| You need to nip this in the bud, but at the same time you dont want to be correcting her too much as you do not want to adversley affect her confidence. You need to establish your dominance as much as possible in these formidable weeks.
When she growls, flip her on her back and pin her down. I straddle the pup with my knees (I am not really straddling him as he is too small, but to him it feels like it) I keep him from being able to move and really pin him down. The look directly into his eyes (very important)at all times and say "No" firmly but only once. IHe will probably look away. If he continues to squirm or growl, I growl back. This is pretty much what her mom or other dogs would do and believe me, they are probably more forceful than you will every be.
I also cradle my pup on his back all the time in my arms, even when he is not being bad. They are being domiated on their back and I want him to understand that I am the alpha dog. So every now and then I hold him in my arms on his back and say "good" Boy. I also interrupt his eating and flip him on his back every now and then. You dont always have to wait until he is being bad to flip him over.
A lot of times I will grab him by the scruff of his neck, pick him up off the ground before I flip him over. Same thing mom does (picking up by the scruf of the neck) I wont be able to do this much longer as he will be too big
Hope this helps.  |