Has your dog ever bitten you?
I remember coming here when Simon was a puppy. I've never had a small puppy growl at me or snarl and snap when placed on his back(at a trainers suggestion). The growling was food aggression and up until a few days ago I thought I fixed that by hand feeding. After feeding breakfast he again growled at me. Only the one time and if he had or does it again we will go back to hand feeding. I was brushing him the other day, his leg and paw and he kept his head right over my hand. I really did think he was going to bite if I pulled his hair or kept brushing in that spot. I did keep brushing but not on his leg. I just wanted to know if I'm alone in this. |
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| Sassy, our rescue dog, left me scarred for life. She was pulled from a high-kill shelter in Michigan so we didn't know her history. We think her hypothyroidism was part of the reason why she's so surly. Obviously, she's not a dog that we could place in a home in good conscience and expect a happy ending. So she stayed on here.
We've learned what buttons not to push with her. She doesn't like grooming, so she's shaved down. Don't even think about trimming her nails or feet without putting a muzzle on her. Don't grab her collar to make her do anything, bribe her with a treat. She barks and lunges in the car and froths over everything. Sometimes loses control of bodily functions. She doesn't ride unless to be boarded at Aunt Yvonne's or to the vet. Always in a crate with a sheet over it to keep down the slobber and visual stimulus. These may not look like the best way to deal with Sassy's idiosyncrasies but it works for all of us. Just don't push her to do anything. Being that she's old and crotchety we just let her be herself. Sassy bit me seriously while under the influence of Acepromazine. I reached for Nelson's leash and didn't realize Sassy was laying on it. She thought I was pulling her out of the car and reacted violently. Grabbed my arm like she was tearing into an ear of corn. After that I had a serious appreciation for the strength of her jaws and the effect of ace. |
| We rescued a sheepie a few years ago and he was terrified of men, after a lot of work and even more time I could do nearly everything wth him. One day he was under the table and I wanted to move the table so I reached in to take him out and he snapped at me, okay was my fault I thought I should never have done that I admit I never thought about it at that moment. Zorro growls a lot but has never dared snap although the growls are threatening, when he is in a corner and even if you do not want anything from him he will growl, we think he jhas been cornered and hit. |
| One rescue sheepdog snapped at me but non of my dogs have ever bit me. I have had tons of rescue dogs here (yeah the dangerous GSD breed too) and have never been bitten by one. Luck or good timing I guess but my personal dogs have not tried. |
| I added option "Neither" because Maggie has never bitten or growled at me. Her nature is to be is to be very submissive. But you are definitely not alone. |
Other than puppy nipping I have never been full out bit. He did snap at me once but after that he was neutered. I do get a growl now and then. Mostly Edgar is a complete sweety who is in love with me.  |
Every day. 
LOL. No, never an on purpose bite. But James has gotten bit twice breaking up fights. Once about 2 inches from the family jewels and the other in shoulder. Owen bit me in the face, again, an accident. It sucked nonetheless. |
| A little of both and neither.
Our first sheepie growled at a friend once. I rolled him over (he was a puppy) and that never happened again. Portage and ThePas (our next two) each tried the snarl and snap thing as puppies. Each needed one alpha roll to get over that (they were also young). Hudson has never growled or snapped, but he does gnaw on our hands constantly, and nips heels. I know it's all play stuff, but it's annoying. It is (slowly) getting better. So, one, the other, both, and neither. |
| When we first got Jack he nailed me. Now I can't imagine him doing that as he falls at my feed in admiration; however, if I do something that inconviences him like try to move him off me in bed, he growls, "Hey, I'm comfortable." He's not totally submissive with food, but I know if I have to move his bowl, to have a cookie in the other hand.
Considering where we started, I think he's 93% better. |
Simon's Mom wrote: Have you been bitten or threatened to bite? Have you been growled at?
