I got a 3yr.old spayed female Border Collie on Saturday (the 28th). The lady i got her from owned her since she was 6 weeks old. Now she said she's NEVER shown aggression before. Well I've only had her a few days and she has already nipped me in the hand. She has major food aggression with me, I put her bowls in my room because at night and when we leave the house she is locked in my bedroom. Its got to the point where sometimes when I entered the room she will just started growling at me. This is not the only time she's got aggressive either. My sister-in-law was just petting her on the couch and she was licking her hand, when she pulled her hand away to make her stop she started growling at her. Then there are times when somebody goes to leave and you try and push her away from the door she will start growling. When we first got her we simply corrected her and moved on. She was just warning, now Its progressed. Instead of growling she's now starting to snap at people. I was wondering if maybe this is caused because the previous owner had her all her life? She's not use to anybody else, and we keep saying give her time, give her time. But today she nipped me in the hand when I was petting her in my room. If I can not get the aggression to stop I will have no choice but give her back to the lady.
She is really sweet any other time, she will lick you, and lay in your lap. Just a normal playful dog, and she loves playing fetch and she never bites you for the toy or when you have dog treats. Its just sometimes out of no where she will decide she wants to growl. My nephews were over (3yr.old twin boys, and a 6yr.old boy) and she never once acted aggressive towards them. Also she has a blue Pet Trainer, I thought it was a clicker but it turns out it makes a very low ear piercing sound. Does anybody know what exactly she would be using something like that before? I've never seen something like this before to train a dog. I do know a lot of people use clicker training though. The lady and her husband worked about 10 hour shifts everyday and thats why she gave her up. So she never really got to see them much, and I don't know If she was getting depressed or aggressive before I got her and they didn't notice or not. Any help would be great! I would love to keep her she is an amazing dog when she wants to be. But I just cant look past this aggression any longer before somebody really gets hurt.
She is really sweet any other time, she will lick you, and lay in your lap. Just a normal playful dog, and she loves playing fetch and she never bites you for the toy or when you have dog treats. Its just sometimes out of no where she will decide she wants to growl. My nephews were over (3yr.old twin boys, and a 6yr.old boy) and she never once acted aggressive towards them. Also she has a blue Pet Trainer, I thought it was a clicker but it turns out it makes a very low ear piercing sound. Does anybody know what exactly she would be using something like that before? I've never seen something like this before to train a dog. I do know a lot of people use clicker training though. The lady and her husband worked about 10 hour shifts everyday and thats why she gave her up. So she never really got to see them much, and I don't know If she was getting depressed or aggressive before I got her and they didn't notice or not. Any help would be great! I would love to keep her she is an amazing dog when she wants to be. But I just cant look past this aggression any longer before somebody really gets hurt.