Aggressive biting
 

When I say "No" often times she will kick up a fuss and start barking and attempting to bite.

Today, she got very aggressive as she wanted food off the table and I was ignoring her. Everytime she got up on the table I said "Off" and pushed her off like I always do.

She went mad today and was really attempting to bite me hard, snarling & barking. She tried to do it quite a few times. I had to shout "No" and try and correct her each time.

I always thought it was just kicking up a fuss for having to give in....?

Wow, i am by no means a behavior expert and i am sure there are others here who will provide better advice, but that really sounds bad. Neither of my dogs would ever take anything off the table and when they did something wrong for which they deserved reprimand they never snarl or bark. I really think you need a professional trainer to correct that situation.

You may want to test it for rabies. From my experiences that sounds like a case of rabies.

I really think you need a trainer. You did'nt say much about the dog puppy? rescue? In the meantime put your dog on a leash and leave it on in house and use it to get her down instead of pushing her. Shouting and pushing is not going to help.

Was thinking there that maybe I have thought her to do that with the physical pushing off - hopefully I can fix it with the leash.

Nip the sass in the bud! Grab the scruff and put her in a down position, be aggressive in voice and sound "big" to let her know that is unacceptable.

I was just afraid of a fear thing being in the dog as opposed to wanting to do it. I really like this idea though - it is exactly that, unacceptable.

If she was getting wild because she wanted the food off the table, it would be simple to teach her an alternative behavior. Just make a dedicated area for her (I have my puppy's crate in the kitchen) and give her a treat when she's lying down where you want her. It's the same basic idea of training the puppy to beg from the table, lol. Except they get rewarded when they're doing something that we like too. The pushing is probably making things worse, if she's thinking it's a rough form of play. But I have no idea if that's the case or not.

You're right to be afraid of that! The physical domination route in a pup this age is just asking for more trouble! You need help in understanding what the pup is doing and why (play vs real aggression). You need the help of a trainer. When a pup hears "no" all the time, it loses its meaning. Time to call in help face to face!

I've added in some walk time this morning - gave her a decent walk and I will try to avoid behaviour that causes her to do this....diverting her attention is a good idea.

Can anyone tell me what to do to stop the pup whining when I leave the room? She is not giving up at all and I've been consistent for days. Well, she does give up but she sits at the door. The only time it's worked was when she had a nice treat but I'm constantly in and out of the room.