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Anna Morelli replied to Kathleen's discussion Puppy growling at us!

"You are creating a problem so you can solve it and it's backfiring... He has to be taught "drop it" and "give" , starting with objects that are low value to him, not a bone! He should never be placed in the…"

Feb 20

Beth replied to Kathleen's discussion Puppy growling at us!

"I think a lot of people do this thinking it helps and it actaully almost guarantees your pup will become a very devout resource guarder. He has no idea when you might just come in and steal stuff. Think of it this way: if you were at work, and…"

Feb 20

Bev Levy replied to Kathleen's discussion Puppy growling at us!

"Sounds like you are doing a good job of teaching him to be a resource guarder. Google Nothing In Life Is Free to get more proven ideas on how to raise a dog that is a good citizen. Your goal is to be able to tell him to drop the bone at your command…"

Feb 20

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Puppy growling at us!

Hi everyone! I just have a question we have had our pup for about a month now he is just about 12 weeks old (wow)! We gave him a big bone to chew on (always supervised) but we like to mess with him while he chews on it so he does not become food aggressive. Scamp has been acting a little dominant lately so we have been working on making sure he knows we are the boss. I worry though sometimes when messing with his mouth he will growl at us...never bite or snap at us but definitely a "this is my…See More

Feb 20

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Jen, Yuki & Ellie replied to Kathleen's discussion Teething help

"I second the idea of leaving or, in our case, crating when other methods are not working. Ellie responds to yelping and will stop what she's doing if one of us lets out a yelp, but during her young puppy days she sometimes would ignore…"

Feb 4

Kathleen posted a discussion

Teething help

hi everyone!We just got our little Scamp a little over a week ago and he has been great, he is almost 10 weeks old! Our big issue is with his teething, his little teeth are like razor blades and i am not sure my poor hands can take any more. At first when he would bite we would say a firm no with a slight bop on the nose, when that did not work then we started to yelp when he would bite and that worked a little at first but now he thinks that is an open invitation to play harder! We stopped…See More

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