Well we've had our mad 7month old podengo for nearly five weeks now.
I've posted about him before and when we got him home he turned into a snarly, snapping monster. Never at dd, but at mainly Dh, also me and one of dd's friends.
We went to the vet last week and got a referral to a behaviourist, the behaviourist rang yesterday but I missed the phone call. So I need to ring them back and am wondering whether to make an appt or not.....
I think he's 99% better. He is totally fine with me now, and this is a dog who two weeks ago was scaring me. I can do anything, walk past him, etc and he doesn't mutter at me.
Dh is a slightly different story. He used to go berserk the second he saw Dh and lunge at him and sink his teeth in. Now Dh can come in the room no problem, they can sit together for ages with no problem. However the second Dh starts to walk out the room dog flies across the room after him, growling.......doesn't go as far as actually biting him now - just lots of lunging, snarling and snapping.
Dd has a friend round now, they're all in the front room no problem. Dog did snap at her when they were in dd's bedroom so I told them all to come out as dd's bedroom has been a trigger point before.
So I think he's improving lots. I'm doing clicker training. Have been working on "look" to get him to look at me. So I can try and focus his attention away from Dh.
Do I pay £150 for the behaviourist or keep going on my own for a bit? I'm feeling really positive about the direction we're going and don't want to pay all that money if I'm basically going to be told to do what I'm doing. However if the behaviourist can come up with something else that I'm missing and the dog gets to be 100% quicker then maybe it would be worth it.