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Originally Posted by gemy  I agree what she is doing is re-inforcing bad behaviour!. It is exceedingly difficult to retrain a dog that has reached this point. Much time and effort, supported by a trainer that knows what they are doing is going to be needed.
Unfortunately we don't know this dog's history, but I agree the likely cause was the fault of the owner. How-ever there are in each breed, an unfortunate few pups that somehow end up mis-wired from the start.
I own a timid/fear based dog, which I have spent hundreds of hours and thousands of training dollars, to try to bring stability to her temperament. She is much better than she was at 7mths old when we got her, but I still don't trust her, and sadly I don't think I ever will. We go weeks, sometimes months without an incident, and then whamoo, she exhibits either dog aggressive behaviour, or people aggression. We have had her temperament tested by two different working dog experts, who reached similar conclusions, she is simply hard-wired this way. It is the main reason she will not be bred, and will be spayed. |
Yes, I agree some are just hard wired this way, and you are so right, they should not be bred. I've actually seen this type behavior, quite a bit when a small dog is possessive of its owner. Cesar has done a few shows on this where the dog will bite/attack anyone who gets close to the owner.
You say your dog was 7 months old when you got her, are you sure that she was wired that way, or is it possible something trumatic happened to her? The first few months are so important. Of course it's always best to be cautious and never breed an aggressive, fear based dog, I doubt if they'd make good mothers anyway!