We have a shorty jack russell. He came from what we thought was a reputable breeder, although he did ship to us at 7 weeks old, now to find out that this is entirely too young. Jackson had aggression issue from day one. The first time I attempted to touch his food bowl while he was eating, he snapped at me.
He is now 8 months old. He has been to obedience training/aggression, he did go to the trainer (stayed for 5 weeks) and my husband and I would go weekly to work on the issues we were having with the trainer and Jackson. Come to find out this isn't always the best thing to do.
Jackson is VERY aggressive over his crate. When my husband goes to take him out in the morning to go potty he is very nasty. Growling, full snarl, lunging at the door, he would bite if he could. At times if Scott just simply walks by the crate he goes into what would be an attack on Scott if he wasnt behind the bars of the crate.
We have just gone through the 48hrs. of the dominance/aggression training program. No contact,no affection, no eye contact, etc. This morning was the first conact we have had with him. He seemed to be doing pretty good But then we put him in his crate for us to shower and then Scott went to take him out of his crate and Jackson reacted th same way- total aggression. At times during this aggression, Scott will kneel down to get Jackson to calm down by having him lie down and he will wimper as though he is going to be nice but then as soon as he goes for the handle on the crate it starts all over.
If anyone has any insight to why he behaves like this we would surely appreciate it.
I am not so good about this e-mail stuff so if anyone would like to take the time to share some insight via a phone call my number is 915-203-0627-Jacki.
We SOOOOOO need some help.
A little insight-
We have turned our lives upside down for this pup since day one. He is very loved, probably too spoiled. We had a trainer tell us he is not "fixable", ohers tell us it is just his nature unfortunatley we got one who is just aggressive. He has been a wonderful pup as far as training, potty training probably no more than 5 accidents in the house never pooped in the house, he sits, downs, waits, does agility for fun out in the yard & has always loved going into his crate. This is where he stays while we are at work. He is definatley more aggressive towards my husband but will also bite me.
Hope someone can help us.
Thanks
Scott & Jacki
