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Morning , im on the hunt for other opinions/ options.
we have had our weimaraner collie cross for 5 years and constantly battled and over come various behavioural problems. However recently he has started to , without reason provacation or any frequency , attack other dogs and animals. Its not a case of it being any particular animal and there are no identifiable triggers its like a switch flick on and he goes after the animal then comes back happy and wants to play.unfortunatley we have two children and its become a worry as to when rather than if they are in the way. Personally i can only see one way out of this but thought i would ask the advice of the board
Nari
 
Have his previous behavioural problems included aggression? If this is a new behaviour then I would suggest your first action would be to get him checked out by the vet to rule out pain issues causing this. If the vet can find nothing wrong then perhaps look at some one to one training with a qualified trainer/behaviourist. If these methods don't help then sadly I think you may be right about the final solution, sad but your children have to come first.
 
HI thanks for the reply .
He was previously food agressive but we worked through it with the one to one behaviourist. (along with the seperation anxiety panic attacks food stealing defecation on own bedding etc). Its stupid but it makes me feel that i have failed him,
 
HI :) Vet checked him out in june (after attacking our labx) and couldnt find anything- but hes going back today after going for the duck and neighbours dog. diet is chubb and skinners sensitive dry fed twice a day with a trickle ball of dry availiable . its heart breaking frustrating and argh as today hes fine growled at the kids when they were having a cuddle but sleeping in his bed happy as larry :(
 
I would also rule out a pain response or even something neurological if it has been getting progressively worse.

I would then seek out a behaviourist/trainer with express experience in aggression (no harm, but some have letters after their names and nice websites, but they cannot deal with proper red zone stuff and I don't mean yank-and-boot-the-hell-out-of-the dog-type trainers either!)
If that doesn't work, then you probably know what I am going to say x
 
hi , thank you for your responses. we have an appointment with the vets this aafternoon and then dependant on outcome a possible appointment with the Dogs trust Behaviourist on tuesday.
Nari
 
CaveCanem said:
I would also rule out a pain response or even something neurological if it has been getting progressively worse.

I would then seek out a behaviourist/trainer with express experience in aggression (no harm, but some have letters after their names and nice websites, but they cannot deal with proper red zone stuff and I don't mean yank-and-boot-the-hell-out-of-the dog-type trainers either!)
If that doesn't work, then you probably know what I am going to say x
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Ditto this.
Also please keep him away from the kids until you sort something out, 1 way or another :(
 
PM is organised, vet seemed to think a possible tumour but then also suggested that it may have been a schizophrenia (although i think that was to make me feel a bit better).
Thankyou for all advice
Nari
 
Well I thought it might have been something neurological on your first post (although I am no vet) if there was no obvious trigger and it was getting worse and worse.
If he was bad at the vets (don't mean to pry, you don't need to go into detail) it may have been something made worse by stress so this will have been the kindest thing for him instead of living his life in pain or fear...so sorry x
 
Sorry to hear this, it did sound as if it might have been tumour or similar as his behaviour was so unpredicatable. Horrible for you to face but it does sound like it was the kindest thing for him.
 
So sorry to read this RIP Arry xx

I had to have a dog put to sleep for the same reasons, i didnt have a post mortem done, but i wish i had :(

((Hugs)) xx
 
Im so sorry to read this, you have done everything possible to resolve it but it wasnt to be.

Well done for being responsible and doing the right thing although it dosnt make it any easier.
 
I'm sorry to hear this :(

A friend's dog became randomly aggressive recently, and turned out to have a brain tumour. No one's fault, just one of these awful things.
 
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