Haha! Yes! Pups are too awesome!

I would recommend offering her a number of safe things to chew on – robust toys, cow hide chews, sticks, even soft toys that she has permission to destroy. The chewing phase is something they grow out of and is something they do when left alone. If your dog is having a lovely time with you on walks – it’s possibly she has attachment anxiety which is leading to the chewing behaviour when you are gone. Look into a doggy daycare for when you are away long periods of time.

Get her spayed

I have used all my tools that I have learned through classes and youtube. However, I still have hit her on three occasions. I will never hit her again this is horrible.
What can I do. The feeding her with a muzzle is absolutely not something I would recommend. Unless a bitter.
I do walk with her and have her on a short leash just to get use to walking with me, She does great. Does great sitting does great

When you call the dog start saying both names then slowly transition to the new name. There is no time frame

I have two dogs – one part retriever and the other a pitt. When we first got him he would go bonkers with other dogs, because like yours, he was not socialized by the previous owner. In order to aid with this (and the pulling) liked to do we use a “gentle leader” to help him focus.

Secondly, exposure is a powerful thing. We have had him a year now and he likes meeting other dogs, but is able to “get over it” if we do not stop to say hi. If you can, start off in controlled environments and ease your way out. Allow him to pass one dog on a walk but avoid all others as much as you can. Also, I bet your little one is just getting used to being able to go out for a walk. I know it sounds simple, but the same thing happened with our pitt as well. After months, he started realizing walks and outside time was a normal thing to expect.

Transitions, especially for this guy will take some months to get used to. Also, I agree, with the post above – if he is too much to start out with, go on walks with the dog walker. If you get a “gentle leader” though, this might solve a good bit of your problem because it does give you WAY MORE ability to train your animal.

Lastly, I recommend you read the short book recently published by Cesar Millan called CESAR MILLAN’S SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY DOG. It really helped me to connect with my dog more, even though I knew a good bit of the information already. Your energy and body language can make a big difference….. Well, I hope some part of my rant above helps! Patience, firmness and gentleness!

There is no need to have an ALPHA approach. I know this question was asked a while ago and I hope things have worked out well. But every dog is different and at the end of the day whatever behaviour the dog has is because of the owner. Agressove dog who chews everything? The owner didn’t give him proper exercise and chew toys. Didn’t train him not to chew on things. Dog pooped and peed everywhere after the age of 10 weeks? Failed to potty train and can only blame themselves. Not the dog. If people CHOOSE to get a dog…how about tale care of it? I’ll never understand why people take the time to get and pay for a dog but then beat the shit out of it when he pees in the house. Just be a good dog owner. Take him out to potty in the morning. Feed him. Take him to a park for 30min. Love him. Give him toys. Snuggle on the couch/bed. Play tug of war. Pet him. Take him to potty when you get home from work. Feed him dinner. And snuggle up. There is no need to be alpha anything. No need to make it be known you’re the master. He knows. Its a given who rules the roost. Jisy have a happy life together anf everything will be great. Take care.

U could put a ticking clock in with him or a radio some times that works an maybe a stuffed animal he could cuddle up to or animal heating pad on low

You could hire a dog walker as a short term fix! Also see a trainer. You may need to try to take him in areas where there will not be many dogs u til the behavior is under control.