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My dog is scared of men and aggressive. How can I stop her biting?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | unspayed

My dog hates males; she acts incredibly aggressive towards them, and I don't want her to bite someone in the future and have to get put down, what can I do to stop this? She gets really scared which turns to aggression when they get to close and snaps at them if they go to pet her. What should I do?

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Published on April 11th, 2017

First off, you need to spay Bleu so hormones don't contribute to this problem. Secondly, she needs to get socialized with other dogs. Check out this great veterinary behavior/dog training website dogstardaily.com. It is the best online resource for free techniques for socialization for fear aggressive dogs. Good luck!

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