We are in the process of applying to adopt an 8 month old rescue dog. We are not experienced dog owners although I grew up with dogs. More info has come through that the dog is reactive on leash and to other dogs as well as being very energetic and quite ‘demanding’. We are guessing poorly socialised due to lockdown / Covid.
We are willing to attend training classes and do everything we can to help this dog, even employ a behaviourist. But my question is whether we would be biting off more than we can chew (pardon the pun!), and whether this is a suitable dog for novice owners? Of course we don’t expect a rescue dog to be perfect but how easy is it to solve these kind of behaviours? We don’t want to mess the dog around by taking it and then not being able to manage. At first it was described as good with other dogs. Thanks for any advice.