Fear Aggression
Our lab of 16 years passed away this past January. The first of August we adopted a roughly 2 year old lab mix from a rescue organazation. We know she was from a divorce couple and neither wanted her....
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It sounds like you are making good progress, the only thing I'd say is that medication (I like fluoxetine - generic Prozac) will facilitate the training and speed the progress.
Also just a general note on this type of behavior: Often times people assume that the behavior is because of previous physical abuse. This isn't always the case. If a dog is isolated or not exposed to "normal" stimuli (socialization) or exposed to fear inducing stimuli during important psychological development time period (generally 6 weeks to 6 month of age) a serious life long issue can result. I'd say this is also a type of abuse, just not physical abuse.
It sounds like you are making good progress, the only thing I'd say is that medication (I like fluoxetine - generic Prozac) will facilitate the training and speed the progress.
Also just a general note on this type of behavior: Often times people assume that the behavior is because of previous physical abuse. This isn't always the case. If a dog is isolated or not exposed to "normal" stimuli (socialization) or exposed to fear inducing stimuli during important psychological development time period (generally 6 weeks to 6 month of age) a serious life long issue can result. I'd say this is also a type of abuse, just not physical abuse.
