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of course you gotta be wondering by now; what is it about you that brings out aggression in dogs?
If you work 80 hours a week, 7-12's I guess , maybe you shouldn't get a dog at all. It takes a lot of time and effort to train a dog. Unless the wife stays at home and can train it.
Some people wash out older dogs that wont cut it in field trials or higher up hunt tests but they would still make great hunting dogs and family pets so you might consider an older dog that's not as active and time consuming as a puppy.
Quote from: Stilly bay on September 23, 2012, 11:20:58 AMof course you gotta be wondering by now; what is it about you that brings out aggression in dogs?The agression towards the Fed Ex / UPS / USPS workers is fairly easy to explain. Homeowner encourages a dog to bark/notify them when strangers come near and says "good boy/girl" when they do. Also dog sees stranger, barks and barks, delivery person runs up drops off package and leaves. In the dogs mind: I bark stranger leaves...It's good that I bark...mission accomplished. The biting comes into play when dog gets over zealous about "duties". I am not excusing the biting of people but explaining the possible scenario.
I'm going to go outside the box and recommend an English setter. I live in an apartment and mine does fine. He is ten month old and has very good house manners. He doesn't take long to get worn out and I am already able to leave him alone,not in his kennel, at home for a few hours at a time