Does she have good chew toys to chew on like bully sticks? Do you have kids that run and play with her maybe? Sometimes a dog that likes to bite has triggers that make them think it is alright to do that. My Gracie was quite a biter when she was a puppy. I had never had a puppy as aggressive as she was. I had to keep her calm and make sure that my grand kids didn't play with her with their hands. The main thing with her though was to keep her calm. If we played with her should get too wound up and it just made her aggression come out more. I would also have a rolled up news paper near by. No, I never hit her with it but I would bang it on my hand if she was acting up. I suppose it worked like the can of pennies that some people use. She knew I meant business when I banged that newspaper on my hand.
She really is a well behaved dog today but it took a lot of consistent work the first year. She still gets in her terrorist mode sometimes but she takes it out on her toys and not my hands or ankles. Having the bully sticks around has helped a lot too. Sometimes when she is all charged up about something she will grab her stick and start chewing like crazy on it. After a few minutes she has calmed down and is fine. I think some of these little ones still have a lot of terrier instinct in them and you just have to learn to redirect their energy. |