Alpha Rolls

Ok I have not voted yet, due to the fact I am not sure what you are talking about when you say an alpha roll. What exactly is that? My vet told us with Reilly when he snaps and tries to bite us out of aggession to put him down on his side and hold him until he stops struggling, is this what you are talking about?? If so, I did not like it all, I tried it once and I hated it, now don't get me wrong, Reilly really needs a trainer and when we come back from vac, he is going to obedience class, but I dont like the idea of us "man handling" him, I feel we should be able to deal with his issues without that, we all just need trained on the correct way.

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Originally Posted by kallisto4529

Ok I have not voted yet, due to the fact I am not sure what you are talking about when you say an alpha roll. What exactly is that? My vet told us with Reilly when he snaps and tries to bite us out of aggession to put him down on his side and hold him until he stops struggling, is this what you are talking about?? If so, I did not like it all, I tried it once and I hated it, now don't get me wrong, Reilly really needs a trainer and when we come back from vac, he is going to obedience class, but I dont like the idea of us "man handling" him, I feel we should be able to deal with his issues without that, we all just need trained on the correct way.

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Thats exactly what an alpha roll is. Your vet needs to take a few refresher courses on dog training.

This may work for some dogs but I tried it once on mine as recommended by my trainer. All it did was scare her and not correct the behavior. I've never tried it since and won't.