Over the summer, My mom decided to get a puppy as a gift to dad after our old boy passed away. At first it was okay, we figured he was just a puppy, and it will be easy enough to train it out of him. Right???
Not at all.
I'm not being dramatic when I say this dog is TERRIBLE. I know he's just a dog, that he doesn't mean to hurt me, but man are we all losing our patience. For reference, he is a Coon hound, I'd say maybe about 50 pounds. We have a big yard for him to run in, but the issue with that is 1) I dont want him to kill our chickens, and 2) if he starts running, he's probably going to never come back.
This dog will absolutely MAUL me, and I don't really know why me and not the other humans in the house. I never hurt him, and im scared to really yell at him or have him get scared of me. I've bled from scratches and bites from him, and he has attacked other people in our home that come to visit. He does really well in public though, for some reason.
We have this older dog that is deaf and almost blind, he's also really submissive and refuses to fight back. Our hound will jump onto him from the back and start biting and attacking aggressively when the poor thing has done nothing wrong. Our cats' behavior has also dramatically changed since he came around. It's the older dog I'm really worried about- he's already been hurt by him, and its nearly impossible to avoid conflict.
I think my dad is just about ready to get rid of him for everyone's safety. I mean this dog has knocked over my almost 80 year old grandma, for fucks sake! I've talked to my parents about getting a dog trainer, but we're broke enough as it is, and they seem to think my mom being an ex vet assistant is training enough. Is the only option to take him to a shelter? My only thing is that I would feel horrible, especially if he ends up getting put down for aggression. I don't know, please help. I'm pretty desperate for this to end.
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