julialyle32
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Hi All-<br><br> I have posted a few things over the last year about my furbaby Buster. Buster just turned 2 in October and we'd kind of given up on him ever being a friendly dog. Which is fine, some people don't prefer people, some dogs don't either. As long as he's healthy and happy around us we're totally fine with that! ...Until he started having aggression issues. <br><br> Around myself, my husband, my dad, my mom, and my stepdad he is a totally normal dog. In our home, or either of my parents' homes he's totally normal and right at home. Until a "stranger" enters. Lately he growls, barks, and even lunges at the backs of the legs of people he doesn't know or like. In the past he would just turn tail and run away and hide behind us. He's tried this on my older siblings, and a couple of my mom's friends. While he's small for a mastiff (around 130lbs), he's still a big dog. And it is TERRIFYING when he does this.<br><br> Has anyone else had issues with this? What can we do? We can't take him to a trainer because we can't even get him through the door even if we wanted to. And he'd probably either run or go after the trainer anyway. We have young nieces, nephews, and my husbands younger siblings. We also want to have kids in the few years here. We are at a loss what to do. We can't take him camping anymore, and we can't trust him around people at all anymore. I guess we're just kind of at a loss on how to help him. I'm thinking about asking another vet for a 2nd opinion but I'm not sure if that'd help. Last time we were at the vet (before these issues started) I had asked the vet about pet anxiety meds and he said he wouldn't do it because he's completely physically healthy, just small for his breed, and wasn't socialized properly. <br><br>Any advice?<br><br>Thanks-<br>Julia<br><br>