 Too old for nipping and biting?
I just adopted Beemer from a rescue group. He is an 11 month old male. He was surrendered to animal control with a terrible case of demodex (mange). His skin and hair are fine now, and we were able to have him neutered three weeks ago at the age of 10 months. He had his puppy teeth removed then, too. He is a great little dog, but we are having trouble with him nipping HARD and acting aggressively. He seems to do this after he has been playing a while and immediately before he crashes and falls asleep. We have tried crying OUCH and NO BITE and leaving the room. We have held him up until he relaxes and held him down, too, but he is still being snarky. Sometimes he really hurts! Any suggestions to put a stop to this bad behavior? Otherwise, he is a sweet fella. |