Attempting to make a light-hearted thread title, but Signal actually scared me yesterday. So making a separate thread for her to keep track of her training, and anything anyone would like to comment as time goes on.
Siggy's proven to have very extreme aggression towards anyone inside the apartment, but the behavior disappears when outside the apartment and even better when further away- which leads me to believe that it's very strong protective aggression. The further away we are from MY apartment room, such as in the parking lot or on the sidewalk, the better she becomes. Reactivity comes along with it obviously, which is also a problem living in apartments with shared hallways, but the main issue is in her total willingness to bite other people... which I discovered yesterday and was extremely stressed with what happened and I ranted in the dog musing thread. I also learned that she is a lot stronger than me when in that state- which becomes immediately aroused from 0 to 200 lunging, snapping, snarling if she sees someone in the hallway.
I'm getting a muzzle for her today and going to contact a very experienced trainer with behavior mod. I think I have really good luck in obtaining dogs with extreme behavioral issues in aggression, whatever the reason for the aggression.
And any experience or input or anything anyone wants to throw in in this thread from now on would be totally great!
Siggy's proven to have very extreme aggression towards anyone inside the apartment, but the behavior disappears when outside the apartment and even better when further away- which leads me to believe that it's very strong protective aggression. The further away we are from MY apartment room, such as in the parking lot or on the sidewalk, the better she becomes. Reactivity comes along with it obviously, which is also a problem living in apartments with shared hallways, but the main issue is in her total willingness to bite other people... which I discovered yesterday and was extremely stressed with what happened and I ranted in the dog musing thread. I also learned that she is a lot stronger than me when in that state- which becomes immediately aroused from 0 to 200 lunging, snapping, snarling if she sees someone in the hallway.
I'm getting a muzzle for her today and going to contact a very experienced trainer with behavior mod. I think I have really good luck in obtaining dogs with extreme behavioral issues in aggression, whatever the reason for the aggression.
And any experience or input or anything anyone wants to throw in in this thread from now on would be totally great!