My family has a weiner dog, Wills, and he has lived w/ us for about 2 years. In his first two years of his life he was in 6 different homes and finally found us. In the home he is super sweet and very easy going. No problems grooming him, brushing his teeth or cleaning his ears. He sits in your lap and lets you do whatever you want...as long as he knows you.
He is the problem- when someone he is unfamilar with comes to the house he is a mess. Barks non stop and on a few occasions has tried to bite. He will warm up to strangers, but it takes a few hours of them being there before he is comfy. The same goes for dogs. We baby-sit a westie and they get along well, but when larger dogs come over they have to be seperated at all times. Wills will try to bite. We are afraid the bigger dog will get mad (rightfully so) and really hurt Wills.
I would love to be able to take Wills to the park like our other dog, but it just so hard w/ him. My monther has taken him to obdience classes before, but I don't think they were really all that great. Our vet reccommeded a place that is suppose to be really great.
Has anyone had great results with agression training? I would love for him to be able to mellow out when people come over. I think he would be so much happier.
Thank you very much!