Thoughts on aggressive dominate female - Page 2

I dont know that I would give up.  How many people out there learned something by learning what not to do.  Granted you may take a bite or two before figuring how not to get bitten.  Remember flesh will grow back. 

Also following behind this dog is kind of like petting a horse or dog from behind, only magnified.  BTW of that subject when dealing with this dog dont give him frontal body posture nor lots of eye contact, lookover the dogs head or at his side.  I only say this because I dont think you can read the body language of the dog.  I fully believe that before the bite he is giving you a body language warning, often times this language will include the dog giving you direct eye contact. 

This dog needs tons of training.

@ SitasMom, It seems that owners ask for help after multiple bites to the innocent and things are totally out of controll.  The biggest problem with this is that they dont see how they mande a genetic issue only much worse.  Then they look for pro help.  But they want you to fix the problem and then they think they can continue with their dog owner habits that led to the dogs problems.  I have seen this more times than I care to recall.

I dont suggest it for this owner.  But I have seen a few dogs similar to this one cured through PP training.  1.It teaches the owner handeling skills.  2.  The dog gets lots of OB training.  3.  Owner gets well educated in dog behavior.

It is good to see people helping for a change and not tearing people down.  Hugs from me to the women and hand shakes to the fellas

If the owner does not want for you to deal with the dog whatever it takes for her to be brought back into normal acceptable behavor then your hands are tied and of cousre you need to let the dog know that you are a friend not a foe in the beginning to gain trust with the dog with the muzzle still on which it sounded like you where doing in the beginning.Some very good training ideas and control ideas have already been mentioned

She sounds like a fiesty one.  It is dogs like this you learn the most from.

It's really rather simple. You need to exercise your authority. When the dog recognizes your authority, the battle is won and the training becomes simple. Works every time, even with dogs that have bitten people. Until she recognizes your authority, you will never control her and all the leashes and collars in the world will be useless.