Whoa - scarey! First, know that you did what you had to, not out of meaness, but of necessity. Faced with all that, you did your best.
My rotti-mix developed some aggressive behavior as she came into adult-hood. My trainer called it "resource-guarding". it's aggression in response to a perceived threat to anything the dog considers "MINE" - including food, toys, and people. It got pretty scary, because my other female (husky) is the dominant dog and would immediatly get aggressive back -and it turned bloody more than once. The trainers taught me several techniques to discourage this, and also what little behaviors to watch for (like when Rosie would lean on me or put her foot on top of mine, she was "claiming" me in front of my other dog.) These little things add up to bigger problems, and I just wasn't aware that they were going on.
Contact a local trainer asap who's willing to work with you one on one, there's probably several things you can do to improve the situation- good luck, go easy on yourself!
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