Reasons for Pet Aggression

[heading style=”2″ color=”#996633″ style_color=”##996633″]Protective Aggression[/heading]

This most often happens when a mother protects her young pups, but it can also be seen in dogs guarding their humans. As a child, I had a dog who was attempting to protect me from a perceived threat and ended up biting a neighbor. This is sometimes a “learned” behavior and must be stopped early on to keep it from being a problem.