Help my 6 week old puppy bit my 2 year old

[sagelfn]

Originally Posted by Vinnie

I responded at 08:24 PM.

I love it when people edit their posts AFTER someone responds. Nice.

I must have typed slow because I read the original post as well

[Raziel]

Why do you have a 6 week old puppy?
Of COURSE its going bite your 2 yr old. It doesnt know any better.
And it will CONTINUE to bite for a while.
Dont leave them unsupervised together.
ANd please dont even START that this puppy is aggressive at 6 weeks old.
IT NEEDS to be with its mother.

[SunCzarina]

Sounds like some kid training is in order here...

When your puppy is napping, put him in his puppy crate and tell the kids to leave him alone, let him sleep. Use a pad lock if you have to. The puppy should have a regular sleep schedule, just like your 2 year old.

At 6 weeks old, the puppy shouldn't be awake for more than 2 hours or you're going to see a meltdown worse than a 2 year old up at midnight.

If your 2 year old was taking a nap and someone picked him/her up, what would the toddler's reaction be? Pretty crabby I bet.

Puppies aren't exactly like children but a lot of child rearing theory applies to small german shepherds.

[sagelfn]

Originally Posted by akittrell

This was not play bitting as he usually does he was growling and drew blood.

since none of us were there I can't really comment on the growling other then perhaps it was the playful growl of a puppy like when playing tug or something. As for drawing blood...puppy teeth are like razors. The puppy didn't draw blood on purpose. It still has to learn bite inhibition..which is going to take months. Your child hurt the puppy and the puppy bit back. Its not aggressive

[SunCzarina]

great post from a while back about puppy biting.

http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...nhibition.html

Can I sing Otto's song (to the tune of Popeye)

I'm Mighty McBitey Mite
I'm Mighty McBitey Mite
I'll chew on your pant legs and jump in your dinner
I'm Mighty McBitey Mite
WoofWoof

LOL, I haven't actually sung it in about a year. Last night the kids asked me to, Otto looked a bit sad.

(Vinnie, I edited my broken link, not my thoughts, I do that quite often, not good with the proofreading in the little flashy box...)

[Tihannah]

Akittrell,
Here is a link that will help you to understand some of the growth stages that your pup is going through. It explains some of your pups behavior at this age and why it is so crucial for the pup to stay with the mother and litter until at least 8 weeks of age.

GSD Development, An Illustrated Guide to the First Year (Plus)

I have 4 children between the ages of 5-10 yrs old, but they have been around dogs all of their lives, so they know the rules. My favorite saying is "THE DOG IS NOT A TOY." If this is your first pup with the kids, then you will have to be strict in their handling of the pup, because you want it to grow to love them. Your 10 yr old will be a lot easier to teach right now, but you will need to be very careful with the 2 yr old. I know GSD's have a reputation for being great family dogs, and they are, but you are dealing with a newborn in completely new surroundings that was pulled from its litter before given the time to learn basic socialization skills. You definitely don't want to establish bad experiences between the pup and your kids, because the pup will then relate pain, hair grabbing, etc. to the kids and may have trouble bonding with them later on.

I hope this will help you some and you haven't been discouraged from further postings and questions for help. Try to research as much as you can on the breed, and check out as much as you can in the puppy section. There are tons of valuable information to be learned as I am still learning myself as my pup is only 6 months old. Look into puppy training classes in your area, youtube, and google as much as possible. I found great training videos on Youtube when I first started training my pup. Its a lot of work, but as your pup grows and develops, you will be amazed at his intelligence and learning ability, so don't let this incident make you think you have a crazy pup. You'll be fine!

[akittrell]

I took him to the vet 2 days after I got him he was good except for a few round worms

[akittrell]

Thank you that makes alot of sense,I appreciate your honesty and kindness,some people were harsh on here which saddens me because I came here for help.

[akittrell]

I just want to say that I am disappointed that you don't even know me and you are assuming that i have yelled or hit my puppy ,I would never harm an animal i like them more then I do people!!!!!!!!!!!

[akittrell]

I edited my post to better clarify my problem you don't have to be a jerk.