Help With 2 problems

I am new to this forum and would like some advice on 2 problems I am
having with a my new puppy Tanna, a 11 week old Rot. Blk Lab mix, that
I rescued from the pound last week. She is so cute and she is VERY
intelligent, she puts her toys back in their box and we didn't even
train her.

The first problem is her nipping, I know that she is a puppy, but my
wife is disabled and in a wheelchair unable to move her legs and feet,
so when the cute little puppy goes after toes it is a large problem. I
want to train her not to bite humans but on the same hand I want to
train her to TUG (pull open doors etc.) for my wife.

Kathleen...

Get her into a puppy class as soon as possible. Because of the special
issues faced in your household, relying on written advice from strangers
is going to be especially hazardous.

The second problem is not Tanna but rather the neighbors dog, buddy, he
is an incessent barker who I have tried to befreind but gets very
aggressive and grows and snapps when I go to that side of my back yard.
He is a "backyard" dog, his owner know that he is a barker and
corrects him when they are around. Buddy goes birzerk when I walk
Tanna around the corner of the house to go potty, scaring her. I can
reassure her and she will go over to her potty spot with me. I even
introduced them (he is ok with her but HATES me) I kept a hose handy to
spray him if her went for Tanna, which he got a nose full for twice.
He whines when I work Tanna or play with her in the back yard (once he
stops barking) I am wondering what I can do short of shooting the damn
pest.(I think that he is a dangerous animal, and he has gone after my
cat and me a number of times when he was loose)

Kathleen...

The obvious solution is to fence your yard. If this is prohibited by
neighborhood or city covenants and talking to your neighbor fails you
may have to resort to calling animal control every time the neighbor's
dog is running loose. You shouldn't have to be afraid in your own yard.

Any advice and help would be appreciated

showdogbark...

Hi Jack,

montana wildhack...

We found that our dogs seemed to like bitter apple.

Then again, the dog was not nipping.

You sound like you need more than a dog training class. To open doors
for disabled people takes the work of trainers who specialize in dogs
who work with the disabled. Now most people think it is only the seeing
eye dog people who do this work for the blind, not true. I have a
disabled friend who had her and her dog train at a place where they
train dogs for the disabled for free.
I do not know where she lives now or I would let you know the name of
the place and it's contacts in other places. The dog gets certified
like a seeing eye dog, and you can take it on planes, in hotels,
everywhere.
It will not learn to open doors by nipping on your wife's toes.
Show Dog Bark