Don't feel like a failure, it is all a learning process and hindsight is always 20/20! I recently bought the book The Dog Listener by Jan Fennell. I know awhile back I had read where Maria thought the book was excellent so when I saw it, I picked it up. It has been quite an eye opener. I would highly highly recommend it, it deals a lot with dogs who are unsure of their position in the "pack." I was always so sure mine were certain of their position, but after reading this I see they were not so sure after all! In fact it has been hard not to see my mistakes and not dwell on them, I can see now where some things I did encouraged Tommy's nervousness and Tasha's mistrust of people. The good news is it can be reversed and it's not too complicated. It deals with many varying aggression issues as well, which is why I thought to mention it to you.

Please don't worry about anyone judging you or Jasper. I know how difficult it can be, as I know how reluctant I have felt in the past to mention problems I was having with my two, for fear of people thinking badly of me or of the pups. {{HUGS}} to you and your sweet boy.