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6month female showing aggression

TaylzTaylz
edited June 2014 in Bull Terrier Character

Hi All,

New here and apologies if this has already been covered--this is my particular situation. I reached out to Steve and he recommended I post here for all to see.

We got our pup Indie from a reputable breeder here in Ontario Canada. she was 10 weeks when we got her and is nearing on 6months now. She, like I've read has her difficulties 'wanting'  to walk. She will only go a few hundred yards from the house in either direction. She learned very quickly basic commands and house training her has been relatively easy. Its our first Bullie.

Lately (past 2 or 3 weeks) has began showing severe possessiveness and aggression around her crate, toys, or something she's gotten a hold of that she shouldn't have. The outbursts are showing more and more frequent.

The first was over a bullwrinkle tough chew stick that she absolutely adores. She had it in her crate and I when I tried to bring her out she growled and lunged at me. I grabbed her by the collar and brought her and the toy out, she went about business as if it did not happen.

This has progressively gotten worse, each time I would grab the collar so she couldn't bite me. She would avoid eye contact at first. After a few seconds sit and laydown as commanded. I would treat the good behaviour

Last weekend I had her up at a cottage(out of her element I get that) She was at the camp fire with me on my lap snuggling and she tried to bite 2 buddies. One was already petting her and as he moved away she grabbed his hand. I took her to bed in the tent with me but as it was cold I let her sleep with me. During the night I stirred and she tried to attack me--Arms, hands, sleeping bag, anything moving.The next day she was on leash playing with a ball I had handed my friend the leash for a minute, another friend tried to pet her and she tried to bite. The friend had to call for me to come get her, same deal collar and she laid down and calmed down. I treated her for the good behaviour.

When she is in her cage and is either going down or just woken up she is very skiddish. She has actually jumped clean out of it(it has a zippered open top) teeth bared growling. She hits the floor and immediately is normal. Almost like hey where am I/What just happened??

Most recent and most scary, she was upstairs in our office and got into the garbage can. She found some piece of fabric, my girlfiend was scared she would choke and shouldn't be chewing on it, she was losing the tug of war for it and reached for the collar and she bit her. She called for me and in my presence tried again and she growled and bit her a second time. I intervened and brought her out from under the table by the collar while she was snarling and trying to bite me. The buckle on the collar let go and she bit my forearm drawing blood. I went downstairs to get a treat to distract her with. She left the fabric and sat beside me waiting. I was able to put the collar on, leash her and walk her downstairs. She sat beside me, then laid beside me and eventually got the treat. I noticed her ears trembling.

We have reached out to the breeder. The male of the same litter did the same food aggression to owner and other dog in the home. They sought help from a behaviour specialist and curbed the habits after one session for now.

We have one coming tonight to help with ours. Has anyone experienced this? That one bad incident has really scared my girlfriend, she's already questioning being alone with her. We are a young family thinking about kids in the next little bit, we simply cannot have nonsense like this around children. My brother has two small kids and they have yet to even meet


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