The owners of "Pepper" (remember, i am just keeping her becasue the place she was at was destroyed in a tornado a year ago) are going to be looking into getting an anti-bark collar and also an electric fence for her new home. I am sure this is going to be a real help.
When i did get Pepper, she was brought into my house so i could try to house train her to maybe make it easier for her owners and i have 4 dogs of my own. I thought if they got along, i would keep her in but since they didn't get along, i just didn't persue it becasue i really didn't know how long i would be keeping her. and also, i didn't know if they would be bringing her into their new house (which i found out later that there was no chance the husband would let her into theri new home!!) it was worth a try.
i foster for shelters in my area also and i bring puppies manily into my home to keep while they find a new home. my dogs seem to handle that real well.
all the dogs are spayed (have all females). she will not be put to sleep. Her owner and i have talked about it and i am willing to help her out in any way to keep Pepper. she is so good with her "kids" and she is a very smart dog. she just needs the training that she should have gotten when she was a puppy!
i will keep you all posted as to what happens. i think she will be leaving to go to her new house at the end of this month. i will miss her.
thanks for the suggestions.