As we get to know our adopted boxer a little more, we suspect she was abused by men. We work with her to have men give her treats, ignore her when they walk in, etc. Our neighbor tries to bring her a treat every day but she has not yet let him near her after 4 months. She always growls and barks at men she doesnt know. But, when she is highly stressed she will fight with our other boxer. For example, we had several friends over this past weekend, a few men she didn't know and she ended up fighting with our other boxer three times, one occasion we thought we were making progress because she was letting a guy pet her and our other boxer was sitting right next to her being petted as well, but she attacked out of nowhere. Even when they were being ignored, a fight broke out. My husband recently knocked on the door because it was locked, they thought a visitor was coming, started barking, jumping around, she didn't recognize him outside the screen door and fought again..
She just gets so stressed out, and Im not sure that what we are doing to reinforce her that men are okay is enough.. any other thoughts? As a last resort, I have heard of trying prozac, but I dont know.... please help! we feel bad for our girl!
She just gets so stressed out, and Im not sure that what we are doing to reinforce her that men are okay is enough.. any other thoughts? As a last resort, I have heard of trying prozac, but I dont know.... please help! we feel bad for our girl!
