Do you still have your dog? We would take him. We have two other dogs who love to play. Let us know please. I’m one old timer here on FR
I just re-read this entire thread. Several observations.
1. There are a lot of people here who have zero understanding of dogs... especially large breed potentially aggressive dogs.
2. There are a lot of people here who have no idea about training dogs or what training aids are for what issues.
3. For the people calling for the Euthenasia of this dog, please, shut up and go away.
There are many avenues of help and support for dogs like this one. Most people are too lazy to try to help the animal and immediately call for killing it. There are places across the nation that can take a dog with fear issues and turn it into a wonderful family dog. There are also organizations that can give the dog a wonderful home and a job to do that can have a wonderful impact on it’s mental health.
I’ve lived around big dogs for decades. I’ve trained big dogs and I’ve turned some real nasty potential killers into good dogs with patience and understanding of what is going on in the dogs mind. Now, it doesn’t work for every dog, but I’d never just kill a dog without trying.
I’d take the dog in myself except that I have 3 GSD’s now and no room for another one. I hope a good home can be found instead of killing the dog.