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Our little adult shelter poodle's aggression isn't getting any better. We hired a trainer and so far she has taught us some obedience cues. Ever since we got him, he has been pretty good with learning basic ones. So, usually when she teaches us these things it goes pretty well. However, we have tried redirecting him and he looks at us, but still wants to kill people.
Any time someone comes through the door he goes right for the attack and bites them. Then if we yell at him, he knows he did something bad and will cower away and go lay down, but will come back within 3 seconds and growl. Trying to talk to him calmly, only gets him excited and he will come to us all happy and then circle around growling at the visitor.
He does this to everyone, including our trainer. The last visit with her, she managed to get him to lay next to her and he let her rub his belly. He even pawed for more. Then when she went to get up, he went crazy again. He nearly chased her out of the house. Thankfully, we keep him on a leash when people have come over.
Sometimes he calms down a little when people sit down, but if someone gets up he goes nuts again.
He growls on walks at people and once in awhile tries to lunge if they really creep him out.
I'm upset because this is the second time this has happened to us with a rescue dog. We loved both dogs and they got along great with us. The last time we didn't get a trainer and this time we are trying. We've had him over 3 weeks or a little over now. I'm not so sure he can be helped at this point. We have to get him sedated just to get groomed. We have to have a dog that gets along with family and visitors or at least can stand to be near them at the very least. Unfortunately, he was a stray and nobody knew much about him. It's heartbreaking. I think he might have lived with an elderly person maybe who never had visitors.
From all of the research I gathered between both dogs, I haven't heard good stories about dogs overcoming something like this. However, I want there to be a glimmer of hope since he managed to let our trainer pet him, but our families don't have the patience to give him 40 treats until he starts to like them. Not to mention, he got sick from all of those training treats. Also I could tell my parents were afraid of him. So, I think it's looking like he might not be able to stay with us. We are finally getting him groomed on Monday, but I don't think getting rid of his matted hair will be a game changer. He will probably just feel a little refreshed and look a little less scruffy.
Any time someone comes through the door he goes right for the attack and bites them. Then if we yell at him, he knows he did something bad and will cower away and go lay down, but will come back within 3 seconds and growl. Trying to talk to him calmly, only gets him excited and he will come to us all happy and then circle around growling at the visitor.
He does this to everyone, including our trainer. The last visit with her, she managed to get him to lay next to her and he let her rub his belly. He even pawed for more. Then when she went to get up, he went crazy again. He nearly chased her out of the house. Thankfully, we keep him on a leash when people have come over.
Sometimes he calms down a little when people sit down, but if someone gets up he goes nuts again.
He growls on walks at people and once in awhile tries to lunge if they really creep him out.
I'm upset because this is the second time this has happened to us with a rescue dog. We loved both dogs and they got along great with us. The last time we didn't get a trainer and this time we are trying. We've had him over 3 weeks or a little over now. I'm not so sure he can be helped at this point. We have to get him sedated just to get groomed. We have to have a dog that gets along with family and visitors or at least can stand to be near them at the very least. Unfortunately, he was a stray and nobody knew much about him. It's heartbreaking. I think he might have lived with an elderly person maybe who never had visitors.
From all of the research I gathered between both dogs, I haven't heard good stories about dogs overcoming something like this. However, I want there to be a glimmer of hope since he managed to let our trainer pet him, but our families don't have the patience to give him 40 treats until he starts to like them. Not to mention, he got sick from all of those training treats. Also I could tell my parents were afraid of him. So, I think it's looking like he might not be able to stay with us. We are finally getting him groomed on Monday, but I don't think getting rid of his matted hair will be a game changer. He will probably just feel a little refreshed and look a little less scruffy.