Puppy and two year old boy
 I have to keep from laughing because the puppy nips the two year in the butt. Well two year old starts crying and doesn't like it. Again I know it is standard puppy stuff, how should I go about fostering the relationship between puppy and 2 year old and correcting behavior of puppy?
I know it is only going to get worse as puppy gets bigger. He has good disposition don't want to over correct. Any tips on how to teach two year old on how to handle puppy at this point? Another question is tug of war with puppy, could thing bad thing. I tend not do it becomes it comes out as play and he will play tug with things you do not want him to. Greg |
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This one is an easy solution .....someone who has an almost 2 yo and and almost 4 yo.  ..........they need to learn to stop running.  No, age should help your pup a bit but I also have an almost 1 yo puppy, and I can tell you that he's still got a ways before stopping. My other dog didn't settle down and start ignoring the kids until she was 2. My pup is beginning to do what my older OES does, but there are some things they won't ever ignore, like my cats running!!! So you may always have to deal with it which is why I tell my boys "stop running" and do not wave your hands in the air. My 4yo has learned, and when he doesn't... I yell at him for not listening!!!
They definitely have to learn not to run OUTSIDE unless they want to slam into the pavement. Hopefully that's a given that the pup has to be on a leash. In the backyard/grass, I make the boys tough it out since for the most part... it really is a rare incident and also never has caused them *knock on wood* to be injured (just startled). Good luck! |
| With ages you are dealing with (9 week puppy, 2 yr child) you really don't have a whole lot of "training" you can do. More a case of parenting and managing the situations.
The puppy is wired to chase when movement happens. If a child were a sheep, the "sheep" stands still, it is good and under control. If the "sheep" runs off, it needs to be herded and stopped. The puppy, being an infant, has no real developed herding ability, so chasing and nippping are all it's capable of at this age. Now, of course you really don't want this to be a habit, based on the age of the kids. If he was older, it wouldn't be so huge of an issue. For training the child: limit running and shrieking and arm waving - these will really excite the puppy. I know this is learnable - my grandson is 18 months and already knows this. He already is elbowng his way through the dogs and says "no" with conviction.
For training the puppy: give plenty of play opportunities away from the kids. Use a consistant word to stop the pup from nipping anyone, and quickly divert the attention to something that is allowed. Using a tug toy isn't a bad thing, as long as you use common sense - use a consistant word to initiate the play, and only use certain toys to play tug. The pup will learn if you are consistant. |
| Thanks,
all for the good advice. Confirms what I thought, I have had border collies this is my first OES but they seem to have similar herding instincts. I see where the term ankle bitter come from. So that will be my next question on how to correct pant tugging and puppy mouthing. I try not to let him mouth me divert his attention to something else. As far as the pant pulling I am using a firm uh uh!!! and gently remove his teeth from pant leg. Any other good suggestions. He doing great and cute as a button and has a real friendly disposition about him. He does have a urinary track infection started antibiotics yesterday so potty training is frustrating at this point. Hopefully that will get better one the antibiotics kick in. He appears to understand pee command when I bring him out to a certain spot, he will just pee and then when we bring him back in he will pee again. I know if hes as UTI it is hard for him as even hold and or empty his bladder completely still frustrating though |
| The mouthing response is good. Also try to limit the possibilities - that absent-minding puppy petting that ends up with the pup nibbling....
Just being more aware of where your hands are and what they are doing really helps. For the pants leg/clothes grabbing - good as you are doing, except instead of prying the mouth open (which easily turns into play or a struggle), I usually deftly slip a finger in the mouth while curling part of the puppy's lip with it. The next bite causes the pup to bite itself and it lets go. Of course, you need to give the command 1st!, before the bite correction. Your goal is to have the pup stop on command. (of course, eventually to have the bite never happen, but that will come) If you forget to give the command 1st, you just wasted an opportunity. |
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