Goes nuts when corrected - Page 4

Every time i think that i have heard it all,some one comes along and surprises the hell out of me again.listen to yourselves guys,it is just a puppy and if a puppy u can not control and teach him u r the boss then u got a lot to learn.Also the person who is talking about shaking the puppy man what is wrong with you?u should never shake a puppy .very easy thing to do is pick the puppy up and look into his eyes and with some autohority say no and repeat this as many time as the puppy present the oppertunity to u. and if you can do this consistently and with out yelling and shouting,meaninig showing the puppy u r in control,there is not a puppy born who will not give up this behavior,and i am taliking about some really hard puppies from strong blood lines,this puppy is not a problem.have a nice one.

Get help from a real person, not over the internet..  Puppy aplha roll BS.  There are better ways.

I agree with Held. Shaking pups and alpha rolls? That shows your experience level.

Maybe Goldens in USA are different, but owner dominance and nervous aggression is pretty common in them in UK, when I used to board for a Goldie Rescue, any that had biting issues invariably bit their owners or family members as opposed to GSDs that are more likely to be territorial and bite strangers.  The Goldie mum may well have appeared sweet and gentle because she was nervous, but not protective, so I wouldn't run away with the idea it must be this pups GSD half that is the source of this behaviour.  Leaving the litter so young could be contributory, to say you had no choice is twaddle, you could have left him there and got a pup from elsewhere.

SInce this behaviour manifests itself when the pup is corrected, it sounds to me like learned behaviour - it has been nagged into defending itself so often that it's threshold has dropped to almost instant reaction - just how much correction does a 9 week old puppy need for heavens sake!

There is little to be gained by making a frightened pup more frightened.  Suggest a crate and whenever it does anything you think needs correcting, just pick it up without saying a word and put it calmly in the crate without saying a word.  If it is snapping and you have to scruff it to pick it up safely, make sure you support its body with the other hand, this is meant to be restraint, not punishment, and let it out again when you feel it has calmed down enough. 

This will take time, attention and effort, it takes longer to unteach a behaviour like this than it did to start it.

Margaret N-J