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Originally Posted by gracielove  Are you playing rough with her when you do play? Do you play tug with her and let her get all wound up? It may be that she is just trying to continue the play you did with her earlier.
I found with Gracie that I couldn't play with her in a way that created growling or tugging. She would just get too carried away with it and felt like I should be her sparing partner all the time. So I had to limit our activity to walks and indoor and outdoor fetch. I had to teach her that my hand touching her did not mean fight time. I had to keep her calm and quiet when we were not walking or playing fetch. If her mouth went for my fingers or hand she was told "No!" If she continued she was put on the floor.
These dogs are terriers and apparently they still have that prey mode in them. So now she fights with her toys. She can shake them up pretty good. Sometimes she wants me to shake the toy so she can feel like she has a real opponent but she doesn't go for my hand anymore. It took some time and patience. |
I don't play tug with her. If i want to take her toy away from her (to throw it to her) and if she grabs it, i let it go. We only play fetch.
And i've always taught her that "NO" means no good. But she kinda does not understand that sometimes.
When we play fetch she doesn't bark, she just wiggles her tail (A LOT) and gets ready to fetch. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe she gets to wound up?
Thanks for everything!
And if you have another advice, please share it with me.