Dominant Possession Aggression

Question
my 1 1/2 year old male sheperd (pure breed) has been growling while eating his meals and if my son (5 yrs) walks into the kitchen he snaps aggressively at him as well as in the evening when my son is walking around the living room he is snapped at for no apparent reason.  My son has never done anything to the dog he even plays with him.  Having people over my house is a chore and a half the jumping, barking and sometimes growling is bad.  I spoke to a trainer and he said the dog has dominant possessive aggression which cannot be controlled by training.  Should a find a new home for this dog that has no children?  I have a 5 yr old son and a 15 month old daughter and at this point I do not trust this dog with the kids.

thanks


Answer
Hi Nancy
Have you neutered the dog?  If so do it now.
The dog can be trained properly, it is becoming dominant because of no true Leader for him.
He must be corrected now.
Your the dominant one now and get hold of this dog and correct him.
Did u raise him from a puppy?  If not hold old was he when u got him?
The dog has found he can get away with being the boss, I would not necessarily say he is dominant one yet for he is competeing with a child, it can be stopped.
Do you know of any behavior specialists in the area, or place an ad for one before giving up on this dog/
It is worth correcting him and if u feel u cannot find help that can and will.
He is certainly trainable and loves the family he has just found a way to become boss and leader and getting away with it.
Please go to my site and look at my dogs, they know I am in chage even my breeding male, Gino. He is a pussy cat when I speak up even using my body posture.
I run a pack of dogs and very confident I will always have the uppper hand on them.
I am expecting two litters of pups end of march and med april all sold.  The dogs protect their pups, but are not mean with people or each other once they are left together when the pups are old enough to come out and play.

Kind Regards
Patt
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