 Becoming Agressive
Good morning all and happy holidays! I've been reading the posts on training and although I've gotten some insight into our new problem I thought I'd bring my problem/question to the table anyway.
Lexi is now 20 months old and she is a loving and mushy pup with out family. However, a couple of months ago she started to become a bit nippy but now it's getting out of control. When the doorbell rings she goes berserk barking! When new people visit she goes berserk. When anyone goes to leave she goes berserk. OK - the barking and barking and barking is bad enough but now she's started biting. If we try to hold her back from whatever has her attention she'll lash out at us as well. This is all new behaviour and I'm fairly sure it's based on being jittery and nervous. What 'other' behaviour should I be teaching her? I need to help my little girl. She's so jumpy now and she never was before. I was thinking of trying the clicker training as I've been reading alot about how to do it but I don't just want her to stop barking, I want her to stop nipping as well. What should I do? I'm getting worried and I don't want to be putting her in the crate everytime someone comes in or rings the doorbell. |