u/misterpants34

hello, i’m an incoming college student in the u.s. my intention was to get an a.s. in environmental science and then transfer to a 4 year. my end goal is to get into wildlife bio/rehab but i understand that may be impossible with my circumstances, or anybody’s for that matter lol

i am the caregiver for an ill family member so i’m unable to go after internships, most volunteer opportunities, etc. i am looking for advice on how to set myself up to break into an environmental field when i have the freedom to do so. is there any point in getting an environmental science degree now, with no internships/volunteering/networking, or am i better off just going back to school later on when i can pursue those things? what about pursuing forestry, policy, anything.

they are my family’s dogs and were kept isolated in a house from age 0-5. they were not abused besides being isolated. they did not see people outside of their family and they almost never saw dogs

they now live with me and i cannot leave my apartment, if they are alone they bark and bark and bark. they get into fights with each other constantly. when they’re on walks, if they see a person, a dog, or a stick they don’t like the look of they go apeshit barking and attacking. they haven’t bitten anybody because i hold them back but it’s going to happen if i can’t deal with them.

i have sat outside with them consistently so that they can watch people & dogs go by and they just go feral every time they see something. there has been no improvement for 7 months. i bought vibrating collars that helped for 2 days until they got used to the vibrations. positive reinforcement doesn’t do anything, negative reinforcement doesn’t do anything, they just do not improve no matter what i do. i have no idea what to do and my entire life revolves around a 10 pound dog. with their history of isolation, is there anything that can be done or is this just how they’re going to be for the next decade or so