hi all.
My 5 month old bull terrier bitch (Lottie) has become very agressive in the past few days.
She's always been agressive after having meat so we don't give her any..problem solved or so we thought.
We have a 4 and a half year old staffy bitch aswell called gladys. If Lottie smells frozen meat,raw meat, cooking meat or blood, she goes ballistic and really goes for gladys but this has only happened in the last week or so and lottie has come off worse, luckily i am just able to pick her up and remove her from the situation. If she's in the kitchen and i'm cooking and stroke her she growls progressivly louder. Yesterday she came and sat with me on the sofa and i was stroking her and she started to shake and growl. She looks poorly, her ears have dropped etc and i wondered if her tummy was sore, she got more and more growly so i eventually put her to bed to protect Gladys, the cat and ourselves. She is at the vets this afternoon. I wondered if it could be that she's coming into season and her hormones are playing up as i noticed some discharge from her the other day. I really hope it is something that can be sorted out. Does anyone know any reason why this could be happening? Gladys is very placid and submissive so its not that Lottie feels threatened by her. I'm at a loss but it kills me to see that sort of thing and know she's in pain or something and not be able to do anything about it.

Raw meat does not in itself cause agrressio(the fact that meat/blood turns a dog nasty is an old wives tale)...the fact that the food is more desireable to your dog is causing food aggression.You should look into dealing with this food aggression....if you put it into 'search' at the top of the page you will find some methods.With having two bully breeds in the same house an aggressive dog is a recipe for disaster...
It is quite possible that your pup is due in season but I would highly recommend you still take her to the vets.
Archer

The vet is the first step so well done for doing that.
If he/she finds nothing, i would suggest contacting a reputable and experienced behaviourist, try www.apbc.org.uk, or www.ukrcb.co.uk, most will travel.
There's a bull terrier yahoo group which is supposed to be very good re. bull terrier problems which may be related to health problems, I would consider checking out thyroid info on the internet too as it is difficult to diagnose properly. Look out for Alise Shatoff and Jean Dobbs. I can't remember the Yahoo site addy, but do a search on here under my name and thyroid or bullie or bull terrier and it may come up under the related thread :)

Good luck, maybe it is a problem relted to the discharge as you suspect.

Lindsay
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My very  Gentle leonberger turned into a mad woman, before she came into seson. and attacked my yorkie really badly. We had her done ,and she has never been nasty since. Im  not saying this is the problem,just that it can cause some dogs to change. GOOD LUCK AT VET

hi, i joined the group properly now. Went to the vets. She has vaginitus and is on antibiotics BUT he didn't really want to listen about the agressivness. He said it will just be her age and she'll be showing her dominance but i know my dog and its not that. Somethings wrong. I'm going to give my dog trainer a ring and see what he thinks coz she was growling and shaking before hakles up and ears and tail down when there was no food present. Somethings going on and i intend to get to the bottom of it. Poor little angel. Thanks for all your help