Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have found you guys out of desperation. this may be long, but I really need some good advice.
I have an almost 5yr old Rottweiler named Scooby-Doo (and I know I'm probably going to get blasted for this, but we got him when he was 17 days old, bottle-fed him...so sweet
and he has always lived in our house.)
He is uncut, NEVER bred, we thought we might want to someday, though.
He's our baby,but he is becoming more and more agressive everyday. Yesterday, he bit my teenage daughter's friend and this is the second time since November he's bit someone other than 2 of my kids...can explain that later if need be.
He has a BAD habit of running to the door when people come over and when they leave. He will jump up hard against the door as they close it and bang it shut on them. This incident, the door was opened as my daughter and 2 friends were leaving for school and he RACED across the room and grabbed her arm while it was still on the screen door, I yelled at him, but when he realized he had her, instead of letting go, he shook her arm a bit, then backed off. It took me a little while to get him on the back porch. She is okay, went to the hospital and I am paying her bills, of course.
Now, the first incident involved one of my son's friends mother. My hubby and I weren't home and the 3 boy's were playing with him...chase in the living room with his rope
when the Mom came to the door and the boys opened it and Scooby jumped out and grabbed her upper arm, growling and shaking her. We paid those bills also.
Now, after this round of quarentine, we are not going to let him be around anybody at our home
and I hate this because I want him to be a social dog, he really does love people.
My hubby says put him to sleep, but I can't bear it. Is it too late to get behavioral training? Would it help to neuter him?, our vet says no guarantee at his age.
I'm afraid this behavior is our fault as it started as a game when he was a pup. Our very good friend would knock repeatedly on the door and shake the doorknob and it was cute to watch him get excited about his "friend" coming to see him. Too late, we realized it was very bad as he does it to anyone now, but we don't know what to do.
Please help if you can, will answer any other questions anyone may have.
