What should I do with my lovable but trouble-making dog?

i have an ADORABLE red nose pit bull named Bella thats almost a year old and she loves people. whenever people come over to the house, they fall in love with her and i love her to death but shes just causes so much trouble and stress. almost everytime she goes outside, she begins to bark so much at voices of nearby neighbors and stuff and its really annoying cause you can still hear it inside the house. and if we don't let her out for more than an hour, she pees, and most of the time on the carpet. and ALSO, she's to agressive with our other dogs. we have four dogs in total and she gets possesive around them with food and toys. SHE DOES NOT GET POSSESSIVE WITH PEOPLE(THANK GOD!) BUT SHE DOES WITH DOGS!!!!! if shes eating or chewing on a toy and another dog passes by, she growls and, ocassionally, attacks and fights. when took her to the spca vet one day to check her ear out cause it was swelling, we found out her parents were involved in DOG FIGHTING! SO ALL THE AGRESSIVENESS RUNS IN HER BLOOD FROM HER PARENTS. and no matter how much we say no and bad girl, she keeps doing it like 5 seconds later. and the other 3 dogs are perfectly well behaved but 2 of them are actually a little scared of her and the ,as ceaser milan would say " the pack leader" the dog that the leader, which is my lab/rottweiler/beagle mix who's the oldest at 8 years but i think of her as a very wise and patient dog. she is the leader of the 4 dogs but knows that she's not the leader of me and my parents. well, she's a very loyal dog and she may not look it but is a very good fighter. i mean, she tries to avoids fights, but only if she HAS to like self defense or somethin she can kill. she doesn't want to fight but bell makes her and you see chipi trying to stop the fight and leave but bella keeps on fighting. chipi and the other dogs are very cautious of bella. and we always have to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't get into touble. LASTLY, its because of her that we always have to lock the dogs in the garage when we go out. because it wouldn't be fair to leave her by herself in the garage. so we leave all 4 maybe 3 dogs in the garage. she might chew and destroy the couch or somethin. our couches are SERIOUSLY OLD AND WORN OUT BUT WE CANT GET NEW ONES CAUSE THEN SHE'LL PROBABLY RIP IT APART AND THE DOGS ARE TOO ACCUSTOMED TO USING THE COUCH AS THEY PLEASE. MY DAD LOVES HER TOO BUT HE IS CONSIDERING GIVING HER AWAY. WHAT DO I DO. SHOULD I GET A DOG BEHAVIORALIST?What should I do with my lovable but trouble-making dog?
You have a pack, you are going to have to work with pack dynamics. The best thing would be to get a certified dog behaviorist that has a background in dominate dogs.



Terriers are naturally very dominate dogs, it sounds like she is trying to establish herself on top of it, its a breed bred for dog aggression. It doesnt sound like you have very good control over her and she is running the place. Take a read, I dont always agree with Leerburg's advice, but you could use it:

http://leerburg.com/dominantdogs.htm



You can successfully work with her, but it will take a lot of work, and you are going to have to get professional help.



Does she have a dog crate? Really she should be fed seperate if she is attacking the other ones.



I especially recommend this one: http://leerburg.com/pdf/dealingwithdomin鈥?/a>



You have a strong working dog, she needs exercise, consistency, and training. If you do decide to rehome her, find someone that can handle that much dog and has worked with these problems before.What should I do with my lovable but trouble-making dog?
dogs are dogs. train it. With a dog come the concequences of the dog.What should I do with my lovable but trouble-making dog?
She bored, Walk her. then walk her more. After 50yrs and a bunch of dogs, three now. Almost every behavior problem my dogs have ever had was solved by getting the dog out on a leash and walking.

Check out the "dog Whisperer show" The main thing he preaches is walking and it works.



Its not just exercise. the dogs natural instinct is exploring and being stimulated by going new places ans smelling new things. Try it for a week, 45min a day and see if it doesn't make a huge difference.What should I do with my lovable but trouble-making dog?
sadly enough, most of things falls back on you for the training. Because it's a pitbull the most important thing you can do is to get it socialized. This is an entire process, but its essential to the breed. You obviously care or you wouldnt have asked so take it to heart and get it socialized. I would suggest taking it too training classes
you can get a dog behaviorist but i hate to say it might be best to just give her away or keep her with some one were you can still enjoy her.she is not going to get better.you see it breaks my heart to compare her to my sister in this fashion but here goes.bella is like the family member who's an addict always causing turmoil and isn't happy in a sick way unless she is.unless she's around those that give her the spot light.in bella's case people who love her. your other dogs rotate around her web of crap unwilling.you don't want to be caught in the middle of a dog fight and get hurt yourself which is were this is going and you could get seriously hurt or both dogs put down. just be careful to show her your love by choosing whats best for her despite your short term pain at a departure .training would involve everyone and she is so set in her character that it would stress her to change as much as would be needed to at this point. for awhile the other dogs might remind her shes not in charge per-say anymore with the training and that might cause her to retaliate more aggressively.the of a family member going through rehab making amends and another member egging them how on their loyalty to being clean and another to how the use to be and another not knowing what to expect from that person know that their supposedly different.the other dogs are going to keep this up.just like humans do with each other.and in fairness to her i wont blame her if she reacts aggressively cause she wasn't trained when it first started.