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Originally Posted by lamc  YorkieSue,
Though I have never personally dealt with a dog like this, I do not believe that giving her up would help this poor baby. It would do the exact opposite, your dog has ovbiously either had something completely traumatizing happen to her BEFORE you picked her up and it scarred her to say the least. I commend you for loving this dog, I really do. Has she seen a psych (i know you mentioned prozac) but maybe its just how she is. To the poster above me, how do you think a new family is supposed to bond with a clearly aggressive dog. 8 and a half years with one person, a new family isnt going to change that many years of "doggy insanity" (if you will). YorkieSue, you truly are a saint. |
I agree that the op is a saint for exhausting every option she knew to use. However, it seems Dixie's behavior is stressing the entire family. From what she wrote in her first post that she does not trust this pup, and Dixie has taken to attacking the OP, and her other dogs. I'm sure those that suggested rehoming did not say so because it's the easy way out. It might actually be the hardest option. If Dixie is to be rehomed, she needs to go to a very qualified special home. One with no other dogs, no small children, and with a person that has experience with dogs with behavioral problems. A home such as that will not be easy to find.
It sounds like an overall stressful environment. Dixie is stressed, as she feels everyone in the house is a threat, the other pups in the house are stressed because they no longer have a carefree life, they have to watch out for Dixie.
OP must be stressed because Dixie is stressed and so are her other pups. It sounds like a bad situation all around.