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Originally Posted by mickie  my rescued little joe is doing the same thing one minute he loves me like mad and the next when excited or agrevated nips he also keeps banging his teeth not at me just while he is running around after we come home
today he went to bite me when i asked him to come down from the back of my chair because he was so angry at the person in our back garden
he could see him through the window whilst sitting on chair back it scared me and i didnt want to love him before i went to work
this is not good joe was a stray so we dont know the history but every time we get a brush out he cowers on his belly and is terrified please can anyone help |
Hi, I wanted to suggest you post this in a separate thread so it doesn't get lost. People can give you good suggestions there.
For biting:
- First make sure it is play biting, not real aggression. If it's real aggression, the puppy is probably in pain. Most likely it is overly rambunctious play.
- Make sure the dog has good chew toys and redirect him to those.
- I have one more negative reinforcer that hasn't been mentioned - when he bites you, roll his lip over his teeth, so he gets a sense of exactly how sharp his teeth are. The good thing about this is hard bites result in hard (self) corrections, and soft bites are mild.