dog aggression training
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- jfletcher0
one small thing to add about walking. Make the dog stays to the side or behind you, don't allow him in front and don't let him pull on the leash. This took probably 3-6 months of traiing with my dog, but now even without the leash he doesn't walk in front of me without permission. It helps set up that you are the master and controling the situation.
And as dibec mentioned, consistency! maintain it at all times. Once you get used to it, it becomes second nature, but for the first few months it takes a while. As he also mentioned, raising your voice, yelling... won't really work, and may cause more issues. You need to be firm and in control, but not agressive with the dog. Right now I usually just have to give a certain tone to my voice or snap my fingers and my dog responds.
Also, boxers are nuts. Way to high energy for me :D I got a mini (on the big side) schnauzer right now.