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Offline j4mie

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« on: November 02, 2008, 07:13:46 PM »
Hi, my lovely puppy has an aggression problem.

When i try to take something away that she shouldnt have using a treat to swap, she will not relinquish the gained object, so i have to remove it from her mouth resulting in her getting very aggressive and snarling and biting me. She will also get like this with her food and with toys.

We have only had her since 14.5 weeks and today she has been with us 2 weeks. We really dont know what to do as she seems to always want to pick stuff up and i cant have her eating alsorts of rubbish, and my hand cant take much more as she has drawn blood and left a few painfull holes..... >:(
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Re: aggression
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2008, 07:15:47 PM »
I have to take rubbish out of my puppy's mouth as it's a safety issue for them. I got bloodied hands when my puppy was a baby. Does she know bite inhibition?
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Re: aggression
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2008, 07:24:31 PM »
Rest assured, your puppy does not have an aggression problem, she is just being a normal puppy  ;)

There are lots of posts and advice about puppies biting and snapping when they are young; but if you are concerned, then I recommend you seek the help of an experienced trainer, preferably one who is a member of the APDT; they will be able to reassure you and help you guide your puppy into adulthood  :D

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Re: aggression
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 07:46:43 PM »
Quote from: Cob-Web on November 02, 2008, 07:24:31 PM
Rest assured, your puppy does not have an aggression problem, she is just being a normal puppy  ;)

There are lots of posts and advice about puppies biting and snapping when they are young; but if you are concerned, then I recommend you seek the help of an experienced trainer, preferably one who is a member of the APDT; they will be able to reassure you and help you guide your puppy into adulthood  :D
Agree with Rachel.  Your pup is still very young and this is perfectly normal behaviour - she has only been with you 2 weeks so very early days.  ;)  Where was she before she came to you?  It may be that she has missed out on some weeks of vital training and socialisation so you will need to catch up with this too. Are you going to puppy classes - I would def do this asap and a good/kind trainer will advise you on the best action to take.  Puppy teeth are very sharp though  :o  I spent the first few months with Coco hanging off my trousers, hands, sleeves, shopping bag  >:(  It is a pain but eventually I realised she had stopped doing it. :luv:  There are lots of threads on this if you do a search:  here is one to start you off: http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=2016.0

Puppies explore the world with their mouth and they will usually grow out of the play biting/mouthing phase eventually ::)  Re: swapping things for treats, you need to find something that is really high value eg cheese, sausage, livercake etc that your puppy will be happy to swap for their precious find  :005: In the meantime you just have to be vigilant and ensure that there is nothing left within her reach that you don't want her to have.  I still have to do this with Coco and she is 3 but then she is a naughty thieving little minx  ::) :005:

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Offline j4mie

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Re: aggression
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 08:05:11 PM »
when my puppy is growling at me because she has pinched something unsuitable and doesnt want to relinquish it, or i want to put my hands on her collar to attach her leash, or to pick her up,

how should i react to her? because if i carry on and try she will bite me and it isnt play biting cause when we play she bites me very carefully and it doent hurt much.....
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Re: aggression
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2008, 08:36:46 PM »
Reuben always bit my hands when i try to attach his lead then dangles off it pulling it, now i have treats in my pocket and we stand behind the front door ready to go, i treat him, attach his lead all the time telling him hes a good boy, then i ask him to sit, treat then open the door It is alot better, not completely there,  he does like to grab my glove given the chance, but hes still a baby. They do come across as little meanies and that they are so aggressive and if i hadnt been around on this forum to read all the posts, i would have thought the same with Reuben.

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Re: aggression
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2008, 09:01:27 PM »

As joules said *up* the treat to find out what she will swap for...every pup has its price  ;) cheese ,chicken and livercake were my pups price and try not to leave stuff around for her to pinch  ;)
Some dogs just do not like being picked up so if she is biting when you pick her up try to avoid picking her up...if you need her to get off furniture etc train her the off command and if you need her to go into another room or in from outdoors lure her in with a treat or teach her the come/here command...it saves all the confrontation and your hands  ;)
have you tried clicker training  :huh:
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