Dog bit Delivery guy..should I adopt? Advise needed

[squeakermama]

I would suggest seeking another dog. History says that you'll have some issues to work with and I'm not sure you would be able to do that alone. Use caution as to seeing the "beauty" on the outside sometimes it can make you want to over look the inside I speak from experience. If you can't let him go and simply need to know I would suggest meeting the dog with an experienced behaviorist or someone that can simply see the dog's body and what he is saying with it. First meets with looking at his body language could tell you a bunch. Also a temperament test would be wise to do before agreeing to anything. It is great that this guy is being honest about the bite. That doesn't always happen and someone gets hurt. I posted a want ad and found my new male Max. He wasn't the first one I was place with. It took a few dogs but I think we found our guy. Best Regards.

[Ucdcrush]

Sure the dog can be trained/reconditioned not to bite. But you have to be willing to commit potentially lots of time if it's a real issue. It would be helpful to know the rest of the story with the delivery guy. With 0 detail on what happened, who can really say that the dog is dangerous.

Whether or not he is, a high energy dog like that is going to need lots of exercise or more problems will be created. Since this is definitely a special character of dog needed for police work, there is no question but that you must exercise him and stay on top of training. One might guess that he is not currently well cared for, or he wouldn't have bitten anyone. He would be exercised, trained, and not put in the position to bite people who wander on to the property.

If you are willing to do all that, the best thing to do, as already suggested, is to get an experienced dog trainer to go with you to see him, test the dog, see how he is. I would avoid a "clicker only" trainer for the evaluation unless you have reason to believe they have experience working with these high drive/dominant dogs. They are not trained clicker only which is why I suggest finding a trainer that uses methods beyond the clicker.