Aggressive beagle puppy?

Oh gosh, where to start. I hate to say that your trainer is completely off his rocker. Dominance theory is completely bogus. Your dog is a dog and you are a human. Your puppy does realize that you are different from her and therefore dog rules don't apply. Dominance theory was based off observations of wolf packs and their wolf-to-wolf interactions, not wolf-to-human interactions. Just like people tell you not to compare humans to animals, don't compare animals to humans, this includes the interactions that they have with other animals. Dogs do not want to take over or "dominate" our lives. They want a leader and if we, as their owners, do not provide that leadership for them, then they will attempt to figure the world out on their own and do their own thing and this is what people believe as their dog "dominating" them.

Your puppy is not aggressive. Puppies are not aggressive, especially not Beagles. Aggression is a fearful response to a stimulus. What you have is a puppy that has never been taught bite inhibition or even what the rules are so, for her, everything is a game and play time.

You need to eliminate the stimulus in order to eliminate the response. By this, I mean, the second she puts her mouth on you, you must immediately get up, fold your arms and turn your back on her and wait until she has calmed down. She must not receive ANY form of attention, no speaking to her or even looking at her from anyone in the family or that is in the house at the time. Only when she has calmed down should you resume play. If she nips at your feet or your ankles, you may need to stand on a chair or place her behind a baby gate so she can't reach you.

This DOES work if you are consistent every single time. If you aren't then she will be confused and her behavior will continue.

Also, I have never heard that yelping makes a puppy more "aggressive" because wild dogs' prey yelp. I also find this highly improbable as you don't have a wild dog. You have a domestic dog. You don't is not going to go outside and kill an animal because 1. she was not bred for it. Beagles are scent dogs not hunting dogs. While they are used for hunting, they are used for their ability to track a scent not to jump a rabbit and kill it. 2. The wild dog was bred out of her after hundreds of generations of breeding the Beagle.

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Its still a puppy, doesnt know whats right or wrong. You have to lay the foundation for them to know and set the rules. I dont ever force my puppy to calm down, instead I ignore him when he is misbehaving like when he barks, or biting.

Just remember to praise him or reward him with a treat whenever you like something he did. He will get it soon, my rhodesian ridgeback puppy was like that, now he's 5 months and showing improvements every month.

The trainer you got was a joke!

His methods of "training" are making your dog WORSE! Everything you are doing is making her WORSE.

Aggressive dogs are INSECURE dogs.

Drop this trainer like a rock...

1% of dogs who are aggressive towards owners? Where did he get this statistic? This is total B.S.

Actually, what you said about yelping is not true.

When puppies play together and one bites too hard, the other puppy yelps and usually walks away.

Biting for attention should get you no attention at all.

"Such dominance-based discipline uses force and hard punishment such as ‘alpha rolls (when a dog is forcibly laid on its back and side and held down until it ‘submits’), ‘biting’ (where a person uses the tips of their fingers bunched together that are poked into a dog’s side in order to simulate a ‘bite’ that a dog would use to reprimand another dog), foot pushes (where a person uses the side of their foot or heel to prod or kick a dog when it is misbehaving), hanging (where a dog is hung by his collar until his air supply is cut off), and shock collars that deliver an electric shock when the dog misbehaves. Positive training uses constructive discipline to guide the dog into making better choices rather than scaring or inflicting pain. Hard punishments used by dominance trainers are not only cruel but are also potentially dangerous and damage the trust between dog and human. Again, dominance trainers will argue that these are effective methods of punishment because they stop dogs from repeating negative behavior, and they are right to a point. The punishment is most likely to work there and then, but the experience of the punishment can make dogs feel more insecure and wary of their owners and it is common for dogs that are punished in this manner to keep reoffending because they haven’t been shown that there is another way to behave. The only thing harsh punishment does achieve is to make the person feel better because they have gained control even if it meant dominating the dog into submission. That might be fine for some people, and unfortunately there are those that actually don’t mind using hard punishment. I not only feel sorry for the dogs that such people come into contact with but also sorry for those people for being so misguided. I have said in previous articles that I believe people who train their dogs using dominance techniques show a great weakness within themselves. Anyone can get a dog to behave using punitive training but it takes a real understanding of dog psychology to use discipline effectively without inflicting pain or fear and to guide a dog into not repeating negative behavior while maintaining trust between dog and person. "

You need to look at positive reinforcement training - like what Victoria Stilwell does.

Look at: http://positively.com/positive-reinforcement/the-s...

http://positively.com/positive-reinforcement/why-p...

http://positively.com/2010/01/10/is-punishment-rea...

http://positively.com/2011/03/17/top-10-things-to-...

http://positively.com/files/100101-bestfriends.pdf

http://positively.com/2010/03/22/fact-vs-fiction-p...

http://positively.com/2010/04/06/fact-vs-fiction-p...

Also try: American Kennel Club - www.akc.org

United Kennel Club - www.ukcdogs.com

The Association of Pet Dog Trainers - www.apdt.com

APDT Rally Obedience - www.apdt.com/po/rally

www.clickertrain.com

www.clickertraining.com

www.clickerteachers.net

www.patriciamcconnell.com

www.peaceablepaws.com

www.trulydogfriendly.com

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