Yeah, but this is a twelve week old puppy. I've watched Badger very closely and he hasn't got any 'aggression problems'. He's just a puppy and he's closer in behaviour to that of his litter mates. It's important to make the distinction between what is playing and over-excitement and what is actual aggression. Dogs never bite out of aggression anyway. They bite out of fear and that means that the owner is at fault of putting them in a fearful position to start off with. The only way to stop a dog ever getting into the biting habit is to expose them to as many 'fearful' situations as possible from a very early age and get them used to it. So that means put your hands in your mouth, touch them unexpectedly, introduce them to lots of nice people and friendly dogs. Puppies should never, ever be crated to punish them. Their mothers don't lock them up so it's a useless concept. It makes sense to you but not to them. The best thing to do is teach them the 'inhibited bite': yell and walk away. Never use the crate as a form of punishment |