| Re: Should I have dealt with this differently?
In addition to my other statement... if you wait a month or 2 to address this issue you might as well not bother at all because it'll already be out of hand (it's on the verge of out of hand now). This bite was a test to see what she could get away with and apparently now in her mind it's a lot to bite the hand taht feeds her. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW or you will have more bites and the more confident she gets withher mouth learning she can intimidate you (and anyone else for that matter) is only going to end badly with her being put down and you being put in hospital because she had enough. You should have been working on the doorways thing from day 1. The Alpha ALWAYS goes thru the doors first. Now you have to UNDO alll the unintentional training you did and reprogram her thought processes.
Again this is a SERIOUS issue and you're acting as if "ohhh I'll just wait a month or 2 because of finances"
If that's how it is going to be (and sorry to sound mean but) you shoud start looking to rehome her now before this issue gets way out of control and she is completely
un-rehome-able. I would keep a lock on that gate that seperates you and your neighbor and I would definately NOT have a dog around that I couldn't trust 100 %.  |