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Pulling Dane puppy [was: Oh Well]
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I have a 4 month old Great Dane female puppy who has the habit of biting and catching the lead in her mouth to shake it in a playful manner when we walk. I am planning to show her in conformation and need to break this habit. I rubbed Bitter Apple on the lead but to no avail. I am using Tabasco pepper sauce now but it is only partially effective. I try telling her "leave it" and pulling it downward. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. " I know this is an old post fragment and all, but since I have been working with my 3-month-old Dane on exactly this thing, I thought I'd jump in in case it is a current issue for anyone else. Danes are mouthy. Puppies are mouthy. The more excited and happy they get, the more likely they are to forget themselves (if trained not to do this) or just do it more (if not trained). Saskia was incorrigible, grabbing the lead and reacting to admonitions not to like it was a game, shaking it, pulling back on it, etc. One thing that helped teach her she wasn't supposed to do that was to stop and have her sit, then tell her to leave it, and when she did, we could go on with her nice walk. She also grabbed our clothes and pulled, while walking. Also ran up behind us and nipped us sharply as an invitation to play. All of this is very typical Dane behavior when very young. After the first few days it was clear that she knew she wasn't supposed to do these things (she would "leave it" when asked but grab again almost immediately, and "don't bite" would give a brief respite from the clothes grabbing, but only brief. We would also catch her stopping herself from doing these things once she'd started to make a move, and we would praise her). So I got a nice rubber pull toy and now she grabs that instead (because I make sure it's the first thing her mouth hits) and gets praise. This keeps her up by me, instead of off on the end of the line pulling back, it keeps my clothing hole-free, and it satisfies her excited-puppy need to interact with me in this particular playful manner. Over a few days now, the entire behavior has eased off considerably--she grabbing only about 20% of the time she used to, including at the toy, and instead likes to trot along with her chin resting gently in my hand sometimes, gazing up at me and smiling, which I think is just awfully cute and definitely keeps her right by me and her attention on me. --Katrina --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.681 / Virus Database: 443 - Release Date: 5/10/04 |
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"Question:
I have a 4 month old Great Dane female puppy who has the habit of biting and catching the lead in her mouth to shake it in a playful manner when we walk. I am planning to show her in conformation and need to break this habit. I rubbed Bitter Apple on the lead but to no avail. I am using Tabasco pepper sauce now but it is only partially effective. I try telling her "leave it" and pulling it downward. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. " I know this is an old post fragment and all, but since I have been working with my 3-month-old Dane on exactly this thing, I thought I'd jump in in case it is a current issue for anyone else. Danes are mouthy. Puppies are mouthy. The more excited and happy they get, the more likely they are to forget themselves (if trained not to do this) or just do it more (if not trained). Saskia was incorrigible, grabbing the lead and reacting to admonitions not to like it was a game, shaking it, pulling back on it, etc. One thing that helped teach her she wasn't supposed to do that was to stop and have her sit, then tell her to leave it, and when she did, we could go on with her nice walk. She also grabbed our clothes and pulled, while walking. Also ran up behind us and nipped us sharply as an invitation to play. All of this is very typical Dane behavior when very young. After the first few days it was clear that she knew she wasn't supposed to do these things (she would "leave it" when asked but grab again almost immediately, and "don't bite" would give a brief respite from the clothes grabbing, but only brief. We would also catch her stopping herself from doing these things once she'd started to make a move, and we would praise her). So I got a nice rubber pull toy and now she grabs that instead (because I make sure it's the first thing her mouth hits) and gets praise. This keeps her up by me, instead of off on the end of the line pulling back, it keeps my clothing hole-free, and it satisfies her excited-puppy need to interact with me in this particular playful manner. Over a few days now, the entire behavior has eased off considerably--she grabbing only about 20% of the time she used to, including at the toy, and instead likes to trot along with her chin resting gently in my hand sometimes, gazing up at me and smiling, which I think is just awfully cute and definitely keeps her right by me and her attention on me. --Katrina --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.681 / Virus Database: 443 - Release Date: 5/10/04 |
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