Ok maybe I should put it diffrently. I don’t mean like an attack dog. More like a security dog and not have him picked on by bigger dogs he can stand up for himself. The only training school we have is loaning him out to the local sheriff which they don;t gurantee his safety.
Wow your comments are scary.
You are definitely not fit to have a dog right now.
Go read about dogs care, extensively, and in the meanwhile do not try to do anything to this poor dog.
“I saw my kid be nice to people, but I want him to have the instinct to instead beat them up with a baseball bat, how do I do that?”
And the little mention of “but I’d like to not abuse him too much if possible” at the end. That’s really disgusting.
I just meant like if one of our family was attacked by another dog or animal he would step in to help. I would caveat saying I want him to stick up for himself because he is always picked on at the dog park. And if I had a kid he would be one chunky mofo because we spoil the shit out of our dog.
If you had a kid you would want him to defend you?
Your dog depends on you. He didn’t choose to be with you. If you start trying to make him have a “use” then you just wanted a tool, not a pet, and I don’t even want to interact with you if that’s the case.
That might sound harsh but we’re not in the middle ages anymore, and no one needs a dog to protect them; if anything, you should protect him. He is the one that was forced to put his life in your hands.
My advice is not to try to make him mean.
If you want him to protect your home you can train him to bark at strangers when at home.
How do I do that. He’s pretty sound sensitive. But like i said above just way too nice he will bark at us if we dont pet him or rub his belly enough
How do you make a dog bark?
I used to have a dog, her name was Zöe, named for one of the characters on Firefly.
She was the best dog. Completely safe around children and the elderly, never barked, never nipped or bit, she was smart, observant, and just the biggest sweetheart.
But if she determined that you were disliked by Her People, you weren’t safe.
My wife told me a story about Zöe, that happened while I was at work. We used to live by a river - it was literally in our back yard. A couple of guys showed up, ostensibly to ask if they could go fishing but more likely to look for things they could steal, as the river was maybe 6" deep at that time, and there were much more accessible places to get to the river. My wife wasn’t comfortable with them there, but they weren’t taking No for an answer. Our other dog was bouncing and barking from the back yard, and they were worried about her, and as a result, they didn’t see Zöe, until she started this angry hateful growl that was accompanied by bared teeth an inch long and a 4" wide strip of fur standing up along her back.
This dog could run nearly as fast as a whitetail deer. She once ate half a snapping turtle. She was part hound, part alligator, and part backhoe, with a little bit of two-stroke dirt bike tossed in. She was unbelievably fast and strong.
My wife said “I can’t really control that dog, you really need to leave.” And we never saw them again.
Tl;dr: Your dog is very likely only nice to YOU and people you are comfortable with.
Edited to add more info about Zöe because she was such a cool dog and I miss her.
Dogs don’t work like that. A dog gets protective when it’s anxious, and thinks it has to be in charge because you are ineffective. If your dog is relaxed and looks to you to protect it, you are doing a good job of raising your dog.
Dog park, I dunno, but "standing up to other dogs’ just sounds like asking for a dog fight. Playing dogs are not necessarily jockeying for dominance but even if they are it doesn’t mean they can’t all have fun, without being mean.
I agree that even good, happy dogs can have a nose for danger, our awesome shep-akita was pleasant with adults and gentle giant with other dogs but once was so growly snappy with a girl my stepdaughter brought home and she did steal something. The dog picked up on her we did not.
Breed?
BC
Like, border collie?
Yep.
So, one of the smartest breeds. You can teach it to do anything. Figure out what its biggest motivation is (treat, play, touch ect) and start using that as a reward when trying to teach a new behavior. I’d recommend using youtube/the library to see specific training techniques. You have a very smart and trainable dog.
Thank you for your answer sometimes I don’t know how to phrase stuff correctly. Again thank you from the bottom of my heart and my Buddy’s stomach…no sarcaasm in that.