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Old 02-18-2005, 08:05 AM
Bossk Rottweilers Bossk Rottweilers is offline
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Re: Puppy Biting and Growling

You have a very dominating puppy, suggest a few things
- dominance down (hold him till he relaxes)when he is naughty ( i also do this at night when sitting on the lounge)
-get him to sit for his meals.. once he does he can eat
-everyone in your family needs to be able to put him into dominance down so he learns he is at the bottom of the pack
-i grab mine by the scruff of the neck and give them a good hard shake and yell "NO CUT IT OUT!" at them if they growl
-dont let him sleep on your bed
-dont let him up on the lounges
-dont let him out the door before all the humans he must sit and wait till all humans are out before he is allowed out.
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I had a little bitch that was 3 mths old when i got her, she got off the plane fine.. 2 minutes down the road she was growling and snarling at the kids. I pulled over jumped in the back of the car got my partner to drive us home.. used the above methods for 2 weeks and she is now a nice humble sociable puppy. Your babe doesnt know his place in YOUR PACK!! He is at the bottom YOU and YOUR FAMILY are at the top.

Does he have a crate to sleep in? Do you hand feed him food? I always do this, everyone in our family has to hold the raw meat or raw chicken and the pup takes the food from US as we are the pack leaders.
You need to think from a dogs perspective... it will take a bit of time but it will work he is still a baby. I have an 18mth old male who i got 3 months ago that challenged me believe me THATS SCAREY!! But he is now learning that we HUMANS are at the top of the pecking order and he comes after my 2 kids,5 year old bitch, my 7 mth old bitch and after the two cats.... Everyone is slowly adapting to the situation but ALL my family are involved. I have a 6 year old and a 12 year old, and they all know how to put a dog into domiance down, and have learnt the correct depth of voice required to chastise our dogs

Hope this helps

Nadia
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