Puppy Biting - Your Questions Answered
Puppy Biting Problem - Stop This Early Sign Of Aggression Before It's to Late.....
Below are questions from puppy owners like yourself. These conversations have been collected
from a popular Dog Training Forum where a team of professional Dog Trainers offer their advice
and answer your personal questions. "Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer"
Below are questions from puppy owners like yourself. These conversations have been collected
from a popular Dog Training Forum where a team of professional Dog Trainers offer their advice
and answer your personal questions. "Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer"
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A Biting Boxer Puppy
can be a major challenge.
You bring home your little
bundle of joy and discover
that his or her only mission
is to rip your finger clean
off your hand....
can be a major challenge.
You bring home your little
bundle of joy and discover
that his or her only mission
is to rip your finger clean
off your hand....
This kind of behavior can indicate an early sign of aggression. It's important to follow Proper Puppy
Training methods to prevent potential problems as they become an adult dog.
Training methods to prevent potential problems as they become an adult dog.
"I Have a 9 Week Old Biting Boxer Puppy, And Another 6-yr Old Boxer"...
Cameron Writes:
Hi - I have read through "Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer" with special attention to the Dog Fight vs
Dominance Scuffle section and the Raising Two Puppies Together section...
I have a 9 wk old boxer puppy, and another 6-yr old boxer. We have been doing our best to keep them separate
during this early phase, as the book recommends, and the puppy has been very responsive to correction.
However they do spend some time playing together under supervision in the back yard.
For a while I was worried when the puppy would start biting on our older dog, since the older dog would allow it to
happen and not make any effort to assert her dominance. After a few days, this changed, and the older dog
would start to pin the puppy when she grew tired of being chewed on.
The more they play, the more agressive the 'attacks' seem to be against the older dog. At times the play seems
to escalate and the puppy will growl while biting the older dog's neck and shaking her head from side to side with
a mouthful of skin.
My inclination is to allow them to settle this themselves, but am worried that allowing this to happen at such an
early age may condition the puppy towards aggressive behavior with other dogs. I also feel that it is necessary to
correct the puppy for going after the older dog when she is sleeping or not wanting to play, but don't want to be
inconsistent.
Is this just a puppy being a puppy, or should I be intervening at some point?
Thanks!
Dog Training Advisor Responds:
First thing as I am sure you know is that boxers can sound like raving killing monsters and a lot more aggressive
then they actually are.
Yes you should be stepping in if the pup is getting too rough by doing this you are not only saying to the pup I am
the boss but you are defending the position of your girl thus placing her higher in the pack then the pup.
On the same token if she is overly correcting the pup then she should be corrected for being too rough which
ever.
The trick is to know the sound of your boxer and when they might be crossing the line into going into that zone
from just play to aggression While you pup is not actually there yet he is trying the behaviour on and if allowed to
be a bully he will continue.
While the ideal may be to keep them separate for my house and life style that is not possible. Yes they get 1 to
1/2 hours alone with me each day and when I leave my GSD is baby gated into the living room with my boxer in
his crate in the living room also the ferrets are left loose in the Living room.
I myself believe that keeping pups separated can with in SOME INDIVIDUAL DOGS make that need to focus on
the other dogs worse and does not help the social learning sometimes triggering the need play too rough or
reestablish its position when allowed back with the other dog.
Cameron Replies:
Thanks for the advice - very helpful. I think there is definitely a point where it makes sense to intervene...
somewhere between the "stalking" of a sleeping dog and the subsequent ambush!
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