ecb89
Well-Known Member
Hello All
I got my first puppy (9 week old labrador) last week and the biting/mouthing is just getting worse.
I appreciate she is just a baby but it’s getting to point where she has drawn blood. I’ve tried ignoring, doesn’t work she just keeps going, yelping doesn’t work and I’ve read it’s not the best idea, walking away when she’s really bad but she just hangs off my dress, trousers etc, distracting with ‘sit’ doesn’t work, giving her a toy to mouth works for about 2 secs then she drops it and launches at me again, putting her in her crate for a minute time out, sometimes works but I feel mean.
I totally understand she is a young puppy and Rome wasn’t built in a day but I can’t let this escalate.
Obligatory photo of puppy/shark attached
I got my first puppy (9 week old labrador) last week and the biting/mouthing is just getting worse.
I appreciate she is just a baby but it’s getting to point where she has drawn blood. I’ve tried ignoring, doesn’t work she just keeps going, yelping doesn’t work and I’ve read it’s not the best idea, walking away when she’s really bad but she just hangs off my dress, trousers etc, distracting with ‘sit’ doesn’t work, giving her a toy to mouth works for about 2 secs then she drops it and launches at me again, putting her in her crate for a minute time out, sometimes works but I feel mean.
I totally understand she is a young puppy and Rome wasn’t built in a day but I can’t let this escalate.
Obligatory photo of puppy/shark attached