Please please be kind!
We have a 1 year old border terrier who we rescued 2 months ago. She came to us with no name other than 'Dickhead' and she actually did respond to that which is heartbreaking.
Positive things;
she knows her new name
she is now toilet trained
she is happy and settled in our house with our older dog. Unless she's tired then she's grumpy.
she plays great off the lead
she stays right by your feet on a walk off the lead
we had an issue with mouthing but she's learnt to go and get a toy when we have a visitor or we come home
she knows, bed, sit, down and stay
Negative issues;
she barks at other dogs if they get too close
if you're in the way of that dog she will try to bite your hands or leg
she growls and lunges at other dogs even if she was previously ok with them if they get too close. Or if she has a chew.
resource guarding
if on a walk she hates big dogs and will growl and bark at them. However she has had issues with a big dog attacking her previously so I can understand that one.
I've had borders all my life and I've never met one with so many issues. She's such a happy thing in the house, but out of it it's like the world is far too stressful to cope with.
Yesterday we had her on a lead in a very quiet pub away from anyone else, and an old English sheep dog walked in and because she couldn't go up and say hello she stopped wagging her tail and started growling and barking, then my husband tried to move her out of the way as they dog came over off the lead to sniff her and she very nearly bit him.
This cannot go on. I need help. How do I find a dog trainer that will actually help
Here she is.. all 4.1kg of viciousness. Vet said she's incredibly underweight so I can understand the resource guarding as I'm not sure she is hungry anymore but habit is hard to break.
My neighbour was breeding borders and wanted to keep her to breed from but then moved house and left her in the garden alone. I called the rspa and they said they couldn't help, so I rang him
And asked when he was coming back for his puppy and he said ' got too many dogs hoped it'd be dead by now tbh go get it yourself if you care that much' so I did. Police really couldn't have given a shit.