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Originally Posted by kschmi1721  Thanks for the advise but everyone on this site keeps telling me he is not aggressive. They are not the ones who have to deal with what we are. I wish I could send a video of the way he acts. He has been acting like this since we brought him home and it just seem to be getting worse. Sometimes you can't even pick him up thats how bad he gets. I always thought of a puppy as someone you could cuddle with. I'm lucky that I can even pet him at times.
When I took him to the vet for the second time she took one look at the way he was acting and told me that this was not normal behavior for a 13 week old puppy. She is the one who suggested that I take him to this trainer. The trainer that we took him to is a k-9 cop and highly recommended but many people. I think that is why he uses the techniques he does. I think I may have made what the trainer said sound worse then it is.
Believe me I don't want to make my puppy afraid of me or my husband. My lab is the sweetest dog you could ever what and I would love to have this one the same way. I am confused because so many people are telling me different ways to handle him.
I'm sorry if I just vented on you, I do appreciate the advise and I will try it.
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If he doesn't want to get picked up, or cuddled it does NOT mean he's aggressive! Rotties aren't typically cuddlers and a lot of members would agree with me. He's got 4 legs, let him use them. He is NOT a lap dog so you should stop picking him up if he does not want it. If you wanted a lap dog, you should've researched more and gotten a lap dog.
Doesn't matter that you might have made it sound worse than it was with the trainer, any trainer that would have you BULLY this PUPPY is not good. Find a trainer that uses positive reinforcement, not bullying. K9 or not, it's not a good technique.