Why dogs bite!
Understanding aggression The development of unwanted aggression is a complicated processes in which several factors are involved, notably the many and varied effects of the dogs environment, its upbringing and experiences as well as it's genetic disposition - inherited traits from their parents. Dogs bite for many reasons however not always simply because they are aggressive. Humans tend to generalise that all or any bite is because a dog is aggressive and it simply is not true. There are many forms of aggression one is maternal aggression - a mother protecting her babies; Pain aggression may occur i.e. when you stand on their tail or paw, they are sick or after an operation, dogs instinctively turn and may bite to remove the thing causing pain; Territorial aggression - when they are protecting their home, garden, food etc; Redirected aggression - an example being if two dogs in their garden want to protect their territory from an intruder such as another dog or even human...