Morning everyone. Our 10 month old, extremely nervous bitch is pretty aggressive. She's tiny, a chihuahua/pinscher cross, but small even by chihuahua standards, not sure why, maybe she was the runt.
She is extremely aggressive with our 2 other dogs (same type) and guards relentlessly, food, me, whatever she happens to be lying on. She's ok on walks, not especially reactive. Our other two dogs are very tolerant of her, and are unconcerned about her outbursts, she has never bitten them.
She has recently begun to growl at us, if we make her do something she doesn't want to, like putting her outside for a wee.
She has accidentally bitten me. Due to her size, and luckily for her, I don't believe she could do much damage, although no one ever puts their face near her. She has no contact with small children, as there are none in our family or wider family, and she is rarely unsupervised regardless.
Rehoming is not an option within the family. I would not send her to a rehoming centre as I think she would become even more disturbed and upset, and I think they'd struggle to rehome her anyway.
We love her and she seems to love us. Although it's fair to say that her anxiety causes her to be unhappy at times, the rest of the time she is happy and waggy and loving.
She has been like this since we brought her home, although it's progressively got worse. Has anyone got any tips as we can't really afford a behaviourist right now.