I need pet help.

[hbliam]

And: C: someone who has the skill to deal with ingrained aggression issues.  The dog's problems won't go away with just a change of ownership, environment, etc.  The same stressors will be there, waiting to be triggered.

Negative. We are talking about a fox terrier here. It needs exactly what Bob said, a home with no other pets. Then a dedicated owner who trains the dog daily. The dog will make a wonderful pet once it learns the program.

I've found that at, least with dogs, it's easier to introduce a new pet when it's a baby. Our dog came in as a 4 lb. pup. She got beat down by the 7 and 10 lb cats and learned her place. By the time she got bigger then them they were buds.

[somegirl]

Sorry Joel.  I agree that she needs a new home, one without other animals.

Dog-dog aggression is totally different from dog-person aggression.

[Grampa]

lil update..

Bob is ok. He's moving a lil slower than normal, but appears to be ok. No blood shed, and giving him lil squeezes around his body, don't seem to cause him any pain. I found his collar out in the yard this morning, where the dogs had torn it off him.

There is a good chance that Michelles ex will take Annie. She'll be an only child over there. The boys and Michelle will also be able to see her from time to time.

If that does not work out, we'll look into finding a good family to adopt her. There was nothing in our adoption papers stating that the Riverside shelter wanted her back in the event we were not a good match. If we cant find a good family for her, we'll contact a terrier rescue group. The terrier rescue people have stipulations in the adoption process, that you return the dog to them if they are not a good match.

Michelle spoke with the trainer yesterday, and told them about what had happened, and asked if that problem can be trained out of her.The trainer said that Annie can be trained to follow commands, which would be great, if we are around her and the other pets 24/7, but Annie will always be a tenacious terrier, and if nobody is around to command her to stop, cats and other small animals will almost always be considered prey to her.

Just to be clear... not that it matters, Annie is not agressive to people in any way. She piss's the other dogs off, which I attribute to her level of energy, but has never been aggressive towards them, they snip at her when she she's bouncing around them. (except when I'm around) Annie just cant seem to leave the cats alone. If they run.... she runs. If they take a swipe at her, thats like flipping a switch in her, and she goes into "hunt" mode. Thats the only time she is agressive. Other than that.... she's a very sweet dog.

We have..... 3 cats (and Eddie, the community cat), two dogs, a lizard, hissing cockroaches, and an assortment of other caged bugs. Annie's just not a Brady Bunch kind of dog.

[Mother]

man

just reading the issues with that dog has worn me out

[Grampa]

man

just reading the issues with that dog has worn me out

[Kyna]

I'm glad you have come up with a couple of potential solutions with what to do with Annie.  She sounds like she wasn't exposed to cats when she was younger, and it may be too late to "train" her not to harrass them now.  It is good to hear Annie isn't aggressive towards people, that should make her easier to place with someone who has no other pets (or small children) and plenty of time for her.  Good luck.

[TiNi]

Annie's just not a Brady Bunch kind of dog.

that's a great way to describe her BP 

good news about LM's ex taking her in, i hope it works out