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Puppy problem
I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also
getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General |
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The General wrote: I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General Puppy No Bite http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm Puppy Down http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm Puppy Crate Training http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm From your World Leader in Dog and Puppy EnterTraining http://dogtv.com |
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The General wrote: I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General Puppy No Bite http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm Puppy Down http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm Puppy Crate Training http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm http://dogtv.com/cage.rm From your World Leader in Dog and Puppy EnterTraining http://dogtv.com |
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"The General" wrote in message ... I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General I have a 2 month old Weim and when she wants to 'play' she gets very excited! I've found that the easiest way to break the teethy games is to ask her to do something different. We've been learning basic commands with lure and reward techniques and she knows 'outside' 'sit', 'come' settle' and 'cage' quite well now, so we do a quick practice go of these then once her mind has been distracted from her initial 'wild play' games, I can redirect her play towards a toy that doesn't mind having need sharp teethies biting in to it! Diana |
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"The General" wrote in message ... I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General I have a 2 month old Weim and when she wants to 'play' she gets very excited! I've found that the easiest way to break the teethy games is to ask her to do something different. We've been learning basic commands with lure and reward techniques and she knows 'outside' 'sit', 'come' settle' and 'cage' quite well now, so we do a quick practice go of these then once her mind has been distracted from her initial 'wild play' games, I can redirect her play towards a toy that doesn't mind having need sharp teethies biting in to it! Diana |
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That sounds helpful. She can already "Set", "Lay down" and "Shake hands".
More work is needed. Thanks for you help. General "Diana" wrote in message ... "The General" wrote in message ... I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General I have a 2 month old Weim and when she wants to 'play' she gets very excited! I've found that the easiest way to break the teethy games is to ask her to do something different. We've been learning basic commands with lure and reward techniques and she knows 'outside' 'sit', 'come' settle' and 'cage' quite well now, so we do a quick practice go of these then once her mind has been distracted from her initial 'wild play' games, I can redirect her play towards a toy that doesn't mind having need sharp teethies biting in to it! Diana |
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That sounds helpful. She can already "Set", "Lay down" and "Shake hands".
More work is needed. Thanks for you help. General "Diana" wrote in message ... "The General" wrote in message ... I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General I have a 2 month old Weim and when she wants to 'play' she gets very excited! I've found that the easiest way to break the teethy games is to ask her to do something different. We've been learning basic commands with lure and reward techniques and she knows 'outside' 'sit', 'come' settle' and 'cage' quite well now, so we do a quick practice go of these then once her mind has been distracted from her initial 'wild play' games, I can redirect her play towards a toy that doesn't mind having need sharp teethies biting in to it! Diana |
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"The General" wrote in
: I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Hey, welcome to the group. Don't mind all of the off-topic conversation, we truly are a community here and enjoy hearing about interesting things goinjg on in each others lives. Jump right in, make yourself at home, and like in the fairy tales, don't feed the trolls. At 3 months old, your puppy is nowhere near getting a brain yet. In addition to what Diana mentioned with the commands, here is another way to solve the problem. Puppies, when they are playing with each other, use their teeth a lot. When one of them bites too hard, the other puppies yelp and ignore the biter. What you want to do is to react the same way that her siblings/mother would if she bit them too hard. Yell "ouch" in a loud, high-pitched voice, and ignore her for a couple of minutes. Turn your body away and don't acknowledge her at all. Eventually, she will learn that biting results in play stopping. Another idea that might work (I am not sure) is to, when she bites/nips at you, give her a toy she *can* chew on, and when she bites it, praise her. Yet another trick you can do, is to teach her a command that, when she is doing it, makes it impossible for her to bite. Stick a bunch of peanut butter (or cheese whiz) on your finger/palm. While she is licking it off, tell her "give me a kiss" or "kisses" or something like that. If you do this often enough, when she starts to bite, you can just say "kisses" and she should start to lick you instead. One caution if you use this one, is to make sure that you don't feed her so much pb/cw that she doesn't eat enough puppy food. Good Luck. -- ******************************************* Marcel Beaudoin & Moogli ******************************************* 'I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather...Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.' ******************************************* |
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"The General" wrote in
: I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Hey, welcome to the group. Don't mind all of the off-topic conversation, we truly are a community here and enjoy hearing about interesting things goinjg on in each others lives. Jump right in, make yourself at home, and like in the fairy tales, don't feed the trolls. At 3 months old, your puppy is nowhere near getting a brain yet. In addition to what Diana mentioned with the commands, here is another way to solve the problem. Puppies, when they are playing with each other, use their teeth a lot. When one of them bites too hard, the other puppies yelp and ignore the biter. What you want to do is to react the same way that her siblings/mother would if she bit them too hard. Yell "ouch" in a loud, high-pitched voice, and ignore her for a couple of minutes. Turn your body away and don't acknowledge her at all. Eventually, she will learn that biting results in play stopping. Another idea that might work (I am not sure) is to, when she bites/nips at you, give her a toy she *can* chew on, and when she bites it, praise her. Yet another trick you can do, is to teach her a command that, when she is doing it, makes it impossible for her to bite. Stick a bunch of peanut butter (or cheese whiz) on your finger/palm. While she is licking it off, tell her "give me a kiss" or "kisses" or something like that. If you do this often enough, when she starts to bite, you can just say "kisses" and she should start to lick you instead. One caution if you use this one, is to make sure that you don't feed her so much pb/cw that she doesn't eat enough puppy food. Good Luck. -- ******************************************* Marcel Beaudoin & Moogli ******************************************* 'I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather...Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.' ******************************************* |
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What worked for me is an oldie but a goodie--yell (really loud) OW! and
totally withdraw from her. Turn your back on her and walk away. After 5-10 minutes return to petting/playing and repeat the OW! until she gets it. She should quickly learn to keep her little puppy needle-teeth off of your hand/arms. -- Kristen & Kali CD, CGC, TDI, TT http://www.kristenandkali.com "The General" wrote in message ... I have a 3 months old Golden Retriever. She is very smart but she is also getting head strong. Do any of you have an answer for her wanting to put her teeth on you? I know she is teething and for the most part she only does this when she is excited. She is not mad or upset. She is playing. Also she is all ready 25 lbs. at 3 months old I am disabled so I am having trouble controlling her at times any suggestions of how to give her an outlet for her energy? The General |
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