Expert: Delores Beck - 6/27/2011

Question
I have a cocker spaniel and his name is georgie and right now he is 1 year old. We got him when he was like 8 months and also when we got him he never wanted to bite anybody at all. He was very kind with everybody, but also my dad did hit like once or twice and my sister too, but he still didnt turn agressive until a few weeks. Then id i didnt knoe what to do because know i need to be careful because id ont want him to bite anybody and also he has never bit me, but only like once when he was mad. I am the owner but i want him to turn back to the way he was so what can i do.

Answer
I think maybe something happened to Georgie.

I'd first say to tell your family to NEVER hit him.  And I need to know exactly what's going on when he gets aggressive.  For instance, is it when he has food?  Who is he aggressive with?

And you say he bit you once "when he was mad".  What was going on?  why was he mad?

the more information you can give me, the more I can help.