staffie going for the owner!!

hi i have a 5year old staff he his awsome and pretty well behaved ...untill i have visitors he tries to dominate me when i try to get him to calm down or just chill he snarls at me bares his teeth he will not back down at all he is very close to biting me . once the visitors are gone he is back to a nice loving dog !! .......any advice would be appreciated

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Hi & welcome to the forum.

I take it that this is the only time he acts like this? Has he always been this way or is it a recent thing?

its the only time he is like it . it has been going on about 4-5 months .

Dominance. Either, if you want him running free, have him muzzled and on a lead so you can check his behavior and correct it.
Or crate him whilst visitors are around, don't give him a chance to display this behaviour.

Usually my view is: if dog attacks owner for no good reason, put it down.
But here, its obvious dominance and can be sorted.

I'd say it's likely to be dominance, but I wonder why it's only just started. Have you argued with any vistors recently, or have there been any upsets when there have been visitors in the house?

Is he fit & healthy? Are his ears nice & clean? Does he show any signs of anxiety at any other time?

Personally I wouldn't muzzle him, I'd put a collar & lead on him & give him commands every so often to reinforce that he does what you tell him to do. When the visittors arrive, make him sit by your side when you open the door & walk with you into whatever room you're going to be. If he still kicks off at least you have the comtrol of the lead & can take him out of the room, or put him in a crate if you have one.

Don't let the visitors fuss him or even acknowledge him until this is sorted out.

Agree with Caryll. Best to keep him on lead.

thnx for taking the time to reply guys your advice is much appreciated .
i will go with not letting visitors fuss him and use a cage hopefully this will work!!i will let you know how it turns out . thnx

jstaff wrote:Agree with Caryll. Best to keep him on lead.

I think I'm going to have to try this one. Monty is TERRIBLE when people are in the house visiting. He jumps and nips, he is SO exciteable that it's something we need to sort out as it does get out of hand.

tucker wrote:thnx for taking the time to reply guys your advice is much appreciated .
i will go with not letting visitors fuss him and use a cage hopefully this will work!!i will let you know how it turns out . thnx

No fear, if he's crated, at the very least have a towel over it if he's in the same room as everyone. If not, he may go batshit crazy.

Skullkandi wrote:

tucker wrote:thnx for taking the time to reply guys your advice is much appreciated .
i will go with not letting visitors fuss him and use a cage hopefully this will work!!i will let you know how it turns out . thnx

No fear, if he's crated, at the very least have a towel over it if he's in the same room as everyone. If not, he may go batshit crazy.

I'd only crate him if the crate's in another room!

Caryll wrote:

Skullkandi wrote:

tucker wrote:thnx for taking the time to reply guys your advice is much appreciated .
i will go with not letting visitors fuss him and use a cage hopefully this will work!!i will let you know how it turns out . thnx

No fear, if he's crated, at the very least have a towel over it if he's in the same room as everyone. If not, he may go batshit crazy.

I'd only crate him if the crate's in another room!

Was gonna say that, but wasn't sure if I was gonna be correct >D

hi guys been caging my dog for about 4 weeks now and not letting visitors fuss him ..it has worked great!!once he is calm when i have visitors i let him out ..any playing up he goes back in it seems to be working only a couple of quick growls in 4 weeks so he is 100% better and getting better behaved all the time so caging did work .just like to thank you all for your advice it worked!!

Fantastic! Stick around, though & share experiences with us all!

Glad to hear he has made an improvement and please do stick around