[Rottlva]

Boy it really seems as though she has a hard time being around other dogs. There has to be a point where she is not aroused around them, even if it is 1000 ft away. I am confused why no one has worked her at the distance she is comfortable and non reactive, and slowly, even if it is 1inch/month, decreased her reactive distance?

You have to understand that each and every time she reacts, she learns that it works. Dogs enjoy instant gratification.....Making her walk past other dogs does nothing but cause her to use her coping mechanisim, aggression....Why put her in a place where she has to feel as though she needs to be defensive????? I understand you can't always avoid other dogs, but quite honestly, I would try my absolute hardest until you have worked harder to desensitize her to them.

She learns absolutely nothing when she is so aroused, and I surely doubt that you can break though it!!! The fact that she is biting someone when they touch her while aroused tells me just how aroused she is!! My fear with the e-collar is not that it won't work, but with her arousal level, she will react through it. I honestly wouldn't work her on it until you have desensitzed her, even at very, very remote distances. Remember where do you go when the e collar doesn't work?????