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I am having some behaviour problems with my 5 and a half month old pup, she is young and I accept they may just be puppy behaviour but she is quickly getting very large and strong and I would like to sort this out as soon as possible. I could go on for ages but will try to make this short, will give some background info first... she has been through basic and is in intermediate puppy training and is very good with it. Infact when she's being naughty she will still usually sit, lay down etc. She is also crate trained.
Sometimes when I'm sitting on the sofa just watching tv etc she will come up to me and try to bite or just start barking and biting, she does not do this when I am sitting at the dining table or doing things around the house. If I tell her no she barks untill I do something about it, and trys to bite, she bites very hard! She has also recently started jumping at me whilst barking and trying to bite me if I stand up to walk out of the room etc. I have also tried ignoring her completely to no avail. I think maybe it is for attention? But am not sure.
I have tried putting her in a time out by either putting her in another room or moving myself. However I am having a problem with this as she tends to go completely insane when she is seperated and begins to be even more naughty (jumping on everything, eating/chewing things she'd usually leave alone because she knows it's not allowed.) I don't want her to cause damage to herself or anything else by this behaviour. I have also tried putting her in her crate which I have read on numerous occasions is not good however at the moment it seems like the best option as she calms down instantly, and comes out a few minutes later calm and happy - and still has no problem going in there at night and when I ask her to if going out.
She hardly does this with my fiance (male by the way!) if she does he tells her to stop and she does almost instantly, I am not sure if it is because I am not as good a leader as him or not firm enough, although I definately feel I am very firm with her. We both take time training, walking, feeding her, so I am not really sure why this is. If she begins doing this to me when he is around he can tell her to stop and she will do so. I can't help the feeling she sees him as her boss and her as my boss!
Another related thing is if we try to eat dinner on the sofas she will try to get to the food, and if we tell her no or push her (gently) off she will begin the barking thing!
She has also recently become more 'wary' of people comming into our house, particularly those who she hasn't met before or for a while, I know this is a breed trait and to an extent expected but there must be something we can do so that she knows when people are ok to be in the house? At the moment it's just barking a little but worried it could get alot worse if nothing done about it!
One last thing (for the moment!) is that when she is on a walk she has the occasional tendancy to decide she wants to jump up and mess around with us even bite, this is quite often when around a road and seems like excitement more than anything else, however it has happened when not around any roads...
Any suggestions?
Sometimes when I'm sitting on the sofa just watching tv etc she will come up to me and try to bite or just start barking and biting, she does not do this when I am sitting at the dining table or doing things around the house. If I tell her no she barks untill I do something about it, and trys to bite, she bites very hard! She has also recently started jumping at me whilst barking and trying to bite me if I stand up to walk out of the room etc. I have also tried ignoring her completely to no avail. I think maybe it is for attention? But am not sure.
I have tried putting her in a time out by either putting her in another room or moving myself. However I am having a problem with this as she tends to go completely insane when she is seperated and begins to be even more naughty (jumping on everything, eating/chewing things she'd usually leave alone because she knows it's not allowed.) I don't want her to cause damage to herself or anything else by this behaviour. I have also tried putting her in her crate which I have read on numerous occasions is not good however at the moment it seems like the best option as she calms down instantly, and comes out a few minutes later calm and happy - and still has no problem going in there at night and when I ask her to if going out.
She hardly does this with my fiance (male by the way!) if she does he tells her to stop and she does almost instantly, I am not sure if it is because I am not as good a leader as him or not firm enough, although I definately feel I am very firm with her. We both take time training, walking, feeding her, so I am not really sure why this is. If she begins doing this to me when he is around he can tell her to stop and she will do so. I can't help the feeling she sees him as her boss and her as my boss!
Another related thing is if we try to eat dinner on the sofas she will try to get to the food, and if we tell her no or push her (gently) off she will begin the barking thing!
She has also recently become more 'wary' of people comming into our house, particularly those who she hasn't met before or for a while, I know this is a breed trait and to an extent expected but there must be something we can do so that she knows when people are ok to be in the house? At the moment it's just barking a little but worried it could get alot worse if nothing done about it!
One last thing (for the moment!) is that when she is on a walk she has the occasional tendancy to decide she wants to jump up and mess around with us even bite, this is quite often when around a road and seems like excitement more than anything else, however it has happened when not around any roads...
Any suggestions?