[livingdustmops]

You do need to get an animal behavorist (check the yellow pages or ask your vet for recommendations) but be very careful as many of them do not know how to work with small dogs. If they suggest choke chains or shock type therapy run in the opposite direction. When you are interviewing someone ask what type of theraphy they use on aggressive dogs and then don't say another word till they give you an answer. Vets are really not trained in this arena and usually will suggest putting the dog down - something I will not do. But what I would do with the vet is to make sure there is not something wrong with her (brain injury or tumor). One of the dogs I adopted out has a hugh fear factor (one of the reasons a dog bites) of other dogs and when one comes around on his walks he bites the owners deep. The bahavorist they are using has him on Prozac and he has toned down.

I would suggest in the mean time that you take her on walks 2 or 3 times a day for that special time.

I am not sure that you have alot of choices because even in rescue if the dog was adopted out and bit someone then the rescue could be sued. I have 3 biters that were given up to rescue and I do not take them out in public without their muzzels. I have been bitten more with Yorkies than I have by any other dog but mine were all throw away dogs so who knows what really happened. I also wonder what the breeding lines are in some of these little ones. Why do some of them act so strange and others are little love bugs. Maybe it really has to do with taking them away at such a young age but I know in the case of one of mine and his brother it wasn't because they were taken away to young but because of in-line breeding.

I think you can make this work but it is going to be very hard work on you and you will have to prove you are the alpha dog in the family. Clicker training is a great method of working with your dog in a very kind way. I also make sure that I do not set myself up with any of them to be bitten. If I go to pick them up for a bath and they don't want one and either growl at me or try to bite then I walk away. Maybe when you go to give your other dog a bath your husband can take Molly for a walk.

I know you have a tough road ahead but Molly is still very young and will have to be retrained and learn some manners as long as there is nothing physically wrong with her I think you can make it happen.

Good Luck.