Dawn-Thank you so much for commenting on my thread.
It is just what I needed to hear, as after a brief lull, Inca has been terrible again,( since hitting 6 months -Dr Dunbar's stop time!) Last night was pretty good, but the night before, she was trying to murder me!. I had to put her out of the room 4 times before she got the message. (She is definitely worse if we try to watch tv for some reason- maybe it worries her..). My friend has a puppy the same age and they are 'all done' with the biting. As is everyone else with a puppy it seems!..It does worry me because she does it out of mischief as well as the evening witching hour.
and those 'attacks' are bonkers! Anyone watching would be alarmed I'm sure, and yet I am totally convinced that she is not aggressive, as a) she could probably really cause us damage if she meant to, but rarely leaves any kind of mark and b) her default setting is really affectionate and I can do what I like to her- touch her anywhere, wash and dry her, pick her up, etc and she is great with strangers- let's them make a fuss of her no probs- and other dogs- it just seems to be a certain mood she gets in/ if she gets over excited (which doesn't take much). I am standing in the hall way now because she just thought she'd give me a quick bite while I was typing!
I do appreciate your input and we will,like you say, just keep on keeping on and hopefully she will one day understand that we don't want to play her rough games! NB ours is also from a very strong working line where the dogs were all kept outside and I do think that makes a difference. She is great when she's out and does listen to me and recall is good, so I think she knows where she's well off! I just need to learn how to get her to be a bit more respectful that I am not her litter mate! It does test your patience to the last shred sometimes, but I live in hope that she will be a nice adult dog eventually. As yours is
How old was yours when the penny eventually dropped? I'd be interested to know how much more wine I need to get in.
Thank you again for your supportive info. X