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Originally Posted by mymackensie  Thank you to all! I have read & tried some of your suggestions. Walking always made her more energized. I throw a frisbee to her each day & that seems to work better but not much. The puppy biting seems to have increased more that it was before. I am trying real hard to just keeep saying no & with time this may be the answer. She is more attached to me than my husband since I am the one that caters to her every need. I am getting my husband more involved with her. He thinks she is just adorable & calls her sweetheart all the time but never was really responsible for taking care of her needs. As for as my grandson, for now she will always be a toy to her. I have tried the can with the "coins or marbles" in it, no good. It does not stop her at all. When you say you keep a leash on your dog, does your dog not chew on it? When I take her out in the morning, (I have to take her out at 5:30 AM & it is still dark & we have skunks & groundhogs in our area even though we are in the city) I must put a leash on her & she chews on it after she goes potty. I would love to keep a leash on her all the time because she is very hard to pick up with all her jumping all over the place.
Thank you all again. You may find this hard to believe but I am a really patient person, that is what makes this so hard for me. She keeps pushing buttons I never knew I had! |
She's going thru her second teething stage so she is going to chew on anything near her mouth. My puppy did that when I started attaching the leash also...you stop it - not by taking the leash off, you tell her NO or STOP IT as soon as she starts. She will quickly learn the word. But you have to use a firm tone or she will ignore you. Dogs understand tone of voice, not English. So it is the tone that makes the difference. I get the impression that you and your husband may be babying and spoiling your furbaby...which I understand is hard not to do!! But she has to respect you and your grand and mouthing at him is disrespect.
If you do not get the National Geographic Channel, please get or borrow from your library Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer DVD's. His show The Dog Whisperer comes on the National Geographic Channel. Another post told you about him also. He is EXCELLENT and he shows it does not take long at all to get rid of bad behavior. He also have several books out, but I think you will most benefit from seeing him in action.
Also a very good book is "Before and After Getting Your Puppy" by Ian Dunbar. To avoid the walks in the dark, have you tried using puppy pads instead? My 5 yr old is trained to potty pads and does not use the bathroom throughout the house, only where I place the potty pad (even at my office I keep the pads and when she goes to work with me, she know's that's the only place to go). It's not too late to re-train your furbaby to the pads. Dr. Dunbar's book discusses that also.
Final thought the various Pet supply stores Petsmart, Petco etc offer training classes for puppies and adults...very inexpensive, in my hometown it's $109 for 8 weeks. That will be very helpful.
