Bamm growling and lunging at people

^This x 1 million.

Only you can make that call.. People sitting on the other side of the computer screen who have never met the dog cannot even pretend to know enough about the situation to push a decision as drastic as that.

FWIW, I didn't see anyone "pushing" the PTS option.....

Pushing is a variable term... Means different things to different people.

^This x 1 million.

Only you can make that call.. People sitting on the other side of the computer screen who have never met the dog cannot even pretend to know enough about the situation to push a decision as drastic as that.

True. Sometimes just mentioning it too early (again, subjective) is seen as too pushy.

Like if someone on here made a "I might be pregnant" thread and I said, "oh, well, there's always abortion" some would see it as too pushy. I don't think I would ever actually say that, I don't think I could bring it up first- although I wouldn't think less of the poster if they made that decision for themselves.

We had a pretty good day today. He was acting really anxious, more anxious than usual but he didn't lunge at anyone today. He did focus on a young guy earlier that was further away and would not stop staring the guy down during our walk but other than that it was a good day. He started sucking on his pass again though. Oy. He used to do that a lot when I first got him. All the moisture from him sucking and chewing on his paws turns his white paws pink. What can I try to deter him from doing that? Bitter apple maybe?

I'm going to try the tea tree oil and coconut oil mix you mentioned since you said that dogs don't really like the taste.