There are a few issues from your post. It sounds like a trainer would be the ideal solution to a lot of your problems.
If you both work, for example, the dog may not have ever benefit from any leadership and so is acting how a dog would normally act instead of how a dog is expected to act as part of a human household.
I think if you were to allow yourself to feel a little more compassion and consider that your b/f may have contributed to some of the unwanted behavior (albeit, possibly unwittingly), then you may find that you are more motivated to assist.
Problems which arise do not do so over night so solutions will take time, effort and consistency.
It appears, at surface, that this dog has not had the benefit of any of the above from the owners.
What do you think? |