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Originally Posted by kjc 
What does she do if you approach her cage with a treat? Maybe stop on your way to bed, and see if you can change her attitude. As treat motivated as she is, this may be easy to correct. Don't treat her when she's showing her teeth though!
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I stop and speak to her softly and tell her to be good and I'm not doing anything. I might have to try the treat, but I doubt she will get much because she's bare teeth most of the time.
She does bark a lot when you get the treats out, but she's not getting it at the door (but we've not been working on it together for but 2 days and my fiance is having even more difficult time with her). I'm hoping that not giving her the treat until after we get through the door will avert the barking for the treat as she sees the door opening as more of the reward. As we work on this, I am wanting to give her the treat later down the hall until we get outside and then stop the treat on the way out to go potty altogether. Then we can have the treat when we get back inside and she goes to the bathroom like she should.
I hear you on the warning though - which is why I want to make sure to mix it up enough on treat delivery that she doesn't think that it's speaking that gets the treat, it's the bathroom outside that does.