Hi! I have a 4 1/2 year old English Bulldog named Rowdy. We got her last summer from the friend of a friend. As such, I have no idea what her life was like before we got her. She had some marks on her. Maybe from another animal and maybe from her humans, I don't know. The vet checked her out and said she was fine other than being dirty and having some superficial wounds. We got her caught up on her shots and got her cleaned up and all of that right away.
She is super sweet and loves all of us (myself, husband, and kids). She's snuggly and loves attention. She is particularly attached to me and doesn't like to let me out of her sight.
A couple months after we got her she started jumping on everyone that came to the door. It's not aggression, but seems to be super excitement. She's pretty big and strong (60 pounds) and will knock people over if they aren't ready for her. Because of this I have to put her in the bedroom when anyone comes over, unless they don't mind the jumping. She is also dog aggressive. She lunges and barks a TON at every dog we get anywhere near on walks.
I tried some training techniques on my own and finally hired a trainer a couple months ago. She uses ecollars as well as food motivation and other things. The trainer did three private lessons and now we go to group training once a week. At this point she is extremely obedient using the techniques and the collar, but only if no one outside the family is around. She still jumps on people, and if I leash her and don't let her jump she barks at them like crazy, which is almost worse. Having her at group class is really hard because she tries to go after every new dog that walks in the door and just about rips my arm off.
At this point I feel like I can deal with the dog aggression. I walk her late at night and we only rarely see other dogs. When we do, I just do my best to keep her moving. I REALLY want the jumping on people to stop though. The trainer wants us to keep going and says it will just take time. I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience and if so how did it turn out? Is jumping something we can fix?
Thanks!
ETA: I should also mention that she does not jump on anyone in the family, only other people.
She is super sweet and loves all of us (myself, husband, and kids). She's snuggly and loves attention. She is particularly attached to me and doesn't like to let me out of her sight.
A couple months after we got her she started jumping on everyone that came to the door. It's not aggression, but seems to be super excitement. She's pretty big and strong (60 pounds) and will knock people over if they aren't ready for her. Because of this I have to put her in the bedroom when anyone comes over, unless they don't mind the jumping. She is also dog aggressive. She lunges and barks a TON at every dog we get anywhere near on walks.
I tried some training techniques on my own and finally hired a trainer a couple months ago. She uses ecollars as well as food motivation and other things. The trainer did three private lessons and now we go to group training once a week. At this point she is extremely obedient using the techniques and the collar, but only if no one outside the family is around. She still jumps on people, and if I leash her and don't let her jump she barks at them like crazy, which is almost worse. Having her at group class is really hard because she tries to go after every new dog that walks in the door and just about rips my arm off.
At this point I feel like I can deal with the dog aggression. I walk her late at night and we only rarely see other dogs. When we do, I just do my best to keep her moving. I REALLY want the jumping on people to stop though. The trainer wants us to keep going and says it will just take time. I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience and if so how did it turn out? Is jumping something we can fix?
Thanks!
ETA: I should also mention that she does not jump on anyone in the family, only other people.