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How can I keep my puppy from biting me, my daughter and my husband? Her prey drive is through the roof and I really don't want to mess with that as we will be doing bitework when she is old enough. She loves the ball, tug and anything else that even thinks about moving. Those puppy teeth are vicious.
This has a simple answer. Wear long sleeves when you play with her that you do not care about getting torn up. Always play with her with a tug toy so that when she starts to bite you, you can direct her instead to the tug by making it "live". That means you move it around slowly enough that she can, sometimes, get it and then pull gently. It would also make a lot of sense for you to find a club to help you because if you do not do this correctly, you may cause problems with her bitework later on.
As for the husband, he can do the same. You may have to limit or supervise the type of interaction with the child, depending on the age of the child.
Thanks hodie
I'm currently looking at a couple of clubs and after the Christmas season I plan on working my 2 adults again and the puppy. We took a little time off. This is my first true working puppy that I'm raising from my own breeding and I definitely do not want to cause problems later on. I can see the mistakes I made with my male and do not want to repeat that.
Cole,
Have you read thru the Spoiled Brat Puppy thread? There are a few pearls of wisdom about the same issue. Geez, looks like there's a rash of wild children out there right now!
I'll check it out flygirl
Thanks
Do you think I'm making a mistake by keeping her in the house with the family? I have one Lab/Pyr mix house dog and my male GSD in the house. My puppy is in her crate and all good things come from me. I've heard from people who are on both ends of that question. Just curious what y'all think.
Cole
just read the spoiled brat thread-answered many questions.
One more question though;)
My puppy (a big female) runs with my grown male like she was his size. He plays with her, gives her small corrections, rolls her when they run and play and she gets up and runs straight back to him. She seems fearless-- YES I SUPERVISE THEM CLOSELY--
She is showing a lot of dominance with the other dogs and they seem willing to let her- Is this a mistake? She doesn't screw with me too much b/c she realizes that I'm the alpha but shes running all over the other dogs.
How old is the pup? I have the same thing going on at the house. It's hard for the rest of the family to understand. I tell them to wear gloves and sweat shirts. If you really are going to work in sch persevere. Read the brat thread.
Anna (the pup) is 3 months
I did read the brat thread, glad to know I'm not the only one with an insane pup
Personally, I think having her in the house is fine. After all, this is the environment that she'll be living in "forever". It also keeps her world active and busy-she'll learn to deal with people and other animals. I don't think that diminishes drive - if it's there, it's there-but it helps make them more manageable for the real world, not just the trial field.
my feelings also flygirl, thanks
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