This is a thread about biting.. once again.....
The only reason that makes me start a new thread instead of keep on reading is because I ran out of way to stop his biting.. I have use the search button and read many many threads. I read general puppy books, German shepherd books, animal planet 101, cesar millan (even tho I don't like him). We enroll in obedience school since he was 10 weeks old, start from puppy kindergarten, beginning obedience, and now we are on the second class of household manner...
Lincoln is almost 7 mo and I realize he is a little more stubborn than when he was a baby. I think I can stand anything from digging to jumping. At least I have a will to work with him when we make progress and he does. EXCEPT for the biting. No matter what we do, he doesn't get better... Now he is big and my friends start to get terrified to be around him. Heck I am terrified. I need to find a way. I can be patient. I can be positive. But right now I feel like I'm at the dead end. I know that you guys would post suggestions so i want to tell you what all I have tried so you don't have to waste your time typing the same method...
We try redirection.. give him toys, praise him when he does... does not work. He would rather play with us than being praise by us.
We try sit, watch me, then treat.. does not work. Again he would rather be playing than getting treat.
We try leave the room.. does not work. When I came out he went nuts again.
We try crate him.. At this method we start to realize maybe we weren't consistent with our method so we stay with this method for a while.. result? he ran into the crate himself when I grab his collar.. after stuck in there for a while he starts barking to get attention.
We exercise him.. lots of fetch session in the yards, flirt pole.. sometime it works, sometime it doesn't.
Our trainer tells us to ignore him. The reason he keeps biting is because he gets what he wants... attention. So we turn our back on him when he bites. Maybe it would work if I can stand there let him scratch my back long enough but I can't stand the pain that long.
Our friend suggested us smack him with a roll of paper when he bites. She said it works with her dog almost immediately. We never done this and are not comfortable doing it. But it seems like we are running out of positive reinforcement idea. I don't want to be bad owner but I'm very close to use my friend's suggestion. So please, if you have other method than what I have mentioned above, please share.
Also, if your dogs doing the same at 7 mo, please tell me so. All the friends and neighbors around me seem to all have a well behave dog. I'm such a failure.. ugh.
Lincoln usually listen to my husband more. He bites my husband less than he does with me. I don't know why. Only thing I can see him doing differently is his tone is probably more firm than mine. Lincoln would sit and stay when I tell him to, but if my husband whistle, my command is automatically terminated. I'm not irritated by this fact or anything just throwing it out there maybe you can help determine why Lincoln bites me more.
The only reason that makes me start a new thread instead of keep on reading is because I ran out of way to stop his biting.. I have use the search button and read many many threads. I read general puppy books, German shepherd books, animal planet 101, cesar millan (even tho I don't like him). We enroll in obedience school since he was 10 weeks old, start from puppy kindergarten, beginning obedience, and now we are on the second class of household manner...
Lincoln is almost 7 mo and I realize he is a little more stubborn than when he was a baby. I think I can stand anything from digging to jumping. At least I have a will to work with him when we make progress and he does. EXCEPT for the biting. No matter what we do, he doesn't get better... Now he is big and my friends start to get terrified to be around him. Heck I am terrified. I need to find a way. I can be patient. I can be positive. But right now I feel like I'm at the dead end. I know that you guys would post suggestions so i want to tell you what all I have tried so you don't have to waste your time typing the same method...
We try redirection.. give him toys, praise him when he does... does not work. He would rather play with us than being praise by us.
We try sit, watch me, then treat.. does not work. Again he would rather be playing than getting treat.
We try leave the room.. does not work. When I came out he went nuts again.
We try crate him.. At this method we start to realize maybe we weren't consistent with our method so we stay with this method for a while.. result? he ran into the crate himself when I grab his collar.. after stuck in there for a while he starts barking to get attention.
We exercise him.. lots of fetch session in the yards, flirt pole.. sometime it works, sometime it doesn't.
Our trainer tells us to ignore him. The reason he keeps biting is because he gets what he wants... attention. So we turn our back on him when he bites. Maybe it would work if I can stand there let him scratch my back long enough but I can't stand the pain that long.
Our friend suggested us smack him with a roll of paper when he bites. She said it works with her dog almost immediately. We never done this and are not comfortable doing it. But it seems like we are running out of positive reinforcement idea. I don't want to be bad owner but I'm very close to use my friend's suggestion. So please, if you have other method than what I have mentioned above, please share.
Also, if your dogs doing the same at 7 mo, please tell me so. All the friends and neighbors around me seem to all have a well behave dog. I'm such a failure.. ugh.
Lincoln usually listen to my husband more. He bites my husband less than he does with me. I don't know why. Only thing I can see him doing differently is his tone is probably more firm than mine. Lincoln would sit and stay when I tell him to, but if my husband whistle, my command is automatically terminated. I'm not irritated by this fact or anything just throwing it out there maybe you can help determine why Lincoln bites me more.