Also, you'll need to be very slow around him until you learn what triggers him, then avoid those movements for the time being. Like: if he's been hit, you don't want to be raising your hand to him or around him. Once he trusts you, you can begin to desensitize him to his triggers.
My Tink was abused, I couldn't touch her butt even in play without seeing a mouthful of teeth and snarliness coming for me. So I avoided that area for a while till she trusted me and learned some bite inhibition, then we began working on that. I'd call her over saying 'Come here, let me beat your butt!' (this desensitizes them to those words too), then I held her in a head lock and patted her gently on the butt. Very nervous and jumpy at first, but now she knows I am not going to hurt her. My poor dogs... I say 'Let me beat your butt' and they all come for a butt rub, lol. |