Nipping and biting
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:43 pm
Bella is 10 weeks old. We have been training her every day and she can now come when called, sit and stay. We are at the moment working on lying down.
Unfortunately she goes through stages throughout the day where all she does is jump up at us and try and bite us.
Originally we tried making a yelping noise but she didn't even seem to acknowledge this and just kept nipping and jumping up
we tried the technique where you ignore her for a bit and reward her for calming down but this just seemed to increase the amount of time she does it.
We tried getting her to redirect the biting onto a toy but she just comes straight back to us.
Now I'm trying to get her to sit after saying no which she does for all of about 2 seconds. As soon as I try to reward her she goes straight back to it
I don't think it's aggression I think she thinks it's a game because she is so calm with strangers and the only time she barks is when she needs to go outside to the loo.
I guess I'm just concerned that the biting will get worse and I'm training her badly. The last thing I want to do is fail her because she is the sweetest dog apart from this.
And she sits and waits patiently for food which is on a strict schedule. As well as when she goes outside and when the majority of training is. And she can't be bored because she has so many toys and I try to play with her as best I can before she gets to nippy and I can't anymore.
Unfortunately she goes through stages throughout the day where all she does is jump up at us and try and bite us.
Originally we tried making a yelping noise but she didn't even seem to acknowledge this and just kept nipping and jumping up
we tried the technique where you ignore her for a bit and reward her for calming down but this just seemed to increase the amount of time she does it.
We tried getting her to redirect the biting onto a toy but she just comes straight back to us.
Now I'm trying to get her to sit after saying no which she does for all of about 2 seconds. As soon as I try to reward her she goes straight back to it
I don't think it's aggression I think she thinks it's a game because she is so calm with strangers and the only time she barks is when she needs to go outside to the loo.
I guess I'm just concerned that the biting will get worse and I'm training her badly. The last thing I want to do is fail her because she is the sweetest dog apart from this.
And she sits and waits patiently for food which is on a strict schedule. As well as when she goes outside and when the majority of training is. And she can't be bored because she has so many toys and I try to play with her as best I can before she gets to nippy and I can't anymore.