to be relaxed around other people. Once your dog is relaxed around your friend, you can try the training with different people, until he can meet a new person without getting aggressive.

Until later in his training just introduce him to 1 new person at a time. too many people could make it difficult for your dog to relax. However, after he has met and become comfortable around a variety of individual people you should gradually increase the amount of people he is exposed to in social situations. Keep working at his training step by step until you reach your goal of having a dog that is comfortable around people in social situations-so that your pet can be a fun part of the group, instead of terrorizing it.

Follow these simple steps and you can teach your dog that people might not be so bad after all, and that he can finally be comfortable around people without needing to worry about being struck. If you have successfully corrected his aggression problems towards people, you will finally have a dog that is safe and fun for your family and friends to be around.  Now a walk with your dog in public will be fun instead of a challenge.

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