So Linda (ladyjane) had to bring Joli back to me today. She was doing really good all week...until today. She told me she had a small tiff with one of her 8 yorkies on the first day, but then was fine and eventually worked her way out of her shell and was playing and being friendly. Then her crazy self came out today and she attacked two of her babies. Not even the aggresive type ones, she attacked her oldest male, that is blind and deaf. I feel so bad for the poor guy he must have been so scared, he had no way of knowing what was going on, just that he was being bitten. :''(
So she is home again and we are back to room tag (rotating Joli and Somi in the crate). And since Somi just had LP and spay surgery she is mostly limited to the crate unless she is eating and such.
And the conclusion is that Joli most definitely needs to be an only dog and would be best with no small children. We thought that she was only aggressive to "protect" me or because of some sort of jealousy, but it is VERY unlikely that she got soo attached to Linda in that short amount of time. We also thought that she was only female aggressive, but since the last few dogs she has attacked were males that must also be false. BUT I might have been right about one thing, she gets aggressive around bath/grooming time because she loves it so much and is jealous seeming. Linda had given her a bath this morning...so I'm think she didn't want anyone else to get a bath? Linda couldn't figure out any trigger and I said something about grooming time and she said she had given her a bath. Besides bath time her aggression is completely random.
She really seems like a bipolar puppy......she is SOOO sweet and happy most of the time and then just SNAPS and turns into demon dog.
((( It makes me so sad.
I'm thinking she is part pit bull.....because what I hear about pit behavior is very similar to that. The most lovable sweet adorable dog, and then one day BAM kills someone.
So if she can be an only dog I think that she will stay her sweet lovable amazing self. I really just want to be able to find her a good only dog home.......
This situation is really hard on me...and it is making my productivity on my research go WAY down. And if I can't focus and make some progress we might be a homeless bunch....but at least Joli will be able to scare away the intruders!!!