Using Caution When Dealing With Fighting Problems
What is in the dog’s mind when it attacks every dog it meets or just has one enemy around the corner? Most of it is show of power, very often a cowardly show of strength aimed at other people’s toy dogs who can’t respond a bully back. Face that same bully with a big dog likely to respond back and it will vanish into the distance, for the dog knows who will be boss even in its own race, and if it senses dominance of physique or brain, it will automatically be subservient.
That is why young dogs lie on their backs, all four feet in the air, when they encounter an older or stronger dog; they know who is boss and are showing the other dog so by revealing the tummy to an enemy. That is why dog owners must know that this trick is not a good one really and should be checked at an early age, for it is simply one of a weak animal giving in to one stronger in mind and frequently an enemy at that.
Few owners would like to assume their dogs look upon them as enemies, but that is the case. When a dog no longer looks upon you as a latent enemy it stops this lying on its back as protection, even though many dogs in later life do it since their owners have injured their chests, which they like, and they hope for it again. But mainly it belongs to the defense mechanism of the dog clan. The mind of a dog that fights constantly has at the back of it the yearning to be the boss of the tribe, and he fights other male dogs who are sexually mature to make sure there is no hazard of his being questioned as “lord of all he surveys.” Muzzle that dog and allow him loose with the dog he has previously fought and nine times out of ten he will understand he is at a disadvantage and show no signs of hostility.
That is why dogs with fighting problems should be muzzled and then freed with trained dogs or non-fighters. They then study to enjoy themselves in a community and the desire to fight goes away. Frequently, having muzzled, introduced and trained them for a short time together, previously bad fighters are lying side by side without muzzles after a few minutes.
Your own character needs to be strong to deal with fighters, since fighters are generally adult dogs. Few puppies fight, few females fight; thus your mind have to be stronger than that of the potential fighter so that you are the boss, not either of the dogs. If the dog is sex-mad you can do nothing but neuter it. Muzzling is only a substitute, not a cure. Owners who won’t have their fighting dogs neutered should always have them muzzled in open places.
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