Dog becoming overly protective

I adopted her from the shelter and we are coming up on our 3-month milestone of being together.

This is my first dog and I wanted to everything right. I even immediately got her enrolled in basic obedience training. She is 2 but a total “green dog” when it came to training.

We’ve come so far in such a short amount of time and I have been trying to focus on the positives.

Without distractions, she is perfect.

But I’ve been trying to get us out of our comfort zone recently and it’s been so demoralizing.

The shelter said she was good with other dogs. That has not been my experience. She freaks out when she sees another dog and has already had one incident with a neighbor dog.

And if anyone comes to my door, whether she knows them or not, she barks frantically and all our training goes out the window. It’s like she can’t hear me.

I love her so much but sometimes feel like I made the wrong choice.

I wish other people could see how amazing she is.

I adopted her from the shelter and we are coming up on our 3-month milestone of being together.

This is my first dog and I wanted to everything right. I even immediately got her enrolled in basic obedience training. She is 2 but a total “green dog” when it came to training.

We’ve come so far in such a short amount of time and I have been trying to focus on the positives.

Without distractions, she is perfect.

But I’ve been trying to get us out of our comfort zone recently and it’s been so demoralizing.

The shelter said she was good with other dogs. That has not been my experience. She freaks out when she sees another dog and has already had one incident with a neighbor dog.

And if anyone comes to my door, whether she knows them or not, she barks frantically and all our training goes out the window. It’s like she can’t hear me.

I love her so much but sometimes feel like I made the wrong choice.

I wish other people could see how amazing she is.