Quote Originally Posted by Kinra View Post
I don't know of any rescues, but I can offer some advice. I've never personally dealt with behavior problems this bad, but they can be corrected.

Until your friend can find someone to take the dog I recommend getting a dog crate to keep the dog in while she is out of the house and a steam clean with professional strength cleaning solution. It is extremely important that the smell is removed or the dog will continue to go on the carpets. She might be able to get him to go outside if she crates him and takes him out as soon as she gets home.

To me the dog sounds like it is dealing with some insecurity issues in the only way it knows how. I am not qualified enough to tell you how to correct the his behavior, but I hope you can find a shelter/rescue willing to take in the dog. You might want to look for an animal sanctuary because with the biting and food aggression there are very few rescues that will take him. Most dogs that bite hard enough to draw blood are usually put down by the city if it gets reported.
She has a crate, but she would have to be able to catch him to put him in it (which means more biting). He used to stay in the crate while she was at work during the day, but now he holes up under the bed (any of the three beds) at night and in the morning when it would be time to put him up. She steam cleans monthly, but there's only so much that can do when he messes at least every few days.

My only disagreement with the insecurity possibility is how much this has escalated since she got him. She does not have mean kids that harass him, he gets along with the cat, and, if anything, she was too forgiving of his actions when he was younger out of concern for whatever he might have gone through in the past.

I'm not disregarding your advice, just frustrated for her.