10 Week Old NUTTER!!
I wondered if you might be able to help us. We have a new OES Pup named Dudley who is 10 weeks today (aww!) and our First OES. Dudley is now well and truly settled with us. Feeding well, toilet training is going OK (room for improvement in the water works dept!) and sleeping through the night, downstairs in his crate without toileting or crying etc which is fab! We have however got a pup that about 5-10% of the time in the day has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde moment, and gets VERY boisterous and his biting and nipping escalates. If we turn our backs and ignore - he launches for our backsides and rips clothing, if we tell him NO sternly, it infuriates him and sends him into more of a frenzy and if we try the "Ceasar Millan" and put him into a submissive state that also winds him up. I think a lot of it is to do with his teething as he tends to grabs mouthfuls of grass or grind his mouth on brick / wood in the "moment" but we usually bear the brunt. Want to be able to nip this in the bud ASAP but unsure as to what we are doing wrong or what we can do to help. Our Stern voices seem to go un-noticed which is so incredibly frustrating as we are so keen to have an obidient puppy in due course but are concerned that he already 'disobeys' or has 'selective hearing!'... Can anyone offer any further advice? Oh, i do feel the need to add that he gets his final injections next tuesday, so we have 2 weeks left of having him house and various garden bound (Which must be frustrating!). Danielle |
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| Welcome to the forum. I think you will find this place a wealth of info. As for your baby nipper,that has been the same for me with all my 4 dogs-they grow out of it after teething roughly. We were just prepared when the moment happens with a nylabone or a scrunched up towel was a favourite,didn't get through to us but had a good chew. we had that for a couple of weeks-it will pass and a stern no when doing what is not allowed does sink in.Good luck and don't dispair.x |
| Thank you so very much. Yesterday we had a very good day with him and are are keeping toys to hand to swap our arms, bottoms, legs, toes with a nice chew, or ball or tug rope and praise him for 'getting a toy' - and just putting the 'NO' or AH-AH noise to when he catches us. He'll catch on in due course i expect! Keeping his mind occupied when he is awake is clearly the way forward. Puzzle balls are his new favourite! This forum is FANTASTIC! - im now off on the hunt to find out how to do his ears, and and clip his pads.....?!x |
| Welcome to sheepdog ownership. They are smart, stubborn and often train their owners. Your sheepie is just a baby, dont expect him not to nip right away (they are herding dogs remember) Our sheepie still nips my fiance. She thinks he is just a giant chew toy but its only acceptable with him. Shes almost over the crazies at 2 (oct3) she stll has her moments though. she also generally thinks no is a challenge. Welcome and congrats on your sheepie pup. |
| Well... the nipping i can cope with - its the full blow biting that we are trying to 'nip in the bud' - puppies nip - i accept that, - he just gets over tired / too excited and his nipping turns to biting with intent! But i wouldnt say it was done in an aggressive manner - more not knowing his boundaries and how much hurt and damage it causes to us! |
| Winston is a nipper but Dexter was a full blown, excitement biter. Anytime he got excited we would tell him to "get a bone." Now he does it on his own. When we come home he looks to make sure it's us then runs and finds a bone to put in his mouth before he comes up to greet us. At about 6 months Dex quit actually biting but would mouth you; mouth wide open and around your arm, no pressure at all. That is also not acceptable. Winston is the world's fastest nipper; he can bounce, nip you and be gone before you can react. He is learning to "get a bone" but is slower to learn than Dex was. |
| I've never had a puppy, but I just wanted to jump in and say: Welcome to our furry little corner of the web! Nice to have you here. I'm looking forward to pictures! Use your oes.org picture gallery. http://photos.oes.org/ Same login as here, be sure to check the box to keep you logged in!  |
| Bite (not really hard) him back while pinning him to the ground and growl at him, take the approach his mother would. If anything like Archie he will get the message - it's easy for them to understand dog, it takes a while for verbal commands to take root. |
| ^^^^ You know I've heard that advice before....my sis got it from her Vet when her dog was running up and biting her son while he was watching T.V. She tried it and it worked. |
| Love his name. We had a basset name Kismet Dudley Longfellow. |
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