The Dog Trainer's Resource 2: The APDT Chronicle of the Dog Collection by Mychelle Blake

Author:Mychelle Blake [Blake, Mychelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Pets, Business & Economics, Dogs
ISBN: 9781929242573
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Published: 2008-07-14T21:00:00+00:00

A Case Study: Resource Guarding, Conflict Aggression, and Fear Aggression

Lore I. Haug, Edited by Terry Long, September/October 2005

Case Information

Name: Randall

Age: 10 years

Species: Canine

Sex: Castrated Male

Color: Liver/White

Breed: German Shorthaired Pointer

History

Presenting complaint: Aggression when Randall is kenneled or cornered

Vaccines: Current

Operations: Castration, March 2000

Prior illness: Heartworm treated with Immiticide™, July 1999

Medications: Heartguard and Advantage monthly

Environmental history: Randall lives in an outdoor run during the day and is allowed to run on the 3/4-acre lot during the day. At night he is kenneled indoors.

Other animals: 14-year-old castrated male cat and 14-year-old spayed female cat.

Diet: Science Diet™ Senior Large Bites

Physical Exam

Temperature: 100.6

Heart Rate: 126

Respiration Rate: 34

Weight: 71#

Description of abnormal findings:

Nuclear sclerosis bilat; moderate dental tartar; lean body condition; no other significant findings.

Behavioral History

Randall spent the first nine months of his life at a veterinarian’s house. The veterinarian socialized Randall at his vet clinic with other animals and people. Randall then spent the next three years with a man who purchased the dog from the veterinarian. The dog lived primarily in a kennel situation. This man had a woman train the dog for hunting. After a year and a half, the owner had a heart attack so for the next year and a half Randall was alone in a kennel. Randall then spent another nine months within another hunting-dog kennel. The current owners picked up Randall from this kennel and took him to their home. They have had him for five years.

Randall was purchased to be used primarily as a hunting dog. He has been trained by two different trainers. Mr. Smith claims that neither trainer used harsh or cruel methods to train their dogs, but the dog is conditioned to an electronic shock collar. During hunting trips, Randall has not shown aggressive behavior to either Mr. Smith or his hunting companions. However, when he is kenneled at night in the hotel room, he will growl at Mr. Smith’s hunting companions. Randall will also start to growl and bark if he is in his kennel in the back of the truck and anyone other than Mr. Smith starts to approach him.

Randall spends the majority of his time in an outdoor 15’ x 35’ run. The area is well shaded and he has access to fresh water. He is given Nylabones™ to play with during the day. When supervised, he is allowed to run free on the ¾-acre lot. Outside of his run, Randall seeks attention from everyone and will allow people in the yard to pet him. He is often walked down the neighborhood street and is usually greeted by several of the neighborhood children. Randall is normally very friendly and allows the children to pet him.

Randall’s aggression is manifested primarily in confined areas such as his crates and the kennel run in the yard. When loose in the yard, he will growl and snarl at people who look over the fence, including Mrs. Smith. He also growls if Mrs. Smith puts her face too close to his, hugs him, or leans over him. There was one incident when the dog was allowed to “hang out” with the family all day in the yard.

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