Quote Originally Posted by angelchampy
Hi Everyone:

I have been doing rescues and adoptions for about 9 years now. Since I just lost my last dog, I've just been doing babysitting and fosters. I didn't have other dogs in my house with my own so this part is new to me. Recently, an owner died and left 4 dogs. Two of the dogs are siblings, the other two were strays that she took in. I have one of the strays, the others are at another home. One of the siblings, Scarlet, has become aggressive with people, the foster woman, the other dogs and her own sibling. While I understand why she's doing this - between the loss of her owner, her home, her friends, strange new people and not feeling secure and is totally confused. What I don't know about is how to deal with it and how long will it go on for? Do we keep her alone without any other dogs or will that do more harm? Should we just keep her quiet or try to give some normalcy as soon as possible? It's a bad situation and I feel terrible for the foster mom. She's not sure if she should leave her be or if she needs to be held. Any advice?
Oh wow- I think your analogy is right. Having a routine will help her alot. I got a foster once with the same problem. I just did a routine that was in stone- feeding times, walks etc .. She pullled out of it.
The other situation could be that one of her seperated housemates could have been the boss that " kept her in line".. I know its asking alot but maybe you could take that one also- give her some kind of "object permanence" so to speak.
If I could see her, I might be able to help more.. You only have her right??