Bandit dog looking for home with love and boundaries

Santa Rosa CA

Description

Bandit is a sweet and protective, around 5 years old, mixed breed neutered male dog looking for a new home. We got him 3 years ago from the Butte County Humane Society (his papers say mastiff lab) and he was already trained to be a guard dog, which we didn't know at the time. He knows all basic commands and some fun ones, but he has poor recall and poor impulse control. He has gotten extra protective of our 1 year old son and recently attacked a big bearded man when he wasn’t properly leashed (he bit but didn’t break skin thank goodness!) - managing him and our child as baby gets more mobile has become too much for our family to handle so we are looking for a new home for him that can provide the love and the strong boundaries that he needs. He is very cuddly in the house and whenever he isn’t assessing new threats (unfamiliar big dogs, people behaving strangely or carrying tools or weapons, or the infamous “man in a hat”). He’s not an off leash dog! And he is an amazing pet!