Dog nipping issues

I have a 3 year old male un-neutered black labrador.

In the past 2 years I have had 3 complaints from my neighbours about him nipping/ bitting them when they walk past our house. He has never drawn blood or left a mark just scared them and on the most recent occasion ripped a jacket.

He is a lovley well tempered dog who has been to old folks home many times to let older people pet him as they no longer have there own animals. He is also very good with children as my younger sister often has friends over and they play outside with him.

People walk past my house daily and this has occured 3 times.But I need to deal with it as my neighbours should be able to walk by my house and not worry. I dont want to sell him any advice would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

fatmammycat

Adrien Melodic Self-incrimination wrote: »

I have a 3 year old male un-neutered black labrador.

In the past 2 years I have had 3 complaints from my neighbours about rover nipping/ bitting them when they walk past our house. He has never drawn blood or left a mark just scared them and on the most recent occasion ripped a jacket.

He is a lovley well tempered dog who has been to old folks home many times to let older people pet him as they no longer have there own animals. He is also very good with children as my 7 year old sister often has friends over and they play outside with him.

People walk past my house daily and this has occured 3 times.But I need to deal with it as my neighbours should be able to walk by my house and not worry. I dont want to sell him any advice would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

Er, I'm not being smart now, but contain your dog on your property so that he can't 'nip' people? Nip is just another word for bite. Your dog is being aggressive and territorial, something that can and probably will escalate. You say the dog is 3, but this has been going on for 2 years? You're very lucky you haven't been sued or that your dog hasn't done more damage. Seriously, this is a real problem, you need to address it now.

andreac

Keep the dog enclosed on your own property. It is illegal for your dog not to be under control in public places and as fatmammycat said, you are lucky you havent been sued yet.

It is your responsibility as a dog owner to make sure you are a respnsible dog owner and do everything to ensure this is done and you are not doing so and you risk being taken to court and possibly having the dog pts, so do people a favour and ensure this stops now.

Such a typical answer, i cant be bothered to sort it properly so ill sell him:rolleyes:

Its not rocket science, keep the dog in the garden, the house or a dog run where he cant get at people.

doubter

I do agree with the first 2 posters - keep the dog in a securely fenced garden.Also, nipping is either herding instinct - collies are prone to that - or the beginning of aggression. I read your boy isen't neuterd.I would do that asap as that will improve his aggressive/protective behaviour.

phelo2121

Neuter your dog, I do agree that he should be confined to your property but you should also do work with him around being territorial, you should sit with your dog while he's at the front of ur property and every time someone passes give him a treat so he sees people passing as a positive thing not a negative! Good luck

andreac

andreac wrote: »

Such a typical answer, i cant be bothered to sort it properly so ill sell him:rolleyes:

She doesn't want to sell him someone else does hence the reason she's looking at all other options

Cheers for the other responses lads and ladies

andreac

Adrien Melodic Self-incrimination wrote: »

She doesn't want to sell him someone else does hence the reason she's looking at all other options

Cheers for the other responses lads and ladies

Whos she??

There is a very simple answer to the problem. Keep your dog contained, end of.

kylith

Keeping him contained is certainly one way, but I'd be looking at why he's nipping. Is it aggression? Is it play, and he just hasn't learned not to use his mouth when playing with people? I'd recommend getting a behaviourist in to get to the bottom of it and wipe it out completely.

brownstone

I'd say neuter him. It may help with the aggression etc. Also, try and confide him. But neutering and a muzzle may be a good idea.

Quality

andreac wrote: »

There is a very simple answer to the problem. Keep your dog contained, end of.

End of what exactly? It's not going to stop the dog nipping if people come onto the property. Narrow minded, ignorant advice as usual


Op, could u muzzle him outdoors? It sounds like territorial behaviour, also try the neutering as previously suggested.

DBB

Quality wrote: »

End of what exactly? It's not going to stop the dog nipping if people come onto the property. Narrow minded, ignorant advice as usual

Whilst posters may not agree with one another's advice, they can disagree respectfully.
Please keep it civil Quality.

Mod hat off, OP's dog is causing problems whilst there's nobody about to keep an eye on him. It is dangerous to muzzle a dog and leave him unsupervised.

carav10

Quality wrote: »

End of what exactly? It's not going to stop the dog nipping if people come onto the property. Narrow minded, ignorant advice as usual


Op, could u muzzle him outdoors? It sounds like territorial behaviour, also try the neutering as previously suggested.

Quality, read the OP's first post, it's not when they're not coming onto the property.

OP, if people are being nipped when they're walking past your house then you have to contain your dog. It's only a matter of time before the decision will be taken out of your hands and made for you, i.e. you will be forced to have your dog put down.

Neutering is not going to solve this one overnight, your issue is that your dog bites people as they walk past, for whatever reasons are going on with him. But you as the owner need to stop it now.

As someone who had to walk past uncontained German Shepherds as a child walking home from school for years and constantly afraid of getting 'nipped', contain your dog. It's not fair on passers by. It's taken me a few years to get over a general dislike of GS's and I've met some fab ones.

Do all the other things as well, neuter, socialise, train at the gate with passers by, but first off, contain your dog. Keep the gate closed, raise the wall with fencing or something. Muzzling, while it will stop him from being able to bite, will not stop him from trying which is also not fair to a person. Nobody should be in fear walking on a public road from being lunged at by a dog when it could easily be prevented. Some dogs do it for just sheer entertainment on their part so while he may not be 'aggressive' as you know from his dealings with your children etc, he could be doing it out of boredom, because it gives him fun, or has become territorial.

Please do something asap or you will lose him which would be very unfair to your dog.