[MollyBellesMom]

Hi everyone, it's me again. Just a quick background, our rottie MollyBelle is 2 1/2 years old and we rescued her about 6 months ago. She is great, except has one particularly bad habit, I have to break. She will sometimes, with little warning, stare at me for a second, and start jumping up and down, growl/bark and try to grab my arm. She has succeeded in grabbing my arm, to the point, where I've at least had a mark or been bruised. Very unnerving, to say the least. I can't really figure out her triggers, sometimes I'll just walk in the room, she gets this look in her eye and then here we go. She's also at times done the quick stare and grabbed our little dog, Amy, in these types of modes, she doesn't bite down hard on her either, but again, I'd love to see this behavior stop all together. I think in part, she doesn't completely respect me and when she does this, I've tried not backing down and making her sit/lie down, but lately it's taking longer to get her to do this and the whole trying to dodge a bite is going on longer and longer. I also practice the NILIF motto with her. I do intend to get a professional to help, but til that's done, I hoped some of you out there might have some immediate advice on this. I think challenging her back and getting her to sit or leave it or stop, is only antagonizing her further. These episodes too seem less playful and more aggressive, each time they occur, so you can guess where my concern is. I've often heard redirecting can help, any suggestions? Thanks for listening.