New Rescued Bulldog...Help?

Question
Hello,
About a month ago, my family got a rescued bully. He is 1 year old and his name is Jonesy. My brother and father (and I) love bulldogs. We have one at home, named Bogart (hes a runt), and since we just got this new puppy-they have been fighting. I want to train my dog to not be so vicious with the people and animals of the house hold. Jonesy is gigantic for a 1 year old and when we first got him, we pictured a small bulldog. Not necessarily a perfect and well trained one because he was being rescued. I want (sort of need) to know how to train my dog to not be so aggressive. My dogs fight over toys even when I'm playing with both at the same time with 2 different toys. When they DO play together, I don't think they think its playing. More of a competition. Got any tips?

Answer
First start with basic obedience training for both dogs. That serves to both establish you as the pack leader, and provides socialization with other dogs. YOur dogs will observe the other dogs behavior and learn social skills between dogs and humans.

Next, you have to creat a situation where you control the interaction. In our classes we have the owners play catch with a toy the dogs like. After a few passes, each dog is asked, "Want to play?"  Then they give the toy to one dog. About 15-30 seconds passes, then you take the toy back, pass it a few times between humans, then present it to teh second dog. The dogs learn to sit stay and wait for the toy, and they see that only one dog gets it at a time and the both get their turn.

The dogs have to sit stay and wait for the toy to come to them. Any lunging and the toy gets frozen in its spot until the dog sits. We use the word "NICE" wait - take it nice - to teach the dog to not grab/jump for the toy. This is part of the nothig for free training program. [dog must "work" for anything, toy, treat, meal, affection].

Agility or fly-ball also helps in this training to the point where the dog knows what toys are theirs and what toys are another dogs.

Last is lemon juice. Squirt a littel into the mouth of the agressive dog and tell them "NO, BAD DOG, JUICE!"

Regards,
Henry Ruhwiedel
Westwind Kennels LLC