Comments on: Aggressive Puppy – How To Stop Puppy Aggression Fast

By: Scott Winkelhausen

Scott Winkelhausen — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 04:23:52 +0000

I have a BAD proble. I have a 6 month old rescue Chocolate Lab mix? He is VERY HYPER & runs all over the house & jumping on & off furniture & US, me & my wife, 71 & 65. The worst part is when he is outside in the back yard he will chew on limbs & breaks off limbs & chews it. I can fix that with some pruning, I HOPE!!! The WORST is he gets a hold of wood, fence slats, & there are trees that have branches that break off & they have little red berry looking seed pods, I’m afraid are very poisonous, so I take them away from him, most of the time after chasing him around u ND the yard. As I walk away from the wood pile he will run up behind me & BITE ME on the back of the leg & then he will run around me ATTACKING ME!!! I don’t want to turn him in for this because I don’t want him to be put down, even though I get so mad I want to !!! But I really don’t. I want to save him & get him to stop all this BAD BEHAVIOR!!!
PLEASE HELP US, We live paycheck to paycheck & can’t afford $100’s of Dollars for train him. PLEASE HELP !!!

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:15:45 +0000

My 8 month old cavapoo bit me aggressively when I tried to get a hunk of foam out of her mouth she has never done anything like that before I couldn’t believe it. She plays rough and bites but never aggressively until this happened. I thought she loved me and would never hurt me. Now I’m afraid to try and get things out of her mouth. Any advice?

By: L K

L K — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:39:37 +0000

In reply to Natalee. MOST DOGS LIKE TO LAY ON THE FLOOR OR THEIR PILLOW BEDS LEAVE THAT DOG ALONE SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE COUCH DON'T YOU GET IT DUH ??

By: L

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:35:32 +0000

In reply to Mardi Berman. HELLO MY PUP WAS DOING THE SAME THING, YOU NEED TO PUT THE LEASH ON AND KEEP HIM NEAR YOU AND PULL HIS COLLAR UP CLOSE BY HIS EARS AND EVERYTIME HE BARKS ARE ATTEMPTS TO BARK PULL HARD ON THAT LEASH AND SAY NO, AND WHEN HE STOPS SAY GOOD BOY AND GIVE HIM A TREAT CONTINUE TILL HE DOES IT WITHOUT A TREAT OR THE LEASH THE SAME WITH WALKING IT WILL TAKE A SHORT WHILE BUT BE CONSIST AND HE WILL LEARN IT WOKS

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:44:26 +0000

In reply to ASHLEY HASLER. This post is a year old so I'm sure it has gotten better. I have a now 6 year old RR and I still laugh about how terrified I was of her as a puppy for this same reason. I laugh now because she's just the sweetest most patient dog I've ever had but man as a puppy when she would get excited and lunge at me during those morning potty breaks I would run inside crying.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 03:00:57 +0000

In reply to Mary. My rehomed pomchi does that did you learn how to fix it because I'd like to fined out how to fix this my pups 5 month

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 04:25:50 +0000

Hi I just adopted a puppy from a rescue center. He is labeled by the adoption center as a lab/border collie mix. He is estimated to be 14 weeks old when we got him and he is 15 weeks old now. He has been so friendly and great with children, people and other dogs, until last night. We have a toddler and this past week he has been wonderful interacting with multiple children, many different people as I have brought him to work multiple times, and other dogs. He had shown absolutely no signs of aggression, until last night. We have an ottoman in our sunroom my husband was playing music on our stereo and my daughter was dancing around the ottoman. The puppy was chewing a toy and crawled under the ottoman in which he barely fits. He has to almost slide under on his belly. He was going in and out playing with his toy not being aggressive at all. I lift up the tassels to see what he is chewing under the ottoman to make sure he isn’t chewing the underside. I reach my hand under not grabbing for his toy or him and he full on snarls growls, snaps at me and pulls back, not playing but aggressive. My husband lifts the ottoman up takes him and says no while holding his collar to contain him because he is still trying to bite him now. My husband can’t get him to calm down so puts him in his crate to relax. We thought he was being possessive of the toy, but today we replayed out the scenario from last night, except my husband takes my place we remove the toy and my daughter and don’t play any music to see if it happens again or if it was just because of the circumstances. Well the puppy is under the ottoman again, my husband lies down on the rug to look under the ottoman not even insert his hand as I had and the dog lunges and tried to bite him aggressively again. We tested a few other places in the house and he doesn’t seem to do it anywhere else. Like I said he was so wonderful and sweet and I’m not saying he isn’t but I am a bit nervous as I do have a two year old and had it been her she would have been hurt. I understand he was a rescue dog and he is 14 weeks old but I am shocked after him being so great with loud children all week (all friends and cousins) submissive with other older dogs when they show dominance, and great with everyone and everything. I am just so taken back that he hasn’t shown any aggression and then out of nowhere this happens. We didn’t pull him from under the ottoman we simply lifted the tassels to see him. Now I am watching him closely and tonight my daughter bent to pet his tail (not grab)which I did step in and stop her but he got very still and had that same look he did right before he lunged at myself and then my husband. What do I do? I do not want my two year old to be bitten. I do not understand why he reacted so strongly he was around crazy kids jumping and being loud and running around petting and hugging him and it didn’t seem to phase him. I just don’t want to see him become more aggressive because I will have to rehome him for the safety of my daughter, who is a overall a gentle toddler and who I watch to make sure she is respectful of animals. Please help me if you can!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:07:49 +0000

In reply to Alison smith. Never hit! It will Make it worse. Hire a dog trainer. A professional can help.

By: Ashley Thurston

Ashley Thurston — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:05:39 +0000

In reply to ASHLEY HASLER. I hope this improved! I have a 9 week old Rhodesian Ridgeback boy and he is doing the exact same thing. It’s really tough.

By: judy fenters

judy fenters — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 02:31:53 +0000

We have a 10 month old akc sheltie. He has been neutered two months ago, and has been through two training classes. I am his main handler, and he is very aggressive towards me.
He bites my feet and jumps up on me. Nothing is working with him! I am very discouraged and don’t know what to do! I feel like he hates me! This is the 4th sheltie we have owned, and he is a terror right now. Any suggestions?