My puppy is about 3 months old. He is male full blood.
I work offshore and I was home for the first three weeks we had him, and now I have been gone for a week.
His name is Tres Beau - we call him BO. Bo sits and downs and stays and a couple of days before I left home I had him ringing the bell to go outside. Smartest dog I have ever had. I was with him 24/7 for the first two weeks, and took him everywhere with me. To petsmart usually twice a week for bath and brush and socializing in general etc,..
He has been protective since the first week I had him and has barked and growled.
He is taking training classes at petsmart and my sixteen year old son has been working with him since I left. The petsmart training so far is useless except for the socialization with other dogs because we are so past "watch me" and sit. Like I said I was with hiim 24/7 for a couple weeks and took full advantage of the opportunity.
So, on to the problem. My wife tells me a few days ago that Bo was growling and snapping at my daughter whenever she would try to take something from him. I told her to start working on the drop it command. Today my niece came over and Bo had picked up a wallet someone dropped and as my niece went to take it from him Bo jumped up and bit her throat. I don't know how bad it is they are sending me pics right now. I am sure if I had been there it would have never happened.
The truth is my family will help but they aren't as interested or as committed to the dog as I am. (I am almost obsessive about it) Now I am feeling disillusioned and confused. Just need some words of advice. I always have kids coming and going around my house. Anyway thanks for this site and any advice.
I work offshore and I was home for the first three weeks we had him, and now I have been gone for a week.
His name is Tres Beau - we call him BO. Bo sits and downs and stays and a couple of days before I left home I had him ringing the bell to go outside. Smartest dog I have ever had. I was with him 24/7 for the first two weeks, and took him everywhere with me. To petsmart usually twice a week for bath and brush and socializing in general etc,..
He has been protective since the first week I had him and has barked and growled.
He is taking training classes at petsmart and my sixteen year old son has been working with him since I left. The petsmart training so far is useless except for the socialization with other dogs because we are so past "watch me" and sit. Like I said I was with hiim 24/7 for a couple weeks and took full advantage of the opportunity.
So, on to the problem. My wife tells me a few days ago that Bo was growling and snapping at my daughter whenever she would try to take something from him. I told her to start working on the drop it command. Today my niece came over and Bo had picked up a wallet someone dropped and as my niece went to take it from him Bo jumped up and bit her throat. I don't know how bad it is they are sending me pics right now. I am sure if I had been there it would have never happened.
The truth is my family will help but they aren't as interested or as committed to the dog as I am. (I am almost obsessive about it) Now I am feeling disillusioned and confused. Just need some words of advice. I always have kids coming and going around my house. Anyway thanks for this site and any advice.