Dog Bites Man with Cast

I found it to be very sad when I read the other day that man with a cast was bit by a dog. For a dog to bite a man with a cast there had to have been something triggering the attack. Usually you can recognize the beginning of a dogs aggression when he has firm eye contact with you, when he goes stiff, when his tail is out, when he lets his weight alter forward, when he growls, when he shows excitement, or even arousal. Dealing with this behavior must be done in the right way and teaching him to obey is extremely important. But you must be careful about using punishment as a means of training your dog not to bite. Even in a situation like this one if the dog was biting the man with the cast because of the high risk of your dog misunderstanding and misinterpreting why you are punishing and the dog may learn to ate and mistrust all people with casts. You just should not do so when there are people or other dogs involved. Punishing for displays of aggression could lead to more violent acts. Below are some more reasons for not using punishment as a teaching aid: Punishment must be repeated frequently to teach the dog to not perform an action. Punishment doesn’t teach the dog anything constructive or positive. With punishment, you can’t control what the dog is learning. Punishment can accelerate aggression by suppressing all precursors to aggression. The dog doesn’t growl anymore he just bites. The reasons not to punish your dog are many but the underlying problem is that it isn’t an effective method of teaching. Instead of trying to stop an undesirable behavior, spend time planning out and training your dog the correct behavior.