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My bull terrier is possessive/agressive

Ls1ftwLs1ftw
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Hello all, I'm new here. I have a 3 year old male bull terrier-megatron. He lives inside with my wife and I. Over the past 6-8 months our little guy has started growling in a few situations. We thought it was because he was not neutered so about 3 months ago we had him fixed. Much to my surprise it hasn't changed this behavior.

So I am hoping for help before we make a trip again to the vet. The 2 situations are as follows:
1. If he is laying in bed with me and my wife comes to pet him he growls usually light growling but sometimes full on nasty growling
2. The much more common event. Usually it happens at night. We keep him in a room while we are at work. We leave his food and water bowls in there. A lot of time late in the evenings if he has just ate and we need to go into that room or go into the garage he growls at us. And has even bit at a friend who was trying to leave.
I'm convinced the 2nd is due to his food but I need to figure out a solution.

I appreciate any help in advance. He is on totw and only takes benedyrl
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  • philsergeantphilsergeant Palm City, Florida, USA
    edited January 2015
    It's hard to give a short answer with brief description and without understanding the history or current disposition of the dog... (If you had posted early we could have saved you the vet fees, and him his goolies, on the neutering idea).  Is he well socialized? Does he get lots of exercise? Not left alone for long periods?
    If he has no other contributing factors you are just going to have to be braver than brave (because he can't sense your fear) and begin reprimanding and pinning him everything he shows any sign of aggression.  He has got to (re-)learn that you are boss. You wife needs to discipline him too.

    Unfortunately there's no way to sit with him and have a quiet chat... he must LEARN that it's wrong all over again.
    In the beginning God created English Bull Terriers, in the image of EBT's, God created all other breeds.
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  • Ls1ftwLs1ftw
    You are right I gave a short description so let me expand now that I'm not on my phone.

    We have had him since he was a puppy, we had no issues behavior wise with him.  We do both work but he is let out at lunch time by my wife when she comes home for lunch.  Other times my grandmother comes and takes him for long walks during the day.  I would say he gets alot of exercise but will admit I do need to make sure everyday when we come home from work.

    He has been around several other dogs and gets along with them even when they eat his food.

    Generally when he growls we very firmly tell him to sit hurt his feelings calling a bad dog, so maybe I can get opinions on the best way for discipline.  No hitting is involved.

    We started hand feeding him yesterday as I read on the site which at first he didnt like but his belly quickly made him accept.

    Can someone point me to the pinning method and I'll give that a try.

    Please let me know if you need more information.
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  • jcurtisjcurtis
    R u sure he isn't talking to u. Bullies r vocal and I've learnt that from mine. This rot pup growls ALL THETIME sometimes that's the noise he makes U MAY WANT TO SEE IF HE BITES AT U not mouth sometimes a bull will MOUTH U.
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  • BulliesofNCBulliesofNC Richlands, NC
    Sounds like he needs some rude awakening as to who's the Alpha. I'm confident the Pin Method will help out tremendously. Here's a link that will provide you a lot of helpful information as well as proper techniques for using the Pin Method. - http://www.bulliesofnc.com/BTforum/discussion/comment/14620/#Comment_14620


    - Steve Gogulski
    "It's not just a Dog, it's a Bull Terrier!"
    www.bulliesofnc.com
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  • bigbear1traceybigbear1tracey
    Sometimes when u allow a dog to share your quaters ie your bed sofas etc it makes them fill that they r the alpha because they r trying to claim that space that u r allowing him to share with u I'd remove him from the bedroom straight away and definitely not allow him on the bed or sofas if u do he needs to know that the humans are the alpha and that behaviour is not acceptable good luck .
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  • jcurtisjcurtis
    YEA I once muzzled miss and my strong armed dad and hubby CLDNT HOLD A BULL FEMALE DOWN. I EXPERIMENTED AND IT WORKED SOME PEOPLE WILL PULL EARS. OR STIK THEIR FINGER UNDER A DOGS TONGUE TO MAKE THEM MIND ME I get pissed off when my dad has done this.
    The PIN METHOD WORKED. AND IT CALMED ME TOO.
    MISS IS N FOR AN AWAKENING. ILL MAKE SURE ITS LIGHT. STARTN TRAINING ON TUESDAY AT FOUR. HOURS DRIVE AWAY AND BACK HOUR TRAINING AND THATS 3 HOURS TOTAL.
    IVE SEEN A DOG BRRAK ITS BACK CHASING A FLY SO IVE WAITED AS LONG AS I CAN. MISS IS 16 MONTHS OLD IVE KEPT exercise to walks WELL PERSONAL PROTECTION OR ATTACK TRAINING STARTS TUES. MAINLY FOR THE ROTTY
    I ASKED THE FELLA AM I RIGHT ABOUT THIS. HE SAID IM CORRECT I ASKED IF IM GONNA HAVE AN ATTACK DOG I SHLD B ABLE TO CALL IT OFF. AND HE SAID correct. ITS BEEN 24 YEARS SINCE IVE DONE THIS 37 NOW AND HE SAID THE DOG SHLD B TOLD WHEN TO START AND TO STOP.
    BULLIES HOWEVER R ALOT DIFFERENT. THEY R NOT OBEDIENT LIKE A ROT. BUT GOSH I LOVE THEM SOOOO MUCH.
    IF I LET MISS DO IT ONCE IT SETS N STONE. BUT LET ME TELL U SHES THE ONLY DOG I HAVE THAT WILL SHARE A BONE. AND WHEN HER AND BABY PLAY SHE LOOKS TO ME TO CORRECT BABY.
    SHE SHLD PUT BABY N HER PLACE BUT IM THE BOSS.
    SO SET UR RULES N STONE AND BY A YEAR UR ALMOST THERE 16 MONTH OLD FEMALE IS THE SWEETEST BULL IVE KNOWN.
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