Hi,
I have a Black Mouth Cur and she is 18 months old.
We've had her since she was about 10 weeks old and she lived with us on a family ranch that consisted of 3 homes and A LOT of dogs, horses, cows... She's always done great- never was leashed- always roamed free, but was trained at an early age and always stayed by my side when i wasn't working. The only animals she was aggressive with was the chickens and rabbits.
We moved from the country into an apartment in town. I know that already had a huge impact on her and my other dog, but she has adjusted just fine there up until recently. We've lived in the apartment for 8 months now, and she's started showing aggression (i would say in a protective way) for a few months now. She doesn't like the pizza guys anymore - (she used to not care about who was at our door) Anybody or animal that walks past our window or door she gets very aggressive and runs to the door, hair stands up, growls, barks, etc... She's even jumped into the window one time.
We take them outside to go potty, and before when she'd see people and dogs being walked she never batted an eye... now she just stops and growls, lunges at people- even kids, barks like crazy, tries to snap at people. I'm so scared she's going to break the leash one day! I have no idea what to do.
She is fine when she goes to the vet- NO aggression what so ever. She'll go to petsmart dog camp for doggie day care for the day and she loves it! No aggression to people or dogs and she plays all day! It does take her a little bit to warm up at petsmart though... she gets nervous and scared at first.
My dogs travel everywhere with us, and we took them to visit my dad who has a huge Boxer, and she had no problems at all with my parents, whom she's never met before, or their dog.
We take Hikes at the local State park, and she sees many people there and never once even tried to growl or show any aggression. (she does growl at the guy who takes our money at the booth though while she's in the car)
She stays in our hotel rooms and goes in and out seeing all kinds of strangers without a care in the world. People knock on the door to deliver food to the hotel and even then she doesn't care.
She absolutely loves to cuddle and is just so sweet. Even tries to be a lap dog. I just don't know what to do and I don't want to lose her.
Sometimes though, she can be barking away and lunging at someone and if we're close to our door I just tell her Inside... and she goes straight to the door... very few times I won't be able to get her to budge at all. She doesn't like any of my neighbors now. Previous tenant next to us was a dog owner, and she played with his dogs many times before and even liked the guy... but now, she freaks out at the glass door if she see's anyone or anything at all the is unfamiliar.
She has bad separation anxiety... she literally cannot leave me alone no matter where I am at home. I used to be able to let her sit outside with me on a leash while I painted, but now I can't of course. She does get nervous easily... and scared of a lot... But she is a very smart dog. easily trained so far (I just don't know how to train/handle the aggression)
Please just let me know what kind of training I can do... or ANYTHING at all that might work to keep her aggression at bay. I love her so much and i can't bare to even think about letting her go! We can't have any people over with out them being scared of her... (other than our family- she likes them)
And i'm scared my neighbors are going to complain to apt. management. They will make me find her a new home with 1 single complaint and our lease isn't up until Sept. this year!
I have a Black Mouth Cur and she is 18 months old.
We've had her since she was about 10 weeks old and she lived with us on a family ranch that consisted of 3 homes and A LOT of dogs, horses, cows... She's always done great- never was leashed- always roamed free, but was trained at an early age and always stayed by my side when i wasn't working. The only animals she was aggressive with was the chickens and rabbits.
We moved from the country into an apartment in town. I know that already had a huge impact on her and my other dog, but she has adjusted just fine there up until recently. We've lived in the apartment for 8 months now, and she's started showing aggression (i would say in a protective way) for a few months now. She doesn't like the pizza guys anymore - (she used to not care about who was at our door) Anybody or animal that walks past our window or door she gets very aggressive and runs to the door, hair stands up, growls, barks, etc... She's even jumped into the window one time.
We take them outside to go potty, and before when she'd see people and dogs being walked she never batted an eye... now she just stops and growls, lunges at people- even kids, barks like crazy, tries to snap at people. I'm so scared she's going to break the leash one day! I have no idea what to do.
She is fine when she goes to the vet- NO aggression what so ever. She'll go to petsmart dog camp for doggie day care for the day and she loves it! No aggression to people or dogs and she plays all day! It does take her a little bit to warm up at petsmart though... she gets nervous and scared at first.
My dogs travel everywhere with us, and we took them to visit my dad who has a huge Boxer, and she had no problems at all with my parents, whom she's never met before, or their dog.
We take Hikes at the local State park, and she sees many people there and never once even tried to growl or show any aggression. (she does growl at the guy who takes our money at the booth though while she's in the car)
She stays in our hotel rooms and goes in and out seeing all kinds of strangers without a care in the world. People knock on the door to deliver food to the hotel and even then she doesn't care.
She absolutely loves to cuddle and is just so sweet. Even tries to be a lap dog. I just don't know what to do and I don't want to lose her.
Sometimes though, she can be barking away and lunging at someone and if we're close to our door I just tell her Inside... and she goes straight to the door... very few times I won't be able to get her to budge at all. She doesn't like any of my neighbors now. Previous tenant next to us was a dog owner, and she played with his dogs many times before and even liked the guy... but now, she freaks out at the glass door if she see's anyone or anything at all the is unfamiliar.
She has bad separation anxiety... she literally cannot leave me alone no matter where I am at home. I used to be able to let her sit outside with me on a leash while I painted, but now I can't of course. She does get nervous easily... and scared of a lot... But she is a very smart dog. easily trained so far (I just don't know how to train/handle the aggression)
Please just let me know what kind of training I can do... or ANYTHING at all that might work to keep her aggression at bay. I love her so much and i can't bare to even think about letting her go! We can't have any people over with out them being scared of her... (other than our family- she likes them)
And i'm scared my neighbors are going to complain to apt. management. They will make me find her a new home with 1 single complaint and our lease isn't up until Sept. this year!