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Well my female American Bullldog/ Border Collie mix has severe aggression towards other dogs and people sometimes. She was fine as a puppy but once she was about a year she got really aggressive.

She started attacking other dogs at the dog run. She’d be fine until a bone or ball came out and then she’d fight the other dogs to get the item even if it wasnt hers. Or if I had her at the dog run and another dog came by me she’d stop whatever she was doing and charge at the dog and attack it. Needless to say I stopped taking her to the dog run.

My vet said that I should try getting another dog because she seemed to be fine with puppies. So the vet said if I got another dog that she’d be able to grow with it and get used to being with other dogs.

She was fine with the puppy at first but she started attacking him anytime he’d go near her food, any bones, any toys, or if he’d try to go near me. We started seperatin them because I can’t train him when she is always attacking him when I’m trying to work with him. That seemed to work well. I kept them seperated unless there was no food, toys, or bones anywhere. And I wouldn’t pay individual attention to either one in particular.

Now the last 3 days she’s been attacking him for no reason. She’ll just charge him and attack him out of the blue. And when I’m saying she’s "attacking" I mean drawing blood even when the puppy is laying on his back giving up. And she just keeps going at him. I pull her away and she’ll charge at him. I keep having to take the puppy to the vet because so far shes bit open his face and it formed an absess, she bit a chunk out of the tip of his ear, tore up his leg, and bit open his lip. I try to pull them apart before any damage but she doesn’t let go and keeps attacking.

She’s ussually good with people during walks unless someone gets within 3 feet of me, then stands between me and the person and growls. I don’t know if she’d actually attack because most people stop approaching at this point.

She means sooo much to me and the thought of putting her to sleep isn’t an option. I was planning on just keeping her and the puppy seperated almost all the time until he’s full grown because he’ll be very large and the vet said that should help.

The problem now though, besides everything I listed is the fact that I found out a little over a month that we’re having a baby. And I’m afraid that she’ll be jealous of the baby and attack it if it touches any of the dog stuff. I’ve never seem her around young kids so I don’t know how she’d react. She was fine with my younger siblings but they were 11 and 12 so they weren’t very young.

Is she hopeless? She saved my life and was the only thing that got me through my boyfriends suicide in 2007 and I can’t just get rid of her or out her down. Please help and no mean comments please I really just want serious answers.
She went through multiple obedience classes and has never done anything to me. I can touch her toys, take food out of her mouth without any problems. I’m actually the only one she listens to. And she’s been with me 24/7 since I got her and is very submissive towards me. Anytime I yell at her she automatically rolls unto her back is submission. And I’ve had trainers try to work with her but they are impressed by how well trained she is and can’t figure out the problem.
She’s currently 1 1/2 years old. She was fine for the first year. I moved out into an apartment for about 4 months and she stayed with my parents for four months and I got her back 2 months ago and the aggression started. So I’m not sure what happened during those 4 months but that’s when she changed.

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I have a 16 month old Border Collie who is generally very good natured and gets on well with all dogs.
The problem arises with food and other dogs. She is very well trained to sit and stay when I feed her but when other dogs are around and I go to feed them she snarls and goes for them. Today a friend went to her food container and she actually bit him – I was mortified!
Can anyone give me advice on how to stop this aggressive behaviour, I would be so grateful for any help to stop this.

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Just a little background on my pup to better understand why she might be digging.
Ok, she is 10 months old. She is a border collie/lab mix. She has a lot of energy. She loves to play. We got her when she was 8 weeks old. It took a while to potty train her, but she eventually got the hang of it. Although when she pees, she walks at the same time. I don’t know why she does this, but she pees outside. She loves other dogs. Big people or objects scare her. She only barks at bags or people playing outside (not much of a guard dog, LOL). We have a 4 yr old terrier/chihuahua mix. Even though she is older, she loves to play outside in the back yard when I go out to toss a ball. The pup will play fetch, but not the older one. The older one will wait til she brings the toy back and they will play tug of war together for a long time. I do take them for a walk in the morning for an hour and they will even swim sometimes, hoping to tire them more. They get to wonder and sniff things on their walks because it’s a trail and I let them off leash. I come home and let them rest in the back yard and give them water. Then I’ll feed them. Later in the day I’ll play outside with them. And both of them come inside every now and then and they sleep inside everynight in their own crates. I have no troubles on that part. But when I have to leave the house, the pup will dig huge holes for no reason. She doesn’t lay in them, she doesn’t hide toys in them. My guess is she smells something down there, but I don’t know what it is. When she was younger and much smaller she didn’t dig. I’m assuming it’s because she had a pool to play in. She’d still have that pool if she didn’t tear it up. I’m going to buy her another one and see if that helps the problem. But she does love to play outside by herself. The older dog is out there with her. I see the pup running back and forth tossing her toy in the air and catching it. So I don’t think she is digging because she is bored. And the dogs do stay out most of the day because when they come in they start to play together and don’t watch where they are playing. They seem to love to get closer and closer to me and will bump into me. They can’t do that because I’m 5 months pregnant and don’t want them hitting my belly when they play. And the pup never leaves the older one alone. She is alway nibbling at her ear trying to get her to play. I’d be soo annoyed if I was my older dog. I’m glad she has patience. But when they start to play inside I tell them "NO" because inside is not the place to play. Only outside. The pup loves to be around us, especially me. She will follow me from room to room and lay there til I get up and move to the next room. I don’t know why she does this, but I think it’s cute. My dogs are not properly trained by a trainer, but they do know how to sit and lay down. They are calm and patient when it comes time to feed them. They know to sit before they get fed. They are potty trained. They are good dogs. It’s just that digging problem with them pup that needs to get worked out. And when she barks at the neighbors playing needs to stop too. Sometimes we put her in our neighbors back yard to play with his dog for a while.
So with all that info on my pup, what do you suggest I do to help her stop digging. Oh and I can’t give her a certain spot to dig because we are renting the house and they’ll charge me for the holes. Although that did cross my mind.