We have also posted this under the Dog Aggression to People Forum and have gotten some wonderful help but we thought we'd spread the word. I'm not sure if I was allowed to post this under two separate topics, so if I'm breaking the rules I apologize. Here goes:

We live in Cambodia with our family and 2 year old GSD. She is a wonderful protection dog but we're having a little issue with her and our guards. I know, this is a little confusing. We have a 10 foot wall surrounding our entire house, including the driveway. The guard will always be inside the wall. The dog stays inside the house. If we need to let her out to go the the bathroom we ask the guard to leave the "compound" and go outside to the street and wait. But if a kid opens the door and lets the dog out of the house by accident she'll be able to get to the guard. This is not good as she is very aggressive toward the guards. She is wonderful when other people come into our home. She may bark once, I say it's all good and she's fine. On walks out on the street she just ignores everyone. We normally wouldn't tolerate this kind of behavior from the dog but we don't want her to like every Cambodian man that comes inside our gate. So we don't want her to be aggressive to the guard, but at the same time there have been instances here in Cambodia...just last week...where the guard was the culprit in a triple murder. We don't want Vesta (the dog) to ever let the guard in the house, but we also don't want her to attack if she accidentally gets out. She goes nuts when she even sees him through the window. All the guards have the same uniform so they all look alike to her. We have three different guards that rotate throughout the week.

Any advice would be appreciated. I don't know if all of this makes sense so I'm happy to give better explanations if needed.

Thanks for everything.

Jenny

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