Biting Lab's Ears & Ours Is ear biting a dominance thing? Baxter torments our 87 pound lab by biting her ears. My lab will lay on the ground with Baxter but he is only interested in chewing on her ears. I have noticed that Baxter now wants to bite on our ears only when we see him for the first time in a while (ie first time in the morning - or when I get home from work). Is it domiance or a greeting? |
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Yes, your little one should understand that biting is not okay, but what he's doing is not considered "biting" to him. It is a sign of his affection and playfulness. If you are firm with him every time his teeth nibble gently on your skin, this could affect the bond that you two develop. It is healthy to let them nibble gently on your skin, it helps them develop a positive and confident personality! Remember, though, that if he ever nibbles too hard to let out a loud whelp so he knows he can't bite too hard. They learn this when they're still with their litter mates. Also, if he is teething and nipping you, this will eventually stop. I had a german shephard puppy and he would nip the skin on my legs every time we went for a walk. It was excruciatingly painful but he wasn't doing it to be mean, he was doing it because he wanted to play. The best thing is to completely ignore them when this happens. Just turn your back and wait until he stops, then give him the attention. Or, distract him with a toy. Sorry this was long! Long story short, it is a greeting! Not a dominance thing. He loves you guys and wants to play, please don't discipline him for this! |
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Same with you he chews end of cuddle only pay attetnion to those things you want to hav repeat. Even giving negative attetnion by scolding or biting back is attetion . Put him down if he nibbles on you and reward him an give him attetion when he does not. Also you can with out words just pass him something he is allowed to chew. It just puppy stuff normal and healthy and a mother dog or even a well soiclized dog will allow play until it bugs them and politle tellthe puppy enough so should you just by putting him down or redirecting that nibble. Not domince at all he is not trying to take your ear. LOL JL |
Thank You for your responses.... the info was great. I happened to be watching one of those dog training shows on the Animal Planet last night and the guy noticed one of the dogs excessively licking the face of another dog and he asked if the puppy had been taken away from his mother at an early age (which he had) and said that is why - still looking for motherly attention - this could be Baxter's issues also (long story - and already got blasted on this forum for that one - :) This morning the lab and Baxter were busy as rolling around together and I noticed that the lab would allow things to go so far before she put her paw on Baxter and held her down until he whined and she got up and walked away. Guess Abby (lab) knows what to do and I need to learn from her also! Thank You ! |
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I think what it is more likely to be is what is called appeasement behaviour. Licking can also be a signal of submission and so is part of dog's body language communication system. Less to do with puppies leaving mom to early that this guy thinks is does. Most puppies that leave home to soon have dog speak problems rather then have good talking skills with other dogs and would not get that close to a dog in fear and more likely to be dog aggressive. JL |
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