To cut a long story short.
We got a patterdale terrier x from a rehoming centre about 5 months ago.
In the house, he is brilliant. Very obediant, housetrained, loving - infact, everything you could ask for in a family pet.
Outside, he is a completely different dog.
There is no interaction or companionship with him, he is frantic.
He fights vey very viciously with other dogs, so has to be muzzled. In the first 2 or 3 weeks, he bit me twice, dp once and whilst he was trying to get to another dog, DD's friend ran over to him (we had him on a lead but it was before we muzzled him) and stood infront of him whilst he was trying to lunge at the other dog and he bit her.
He escapes constantly and fights with other dogs, even when we walk him and he see's another dog (Muzzled) he goes mad! He throws his body round and leaps up at me. He even tries to attack dogs when he is muzzled.
We have tried all different kinds of leads, we have had advice from RSPCA and DOGSTRUST and also had some sessions with a 1-1 dog trainer, he is on a low protein diet, muzzled etc. I cant practise the training the dog training as he is too strong or too out of control.
Its breaking my heart but I dont know what else to do, Im worried that if I rehome him he will just end up in another home, which I dont want but i cant see how he could be a family pet.
Has anyone had experience of a similar situation and are there any success stories?
Or do I have to face facts that I made a wrong decision when I rescued him