After some initial limited success after the trainer visited, as suggested by our vet, Archie's behaviour has deteriorated badly. He has gone for daughter 3 times and bitten her once, making it 3 times in total
The last time was when we were chatting, he was lying on the floor and had been for 15/20 minutes. All of a sudden, he looked up and within 1 second his face changed and he lunged at her. No reason, no warning.
He is barking wildly (whilst circling madly) every single time anyone gets up/goes out of a door (this behaviour leads to him lunging at daughter too). He guards the door and doesn't let her in/out.
Keeping them apart is increasingly difficult and it's affecting the family, the girls don't feel they can walk around the house without being worried about Archie and Archie's demeanour changes when around daughter. They can't be in the garden together and any noise they make (even giggling) sets him off.
I've even been giving him some calming supplement powders in the hope it may lower his hyper behaviour but it hasn't made any difference.
I have devoted so much time to him, from 14+ months of toilet training, to dealing with 9 months of barking whenever I was in the kitchen last year to micro-managing every aspect of our lives from May when he initially bit.
I've just spoken at length to Di at CAESSR and she wouldn't take him as he's already bitten. She also said any other rescue wouldn't either and my only option unfortunately is having him PTS
My breeder also said she couldn't take him back as he'd already bitten someone.
I'm certain he'd be a different dog if he lived with a firm adult, who know how cockers operated, in a child-free environment....
We are just devastated, especially in light of us losing Odie like we did 2 years ago. I think this will be the end of my love affair with cockers as I don't think I can go through it all again
