My redbone male.

[COUESAZ]

My Redbone male wants to fight every Male dog he comes across. I was wondering if they are natural Fighters or what. It seems the two black and tans and the walkers malles we have do not have the fight in them like My Ace dog does.He is just over a year and this is only his second time with a pack. Any ideas on what to do or if it is normal.

[livetohunt]

Some dogs are just that way, it has nothing to do with him being Redbone have seen dogs like that in every breed. Have heard of guys cutting there males and it working but not very offten. You can hunt him alone without other dogs or put him down I wouldnt keep a dog that fights.

[bob baldwin jr]

What are you trying to do to break him off this habit ? I would set him up and put the juice to him every time he did that .If he did NOT learn after 3 zaps .I would cull him .Absolutely will NOT tolerate that type of behaviour ,reguardlees of any other GOOD points he has. Apack that PLAYS together Stays Together

[pegleg]

experience has a lot to do with deciding what your options are. the advice always given is put the dog down. a good dose off one on one basic training goes a damn long ways to prevent this behavior. every male dog in the world ill show aggression under certain conditions. the hounds that know their position in the pack and what is expected of them show less. the faster you get the basics into your hound the better prepared you are to decide if the aggression is something that can be eliminated quickly. or if there is indeed no reason to continue with that dog.

[COUESAZ]

He has never shown any agression to my wife little dogs. He is not food agresive so far. He had done fine with the two dogs my brother has. They each had a fight with him and he put them in place. Then my brother just brought a walker in the pack and they just will not get enough of each other. They even went over the the edge of a 15 foot bank in a fight today. They are all males. 2 of our females died and one was stolen. I like the grit he has at this early stage of trainng and introduction into the pack. But I want him over it or he will be given away to someone that just wants a pet. He is great with all my kids. But I do not need to feed a huge dog as a pet.

[Lonewolf]

The dogs shouldn't decide the pack leader. The only pack leader is the handler and the dogs need to understand this. If you are letting them fight to decide the order get fighting chickens and get out of hounds.

[livetohunt]

I would be very careful hunting him around other dogs now that you know he is a fighter. I have seen dogs that are like that turn other dogs off of hunting. If he shows any fight in him at all you owe it to him and to other people not to pass that dog off as a pet. If your going to own dogs be responsible and do not pass off a mean fighting dog as a pet. He may only be fighting with other male dogs right now but that could change and do you want to be the one that said he would make a good pet only to have him hurt a kid. If this dog fights and you can not fix it do the right thing for him and everyone else.

[bob baldwin jr]

+1

[pegleg]

letting them "fight it out" is not the best thing here. this lets them decide when where and who to challenge. you need to put him on his ass every time he tries it. often that is what keeps a hound from acting out. the knowledge that his pack leader is stronger meaner and doesn't let anyone fight period. I have seen hounds get killed from this behavior before so your doing him no favors letting him fight. it has nothing to do with grit. if your not ready to step in and snatch him up and hold him down till he gives, there's only two choices get a cattle prod or have him put down. apparently you've been there when he has fought and didn't stop it, to him this is encouragement. even true fighting dogs show much less aggression then you'd suspect with dogs they are familiar with. most fight because of three things really number one being handler encouragement being the main reason with determination/grit being a close second. consider enrolling yourself and your dog in a obedience course so you can learn and your dog can be evaluated by a professional. dogs act like dogs because of their training with out it they act like wolves or coyotes which ever they most closely resemble in psychology

[COUESAZ]

No I have not been around when he has been in fights. I am starting to think it was the walker that was thrown in the mix. This dog knows I am in charge. I did not have any trouble during bear season with him. And he was with a ton of other packs. He is not my first dog guys. Just my first Redbone. I have never even been around Redbones until this dog. And there was only two fights with the dogs my brother had until this walker came along. So that is what i am thinking is the problem. my brother explained it more to me that it has only been this walker that he is having trouble with. Right now i am over 3 hours from the dog. my brother is keeping him for me while i work through an injury and can not get him out. we have no problem putting dogs in place. And you can bet they have recieved the corection they needed. So my question was about the breed more than anything else. Just looking to see if it was a trait in them to be this way. Most things i have read on redbones makes them out to be some very well manored pack dogs. He is a great baby siter. When the kids swim in the pool he freaks out every time one goes under water. and you can see him counting kids to see if they are all still above water. funny thing to see in pearson. So you see he is a good pet as well as a tool.

[Dan V]

I don't know your dog, but......

All dogs have "drives" that you can enhance or diminish. However, you can not add or subtract these drives. Basically, you get what you get at conception, when the sperm hits the egg.

Some of the drives that are sometimes misdiagnosed as grit, and that can apply to this situation are:

Fight Drive: The drive to measure physical prowess, similar to the rowdy human we all know who always gets into bar fights etc.

Rank Drive: The drive to achieve a higher rank in the pack

Protection Drive: The drive to protect or defend the pack leader

The dogs involved in this situation may have high rank drive, and when you mix packs, you can see some confusion on the part of some dogs. The reason is now you have multiple dog handlers (pack leaders) and one blended pack.

Some dogs who have HIGH rank and fight drive have NO business being with other dogs.

[Dewatto]

When is he getting onto fights? Is it in the box? Under the tree? or on a kill?

If he is ONLY fighting in the box you can stop that by separating him or shock him and pull him out let him know who the boss is.

If he is fighting under the tree I would just get rid of him, ( put him down), You cant stop something if you aren't there and he will just sourer the tree and the race.

If he is ONLY claiming the kill thats easy tie him back at the tree and dont let him in on the kill.

But he is your hound and you know him best, Cutting a mean ass dog doesnt stop them from fighting. If they want to fight they always will. If you have already busted his ass for fighting and he does it again put him down. JMO

[Cosmo]

Since this is the redbone forum lets blame it on the walker. No walker guys will notice this post. all walkers want to do is fight. The redbone was just protecting one of the young dogs from the walker.

[thunder 12]

might be late but oh well my uncle had a dog that sounds alot like yours kept blamin other dogs and sayin he was just puttin them in there place any was what i am tryin to say is what i see is dogs are like people once you win a fight a beat a guyss ass pretty bad you walk around beggin for a anthor ass to kick well that same dog that he said was just puttin other dogs into place ened up killin one male and he got put down it was out of pure aggresion save your self the heart ace and vet bills like my uncle did from what i have seen and have been told once a dog does it once they never stop

jmo