Daisy May's History

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I took Daisy May and Petie to the vet last Friday they both needed shots. The vet I took take care of Daisy May since she was a puppy and at 4.5 months old she broke a leg. I knew she had broken her leg and I know I am having a lot of problems with her being to aggressive. This is Daisy May's History: Her birthday is April 22, 2008 so she is almost a year old. She was named Diva when I got her and she had painted toe nails and was a terror when I got her no manors and would attack anyone or anything. I could tell Diva would not do for the name I felt that the name led to some of her bad behavior, she also did not want to be on the floor she wanted to be on my lap at all times. She would not want to go outside, she wanted to be inside and sleep on the furniture at all times. Well Diva got a rude awaking with me she got a name change to Daisy May and I will not be painting her toe nails. She had a collar with a bell on it which was pretty but it broke on one of our walks so now she has a halter. I also keep telling her she is a doggy and she can be on the floor. Yes she gets on the furniture which is fine but she has to walk and she has a basket to sleep in and a kennel at night not in my bed. She did get mad and poop on my bed a few times. Now that has stopped. She is very, very aggressive and the vet had problems with her at 4.5 months old just trying to take care of her to put the cast on her leg. When I was asking the vet questions to help me train her he said he tried to warn the old owners of Daisy May’s behavior being a problem and they needed professional help to train her. He said they where nice people but way over their heads with Daisy that she is hyper aggressive and part of it is the breed and part of it is she has been let to have her way, she has taught both of her old owners that she was alpha dog and got away with it. Now she comes to live with me and I am doing my best with her. I walk her almost everyday. That helps a lot, I also had to get a training collar that beeps and shocks when she dose not behave. She has learned that I am alpha dog. She still has some temper problems. She growls at me when I open her kennel in the morning, or touch her basket she sleeps in in my office. Which the vet said he would not put up with that behavior because she will start to take possession of other things if I allow her to think she owns her basket and kennel. So now I have beeped her when she growls at me when I touch the kennel or basket. So far she is doing really well with the basket but the kennel is another story. Now this leads me to tell you what happened the other day. I had a pizza delivered for dinner and when the guy came to the door I tried to get Petie and Daisy May away from the door so I could answer it. When I told Daisy May to get back she would not move so I scooted her with my foot. Mind you I did not kick her nor did I hurt her in any way. Well she came unglued and attacked my ankles and started biting me. I stood my ground and shocked her with her collar and told her to get back. She came at me a second time so I had to shock her a second time. The shock collar is on the setting of 3 out of 10, 10 being the highest and it is for a little dog, so at 10 it will not kill her. She finally went into the submissive mode and paid attention to what I was saying after the second shock. This is the first time I have wondered if I am cut out to train her. Have anyone of you had to deal with such an aggressive dog? Does anyone have any tips for me? As I am getting ready to post this discussion Abagail walked up and smelled Daisy's basket and Daisy went after Abagail I had to beep her to get her to stop. Help me I think I will be hiring professional help soon