Aggressive Dog Training Minneapolis

An aggressive dog can be difficult to work with. You want to look into a training program that will not only be able to handle basic obedience but will also help provide dog training that will help dogs learn how to behave around family members. Whether barking or biting is the problem, you worry about separation anxiety, or there is some other problem area to focus on, our dog trainers are there to help. We can use a variety of training methods to help improve your dog’s behavior.

Often, the total training program that you choose for most dogs will be more than a month. This allows the dog to go at their own pace and can ensure that they will be ready to handle real-life situations. Our work-rest cycle will rotate the intense training with some time to rest, allowing most dogs to learn faster than before. A glimpse at what we offer includes:

Lesson 1

Aggressive behavior can be as simple as separation anxiety from the parent, chasing after others when running by, or having barking and biting instances. That is why we want to work on your dog’s behavior specifically to see what is going on.

Our first lesson of this training program is going to put the dog trainer right with your dog, helping them get used to one another. The focus here is to help the dog make eye contact with their dog trainer and look at some of the body language and how they feel at the time. We can look to see whether the training program is right or if other problems need attention, like resource guarding or leash reactivity.

Lesson 2

Depending on the level of aggressive behavior, we may need to keep the muzzle on for the second lesson. Our dog trainers will build on some of the eye contact from before but may start to work more on touch and basic obedience as well. Your dog needs to know some of the basic obedience commands from their dog trainer before they can stop aggressive behavior around other dogs. Dog walking on a leash needs to be an important progression point that we move towards.

Lesson 3

We will keep working to progress with your own dog to help work on some of the off-leash skills that they need. We will continue with some of the basic commands from before, but more of a focus on specific situations that you may find yourself in with your dog. Some common scenarios may be: going ballistic at the door, fence fighting with the neighbor dog, food aggression, getting the dog off the furniture who doesn’t want to move, and jealousy problems with other dogs and people.

Lesson 4

Now it is time to add in more distractions to see how your dog will do during our dog training group classes. The dog trainer will want to work on retaining your dog’s attention, even when there are a lot of people and other dogs around at the time. We can build up so that other trainers can work around them at the same time without a lot of problems, while also meeting some of your other training goals.

Group Class

As we progress with your dog, we will want to increase the distractions to see how your dog will do. Our goal is to expose your dog to other dogs and other people on a larger scale by introducing your dog to some real-life situations. We must ensure that no behavioral issues show up so that you can take your dog on a daily walk with the whole family.

Your dog may be going to need more or less time to work on the aggressive behavior, but our team will be able to create the aggressive dog training and dog obedience training classes that you need for a great relationship with your dog. We offer regular classes for Minneapolis and the Twin Cities area so you can have continual training sessions to deepen your dog’s training around new environments.