Update
Some days Bailey shows amazing signs of improvement and other days she's like an attack dog.
She's getting better walking past strange dogs. She can walk by them if they're across the street, but still has trouble with most dogs if they're on the same side of the street. I try to avoid walking past dogs has much as I can.
In the morning, Bailey is much calmer and usually walks fine. At night, she is a different dog. She is much more reactive and high alert. I think she stresses more at night. She will lunge at dogs even if they are across the street.
She has not improved in my building. She will still try to bite any neighbors on the elevator, in the hallway or in front of the building. Unfortunately, this is something that I can not avoid. She also is still barking at the front door whenever my neighbor goes in and out of her apartment and wakes me up at least once a night. I blocked off the window, so she can't bark at dogs walking by, however if she hears dog tags rattling, she will still bark.
She is still reactive aggressive. A few days ago, we had a great walk and were very close to going home until a dog started barking from inside of a car. This drove Bailey nuts. I tried to calm her down and get her into my building as fast as I could, but she lunged at an innocent woman walking by. She couldn't get to that barking dog, so she went after the first person she saw. I felt so bad.
She is getting worse when people leave my apartment. If me, my bf, roommate or her bf try to leave the apartment, Bailey goes for our ankles. She's never made contact, but she comes close. She also sometimes stalks my roommate and if she closes her bedroom door, Bailey will get angry and bark and jump at the door. I need to work more on the "mat" training with her on this.
I still have mixed feelings about going to a vet. behaviorist. My agility trainers and classmates say she is a sheltie and this is how they are. It kind of makes me feel guilty for bringing her to a vet. behaviorist, but I also think saying she is a sheltie is making an accuse for her behavior. Sheltie or not, she shouldn't be trying to nip people. One of my trainers says she is not being anxious, she is just being a bossy b**ch, which I do see from her. I'm just very worried about her actually biting a neighbor.
