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I met up with the behaviorist this morning. The majority of the talk was about us, the family, and how we operate every day. Then we headed to my house to meet the trouble makers. The larger of the two (Maggie) was upstairs with us when he showed up and as usual stood between the family and the "intruder" while she let out a couple barks. Once Maggie calmed herself (usually takes about a minute) the behaviorist attempted to do some obedience exercises, which failed. Then we copied the exercises and succeeded in most commands.
We talked for about another hour. Their suggestions were the following:
-remove food bowls at all times and try either the morning and night feeding times or just the night feeding.
-consider spaying both dogs
-torso body harness on both dogs
-rotate the dogs in separation for now
-take all toys away
-wash all beds in the same washer twice, add salt into the mixture on 2nd wash. then place beds in different spots
-fill atomizer with salt, liquid cayenne and water. keep at arms reach.
-when signs of defense/aggression are displayed pull the dog away and pin it to the ground with body weight. keep it subdued for at least a minute.
-and if possibly keep stungun handy at all times. apparently dogs cannot stand the frequencies given off by a stungun being powered on. not to directly use on the dogs.
-do not be afraid to get physical with dogs, stay away from the teeth at all costs
He will be stopping by again on sunday if we do not call him sooner.
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