[mpzoFeJs]

I agree with Palamino. She hasn't bitten yet and if you work with her there is a chance she never will. But there is also a chance that she is just so mentally damaged she will always be untrustworthy.

She peed when you corrected her verbally and your husband approached her? I think that means she is scared of him and maybe all men in general. Maybe because she wasn't socialized. BUT I have been around dogs that were not socialized or who were extremely under socialized who did not behave that way. You have to consider genetics as the cause and not lack of socialization. You don't know where she came from or how she was bred and I doubt the owners were careful in selecting the pup or the breeder judging by the way they treated her before they let you have her. For all you know, one or both of her parents were HA or FA. And sometimes, even from good dogs, you get a pup who just isn't wired right in the head.

Sucks big that you don't have access to a trainer. Have you thought about trying to do online video training and eval with a behaviorist? Not ideal, but better than nothing. Could you find a trainer or behaviorist to work with you online and maybe use a web cam or have the trainer/behaviorist ask you to do certain things, record them and email to him/her so he/she can see how the dog reacts?

You said you love her already and that maybe she is just being protective. But a stable dog doesn't act that way when they are protective unless there is a very real threat. So many people with HA/FA dogs say protective as code word for dangerous. Having a person who is not emotionally involved evaluate her is very important because owners tend to be too emotionally involved to be as objective as they should.