| Thanks everyone for your replies. I'd like to describe the latest incident that just happened and see if you think this is still puppy behavior. I took her outside to potty and we always make her sit before she's allowed back in the house. She decided tonight that she didn't want to. So, I went inside and left her outside for about 15 seconds. Then, as I was going back out, she jumped up and tried to bite me. I have two whelps on my forearm where her teeth got me and one on my leg. At this point, telling her sit did no good. I tried to grab her collar, to no avail. She ran away. I went back inside, got the bitter apple, and was finally able to use that. She calmed down then (but still didn't want to sit/down). After a little more persistance, I finally got her to sit/down. When she gets like this, she won't listen to any commands, and she's too quick to grab her scruff or collar. It's almost as if she gets "wild" when she doesn't get her way. As I've said before, she's so good most of the time, but these outbursts kind of scare me. She got so riled up last night that she actually tore two holes in my shirt. She also acts like this for my husband at times, but it doesn't seem to be as often.  |