Hi,
I am new to all this! This forum and new to dog ownership! My little guy is 14 weeks old and adorable. I am in the process of figuring out how to post pictures to this site. Anyway, he's great except when he becomes wild and chews my carpet and charges me and bites. I have attended one obedience class and it went well but when he's home with me he makes it hard to even practice with him! I really don't believe it's aggression I believe he's playing but I want to have a little more control. I am at work during the day and leave him in a baby gate playpen. Is the issue that he stays confined too much? I have tried the yelping and it hasn't worked. I socialize him a lot and even take him places with me in the car. He does have a very sweet side and the neighborhood kids love him and are very good with him as are my nephews but even they (my nephews) become frustrated with him because the bites hurt! I have tried the taking him by the scruff of the neck technique also and that works for a little while.
I do walk him after work and he charges me outside as well but only sometimes and he settles better out there. I am attached even to the extent that I took a day without pay to stay with him when he was sick but I am a little frustrated thinking I am a bad owner
Frustration aside, I can wait this out and realize puppyhood doesn't last forever but I am afraid he will carry this trait into adulthood. Advice, anyone?