Territorial Aggressive Labrasheppard Puppy

by Kris
(Crete,Greece)

Our puppy is 3 monts old and I have him already 1 month.

As he lives outside and is chained to his dog house, I belive that this is the reason why he is agressive and protective in case somebody approaches him (except me and my husband).

He is very fearful of walks, other people and other dogs...so the socializing process that I tryed with him, did not went very smoothly as he even refused to go out of the yard to meet other people or animals.

How to socialize a puppy that is afraid? How to make clear to a puppy that we are not expecting him to guard?

Also I belive that some people when I was not around made a wrong attempts to meet our puppy, running towards him, yelling his name and try to pat him on the head..some even laugh and do dog voice when he backed down..

I hope I can fix the start which was made wrong and to teach him to like people and not to be afraid.

He is tied up on the 1.5 m chain at the moment, while we are at work. We let him loose 4 times per day and take him on a walk. Also playing time per day is about 2 hours.

I think that he would be less hyperactive and fearful if he would live with us in the house, but my husband does not allow that.

I must also add here I live in Crete island, and I noticed that people attend to take their pets like guard dogs without any needs or ...anyway to locals atitude is not very good towards to animals...

I am from Estonia and for us the dog is usually like a member of the family. As dealing with the dog here is not very often...also thats why the schools for dogs start from 1000 eur...which is a huge amount of money.

Please any advise! I am reading books and im more than willing to deal with my puppy and teach him.

Thank you!