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Why won't my dog stop barking aggressively at dogs and people?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Jack Russell Terrier | Male | neutered | 1 year and 11 months old | 2 lbs

My dog won't stop barking at other dogs he is now started to become aggressive and even started to bark at innocent people what should I do?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on January 28th, 2017

I would speak to your vet about a referral to a professional behavioral expert for Dexter. Aggression is a very dangerous behavior to work with in dogs, and it's best left up to an expert due to safety reasons. I never recommend owners try to train this behavior on their own due to this, and good on you for wanting to correct this behavior! Getting Dexter into a professional behavior expert is the best option for fixing this behavior.

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