I've booked an appointment with one of my areas best known dog trainers. I'm at wits end with Miss Naja. I don't really know what to do about her aggresion issues, so I'm getting professional help.
I've been keeping this to myself mostly, but Naja and I have been struggling with her fear aggresion. Whenever presented with a new person or situation she will react with snarls, barks, and growls. She is extremely territorial, which I know is definately a Pyr trait, but when I invite other dogs into the house or onto the property, I need for her to accept that it was my desicion, and accept then into the house and property as well. She has jumped at and frightened children and people in Petsmart, and it's just getting to the point where I'm nervous bringing her out of the house. She's never bitten anyone, but I feel as though it could be getting to the point where she could bite. So I've inlisted the help of a man named John Wade, my vet recommended him.
Just out of curiosity though, has anyone here heard of him? I'm unsure of his methods, it doesn't sound like he uses positive reinforcements like treats and such. Here's his website.
http://www.johnwade.ca/. Anyways, he's coming at 1:00 on December 29th. Any hints or tips for me would be great. Also, one strange thing, he wants me to try to get video footage of Naja being aggresive. How should I go about doing that, I mean, I try to avoid situations where there is a chance she could react badly, do I go out and purposely put her in those situations now?