I have had my rescue dog for 3 months she is a little stray from Romania. When we got her we told she was very calm and good around other dogs and people. For the first few weeks she was the perfect dog but then she started showing aggression to other dogs on walks. I have to keep her on a lead at all times and i find walking her very stressful due to her snapping and lunging if another dog is nearby. She lived with other dogs in Romania and was fine so it's only since she's been with us that she's started this . I think i have inadvertently made the situation worse as we thought she had kennel cough when she arrived which meant I would tense up and pull her away from off lead dogs that would run up to her (we only walk her in a park where dogs need to be kept on lead but not everyone abides by this!) She still has her cough now and the vet has said it isn't kennel cough so I made the situation worse for nothing .
I could put up with her being scared of other dogs if this was her only problem but she has recently started becoming aggressive towards visitors to the house and i'm really scared she will bite someone. I have thought about crate training her so she could go in a crate when people come round but i'm not sure how practical this is if my kids want to have friends round for the day or to sleep over. Also my son is on the autistic spectrum and has adhd so it's highly possible he would let her out of her cage if I wasn't in the room.
She is the sweetest, most loving dog when she is at home with just family and I love her so much but I just don't know if I can cope with this for the next 10-15 years. I feel she would be better in a home with experienced dog owners that don't have lots of children visiting. I also think she needs an older dog to lead her and show how to behave around other dogs. We have been taking her to training classes but it isn't helping and I can't afford a behaviorist. I don't know what to do for the best, I don't want to give her up but I don't think i can live life like this either. I feel really out of my depth.
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buttercreamweeds · 16/11/2016 11:18
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