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Originally Posted by jrsygal37

Hi Guys. Thanks for all your posts. At this point I have no intentions on trying to rehome her and I have no intentions of putting her down. She does not like strangers but usually with us she is a love. It's just she snaps. I posted on my rescue forum and had someone say that she's spoiled and I need to take control of the little monster but she's not a monster and she is not spoiled. I mean yes to a point all my girls are spoiled but with love. I've never allowed them to be nippy or nasty and ALL of them but Jersey are excellent with strangers as well as kids and that even includes Noel who was beaten. It hurts me that I cannot figure this out. I do rescue. I should know how to help her and that hurts me. I had Bella from 5 weeks and near death. She was very alpha but I knew how to deal with it and correct it and keep it under control. I had Noel who was beaten and it took three years before she'd allow a stranger to approach yet we got through it and she is so much better then the vet ever thought she'd be. I agree to a point with some that age and her trying to establish her role in the pack does play a small part and I know how to deal with that and correct it. It's the other issues I do not know what to do about. In the past month she has gotten very bad. I truly believe that this is inbreeding that has caused this. I truly believe there is something a mis in her brain. I do believe that to some degee her early weeks with the breeder played a role in how she was when we brought her home but she was only 10 weeks when I got her and she came out of how she was with love she improved and is through that but something from the beginning was not right with her but I could not put my finger on it. I'm going to have a good check up done again with the vet because I'm truly convinced that this is maybe a chemical imbalance or something not right in her brain. The only other symptom she has which may or may not be related is she gets a lot of black sludge in her ears. NONE of my others get this. Jersey's ears get a terrible build up of black sludgy wax. I mean I have to dig out black every week. I had them checked twice even for mites even though I knew she would not have them and nothing came back. The vet said it's allergy related yet she has no other symptoms. I went through 10 q tips and ear cleaner and each q tip had globs of black sludge on them and it's not becaue I'm lax in cleaning them. I can clean them and the next day there is black sludge again. Elaine

undiagnosed pain maybe?"
well you are doing a great thing by helping rescues.. i hope it all works out welll.. if it genetic, then homeopathic meds may help to soothe her...
doggie valium
a home without other dogs might be the best answer down the road..
god bless you for helping animals