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[quote=Anonymous]My small dog (~20 lbs) admittedly has some serious issues regarding lunging and barking at strangers. We have had him since he was as a small puppy and this wasn’t a problem when we got him, so I can only imagine this was a failure on our part in training him. That being said, he generally has no issues with aggression inside the house/not on a leash. He is very nice to my immediate family, except for one family member. There is nothing that makes this person stand out (I.e. tall/large, wears hats, takes medications, is loud). Over the last 6 months or so, things have gotten increasingly bad with this one person to the point that we cannot have our dog home when this person comes over because he will try to attack them. It has slowly progressed to this point - when we first noticed dog got nervous around him, we had him do some commands with dog and give dog treats. Unfortunately the nerves have only gotten worse to the point where we are now. I mentioned the dog’s weight because given his size we are able to prevent a situation from turning dangerous, but it is beyond me what our small dog is trying to accomplish going after a person who has never done more than feed him treats. What gives? Has anyone had success in turning this sort of relationship around? The family member has been a good sport but this is obviously very uncomfortable and I don’t want to reinforce the dog going insane by putting them in a room together and seeing what would happen.[/quote]

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