I can honestly say that Patch has never even bared her teeth at me - she is so non-alpha. I never bother her when she is eating, but I could place my hand in her bowl without worry. She does not get mad. I am very fortunate. |
| Dutch has neither growled or showed her teeth to me and I can give her a treat then reach into her mouth and take it back and she just gives me that - what a silly girl you are - then sits and waits for me to give it back |
| The only time Bella has growled or bitten me was when we were roughhousing. And while the bite did draw blood, I can not call it a mad bite or a mad growl. When she is mad at me or my wife she will bark and bounce just out of reach. She does have a way of getting her opionion across. |
One of our Cockers was a biter. Max lived to be 18 years old and when he turned about 1 year old is when he first bit my husband. We purchased him for a BYB (before we knew better). I don't even think he was 8 weeks old...maybe 6 when we brought him home. He didn't like to be picked up...he didn't like to be told what to do either. He was VERY unpredictable and would turn on us in an instant if we were not paying attention. We could be just petting him and all of a sudden he would whip his head around and bite the hand of whoever was petting him...for no reason. He never bit anywhere else...just our hands. But.....we loved him still and just learned what we could and could not do around him. Our other Cocker, Andy, lived to be 14 and he was the total opposite of Max. He wouldn't have hurt a flea....EVER!!  |
| I have had a few hand grabbers...Bella and Nigel will both do it. Nigel will grab your hand if you pull too much during grooming. Bella will do it whenever you try to make her do something she doesn't want to do. They just mouth though, no actual biting. You can bet they get a swift correction for that behavior though. |
Barney has growled a few times when I pulled him with his collar. I don't pull him by his collar anymore  |
| Jenny is only 5 months old and very much a nibbler. My other two never did that. With Jenny it isn't agression or anything like that she is a very sweet and loving sheepie. It's just Jenny being Jenny. She does it mostly for attention or when she has to go outside to do her business. I wish she would find another way to communicate. |
| Good grief, back when Bentley was a young'un, getting growled at was a daily/hourly occurence! There were many days when I didn't want to come home from work and would cry the entire ride home.
But that was then.  |
| No to both if we limit it to sheepdogs.Yes to both if we include small white yappy annoying dogs. |
My maltese never once growled or nipped me, but my newest tiger has growled at me almost daily. We'll have to nip that habit REAL fast! I don't remember Yuki doing that. She has always been all love ...and a little slow.  Hopefully this is just a puppy thing. |
My sheepdogs have never bitten me in earnest....but several accidental bites have been painful, and or bloody  . |
| Zeke will growl and snarl like he is going to chew
your face off. But he has never laid a tooth on me. When we first moved into the new house he was out for a late pee and I had wash hanging. One piece was hanging too low, and Zeke went over and was about to lift his leg on it. I shot over like a rocket and pushed him away from it - I know - totally my fault. He lunged and I tackled. I know that wasn't the right thing to do- so don't bother scolding me. We were in a stressful state with the new move and other things going on. He had been testing his bounds for days. I did not hurt him - I may have scared him, but it curbed his naughties right away. He just needed a refresher on who's who. He still growls and carries on sometimes when you move him, or take his treasures away, but I don't allow it. He can growl all he wants, but he has to do whatever it is. He always sees my way eventually.
Shellie |
| Oliver is a neither,
There is not a bad bone in his body,naughty yes but not a bad one.. Our little boy nearly 6 has pulled,pushed,proded,poked Oliver since he arrived aged about 15 weeks he just turned 4... In all this time Ollie has never even made a sound even when Ali is pulling his head to the floor by his coller. Oliver is the most loving gentle dog ive ever had the pleasure to know.. BUT since he turned 4 (nov) he has become sooo naughty  |
| None of my own dogs have ever bitten me or growled at me, but I was attacked by a neighbors collie when I was little. |
I learned not to play rough with an adult sheepdog and I have the scar to prove it...  |
| We have had Sophie since she is 9 months and she is now 3.5. She has never growled at me or anything, but after we got Mollie (who is now 5 months) she had gotten upset when I brush Mollie and the other day, I was brushing Mollie first (which usually I brush Sophie first, but she was busy playing with my son, so I started on Mollie) and Sophie ran over to me and was very upset and growled at Mollie. I stopped and went to pet Sophie and she growled and bit me on my hand. It wasn't very hard, but she had NEVER acted that way before. She hasn't done it since (it has only been a week). I make a conscious effort to brush her first, though! |
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