Getting my BC puppy today - Page 28

Speedy2662 · 11-16-2012, 04:26 PM

The only problem we're having as of now is biting... He bites everything. Fingers, skin, shoes, cables, everything that he can fit into his mouth. How can we stop this?

Jax08 · 11-16-2012, 04:30 PM

By trading him a toy that is appropriate to chew on. It's something they outgrow and need to be taught what is appropriate to chew on and what isn't.

Speedy2662 · 11-16-2012, 06:05 PM

The thing is, he* will ignore the toy and keep on chewing the thing that interests them. Taking him away from the item makes him just more interested in it. Shouting at it is bad, etc. I really don't know what to do :/

**jocoyn** · 11-17-2012, 07:20 AM

We have a lot of good advice in the sticky posts

Puppy BITING!!! Teaching Bite Inhibition

Capone22 · 11-17-2012, 08:53 AM

Make the toy come alive. Don't just shove it at him. Make it wiggle and jump, play a little tug with him. He'll go for the fun moving toy over the boring cable.

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Speedy2662 · 11-18-2012, 02:15 PM

New video of Zack playing with my friends dog!

Zack and Nela playing - YouTube

Please comment on the video itself or here

PS. I censored out my friends face with a trollface...

Speedy2662 · 11-19-2012, 04:36 PM

Uh... Weird question. I've been playing with Zack with a plushy toy, i made him chase it, etc. Then he started humping it o_o I know its a dominace thing, but how can i stop it? distract him or take the toy away?

Jax08 · 11-19-2012, 04:40 PM

lol...I wouldn't get to concerned about it. He's just a baby. I would discourage it because it could be embarrassing one day when he's grown and you have company over. My friend's lab still does it and he's about 10. He sees Jax and starts air humping. Jax is never not impressed.

Sunflowers · 11-19-2012, 04:56 PM

Toss something for him to chase and don't make a big deal of it, or else he might associate it with getting attention.

Speedy2662 · 11-20-2012, 04:17 PM

Okay, he had his second shot on Monday. Monday was fine, but today is weird. He doesn't want to poo at all, but he pees all the time!! I've been outside with him for a very long time in the bloody rain, I was soaked to death, but he wouldn't poo after about an hour/two hours after eating! He kept wanting to go home, I kept putting him on the grass, I was so annoyed, I still am. He peed about 3-4 times outside, then I went inside, we put him in the crate and he peed again!!! But he won't poo! What is wrong? Is he just being weird? Or is he ill or something?

11-16-2012, 04:26 PM	#271 (permalink)
Speedy2662 Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 501	The only problem we're having as of now is biting... He bites everything. Fingers, skin, shoes, cables, everything that he can fit into his mouth. How can we stop this? __________________ Zack: 9/9/12 - Living like a king Potty trained! Yay Tricks Known: Sit Down Give Paw Bang! (Play Dead) Leave it Come (In progress!)

11-16-2012, 04:30 PM	#272 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 19,029	By trading him a toy that is appropriate to chew on. It's something they outgrow and need to be taught what is appropriate to chew on and what isn't. __________________ Michelle _________________________________________ Jax Von Monkeybutt, CGC Queen Banshee Boo Sierra the Undecided Cracker, The Great Shedder Rich N Handsome, "Red"

11-16-2012, 06:05 PM	#273 (permalink)
Speedy2662 Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 501	The thing is, he* will ignore the toy and keep on chewing the thing that interests them. Taking him away from the item makes him just more interested in it. Shouting at it is bad, etc. I really don't know what to do :/ __________________ Zack: 9/9/12 - Living like a king Potty trained! Yay Tricks Known: Sit Down Give Paw Bang! (Play Dead) Leave it Come (In progress!) Last edited by Speedy2662; 11-16-2012 at 06:13 PM.

11-17-2012, 07:20 AM	#274 (permalink)
jocoyn Zombie Queen Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 11,866	We have a lot of good advice in the sticky posts Puppy BITING!!! Teaching Bite Inhibition __________________ Nancy www.scsarda.org Beau -NAPWDA Certified Cadaver Dog Waiting at the Bridge (italics=GSDs) (hemangiosarcoma=blue):Grim , Cyra, Toby, Rainbow, Linus, Oscar, Arlo & Waggles

11-19-2012, 04:36 PM	#277 (permalink)
Speedy2662 Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 501	Uh... Weird question. I've been playing with Zack with a plushy toy, i made him chase it, etc. Then he started humping it o_o I know its a dominace thing, but how can i stop it? distract him or take the toy away? __________________ Zack: 9/9/12 - Living like a king Potty trained! Yay Tricks Known: Sit Down Give Paw Bang! (Play Dead) Leave it Come (In progress!)

11-17-2012, 08:53 AM	#275 (permalink)
Capone22 Master Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 932	Make the toy come alive. Don't just shove it at him. Make it wiggle and jump, play a little tug with him. He'll go for the fun moving toy over the boring cable. Sent from my iPhone using PG Free

11-19-2012, 04:40 PM	#278 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 19,029	lol...I wouldn't get to concerned about it. He's just a baby. I would discourage it because it could be embarrassing one day when he's grown and you have company over. My friend's lab still does it and he's about 10. He sees Jax and starts air humping. Jax is never not impressed. __________________ Michelle _________________________________________ Jax Von Monkeybutt, CGC Queen Banshee Boo Sierra the Undecided Cracker, The Great Shedder Rich N Handsome, "Red"

11-19-2012, 04:56 PM	#279 (permalink)
Sunflowers Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Florida Posts: 4,682	Toss something for him to chase and don't make a big deal of it, or else he might associate it with getting attention. __________________ Norden von Narnia--Hans, dob 1-15-2012 http://pdgf.pitapata.com/uC6lm4.png

11-20-2012, 04:17 PM	#280 (permalink)
Speedy2662 Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 501	Okay, he had his second shot on Monday. Monday was fine, but today is weird. He doesn't want to poo at all, but he pees all the time!! I've been outside with him for a very long time in the bloody rain, I was soaked to death, but he wouldn't poo after about an hour/two hours after eating! He kept wanting to go home, I kept putting him on the grass, I was so annoyed, I still am. He peed about 3-4 times outside, then I went inside, we put him in the crate and he peed again!!! But he won't poo! What is wrong? Is he just being weird? Or is he ill or something? __________________ Zack: 9/9/12 - Living like a king Potty trained! Yay Tricks Known: Sit Down Give Paw Bang! (Play Dead) Leave it Come (In progress!)

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