Dog, aggression, neighbors, can't find a solution.

[AAM2012]

Could it be that your anxiety over having an attack is causing the dog to be anxious?

It's weird that things were going well at first.

[LoveTrains]

This sounds so stressful and I'm sorry. Leash aggression is common and I do wonder if somehow it's bring exacerbated by your actions - unknowingly to you.

[scout8]

I'm sorry. My parents had very similar issues with their dog. I think you are doing the right thing by sending her to boot camp. Hopefully, that will help. I know it is frowned upon, but in the meantime, I would muzzle her.

[laterz]

I have no answers for you, but wanted to say that I can empathize. My dog, god bless him, has some different issues, but I know how frustrating it is when you feel at a loss for solutions. I hope you are able to find some new options soon.

[pamela]

We did a boot camp for our dogs and it was great. I know people say it doesn't work because it's not you they are learning commands from, but ours had no problem transferring.

[imojoebunny]

What kind of collar are you using? On a dog that big who is leash aggressive, I would be using a collar that discouraged pulling. My former neighbor had a leash aggressive dog that was big and pulled her all over the place. She hired a $$$$ trainer and the trainer gave her a "fancy" choke collar, but also 4-6 lengths of a metal chain and small zip locks of water. Whenever the dog would go all crazy shit, while we were walking, she would throw the chain in front of the dog (not at it, just in front to make a noise and scare the dog), or throw a zip lock of water in front of the dogs head (again, it would scare the dog, not touch the dog.). It worked very well for walking the dog, though the dog still was aggressive toward people in her house. We are getting a new dog in a couple of weeks, and I am terrified it will be aggressive, so I have been reading all kinds of stuff about training. Hope you can find a solution without hurting yourself. Someone suggested a shock collar, and that might not be a bad idea, if the dog continues to be beyond your control.

[Deleted]

Does your building have any rules about leashing dogs? It seems like that would solve part of your problem if your neighbors had their own dogs under control. Many dogs don't do well with being rushed by off leash dogs when they're on a leash - even my golden, who is not aggressive in the least, has been known to get defensive when approached when she's on leash.

Other than that, I like the muzzle suggestion and I'd say just try to avoid taking the dog out unless absolutely necessary, since it's just a few days. Like 3x a day to pee and otherwise just give it extra love and play inside the condo.

Good luck. I have a leash aggressive dog and the only thing that has helped is that he has gotten old and arthritic and calmed down. But I don't suggest that. I have always gone out of my way to avoid walking past dogs and walking at off times, but that's impossible if you live in a building where dogs just run free. I hope the behaviorist helps!

[brooke77]

Can you talk to your building management about unleased dogs? It does not seem like a good idea for anyone to have unleased dogs running around.

[hamster]

Aug 4, 2015 20:26:05 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

Never walking my dogs together (my leash aggressive dog will snap at my other one)

I'm sorry, I can only imagine how frustrating this is for you, but I can't help but laugh.

Hey, we are best friends, brothers and roommate! Oh! I'm on a leash? Enemy!! #doglogic

[springchick32]

Lurker from H&G. I'm sorry you are dealing with this...We have a small dog that is fear-aggressive, luckily he's only 9lbs so he's a lot easier to deal with. We went threw with the same things with him (living in a condo) on walks/bathroom runs, and even him just looking out the window and barking nasty when people walked by. We've tried different methods and leashes/collars etc which worked but the fact that you can't cure it and only manage it just frustrated us and we just kinda stopped being consistent and just brought him to empty parks/schools for walks and quick runs out to pee at the condo when no one was outside. It's been very stressful for us for the longest time...we are moving into a house in a few weeks and it will suck because there are fenced in dogs next door (chainlink) so we will need to put up a solid fence so we can him let him loose and avoid direct contact with them. It's just something we are dealing with the best way we can. I'm leaning towards no more dogs after this one...I'm scarred for life. I'll stick to the goldfish lol