Greetings,
I am a semi-new English Bulldog owner (we've had Jake since November 2011). My questions are on his behavior. During the day when he is with me (I work at home) he is for the most part a perfect bull dog. Eats, sleeps, plays and passes gas. There's little barking and the normal puppy stuff (ripping open furniture, playing, etc.,) but when my 8 year old comes home from school and my wife a bit later from work he is just nuts! Lots of biting at my son's shoes (while he's wearing them!) and barking. Sometimes the barking is just CONSTANT. He has food, water, attention, toys, etc., and still the barking. I even went so far as to buy one of those indoor sound things to try to stop the barking (junk btw). He also gets very bitey with my wife. Biting her toes, hands, face, etc., This was fine (but still corrected) when he was a month old, but now he's over 6 months old and it's starting to hurt. + we just need to stop it.
Lastly I would like to know if this is normal- Sometimes he just FREAKS OUT! Growling, spinning around, running around the house at warp speed and slamming himself into the walls and furniture. It's like he loses his mind! We just stand back and try not to get in his way.
We're starting to get a bit frustrated 'cause he's the cutest thing EVER and we love him, but half the time my son is afraid of him and the incessant barking in the evening is sort of maddening. Ha! We went with a bulldog not only because their cute, but because they're supposed to be pretty good with kids and just sort of lazy dogs. We do get him out walking about 20 minutes a day, but sometimes he just wants NONE of it. We thought he'd calm down after he was "fixed" but it's been over a month and NO calming down.
I'm sure I'll have more questions, but for now any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I am a semi-new English Bulldog owner (we've had Jake since November 2011). My questions are on his behavior. During the day when he is with me (I work at home) he is for the most part a perfect bull dog. Eats, sleeps, plays and passes gas. There's little barking and the normal puppy stuff (ripping open furniture, playing, etc.,) but when my 8 year old comes home from school and my wife a bit later from work he is just nuts! Lots of biting at my son's shoes (while he's wearing them!) and barking. Sometimes the barking is just CONSTANT. He has food, water, attention, toys, etc., and still the barking. I even went so far as to buy one of those indoor sound things to try to stop the barking (junk btw). He also gets very bitey with my wife. Biting her toes, hands, face, etc., This was fine (but still corrected) when he was a month old, but now he's over 6 months old and it's starting to hurt. + we just need to stop it.
Lastly I would like to know if this is normal- Sometimes he just FREAKS OUT! Growling, spinning around, running around the house at warp speed and slamming himself into the walls and furniture. It's like he loses his mind! We just stand back and try not to get in his way.
We're starting to get a bit frustrated 'cause he's the cutest thing EVER and we love him, but half the time my son is afraid of him and the incessant barking in the evening is sort of maddening. Ha! We went with a bulldog not only because their cute, but because they're supposed to be pretty good with kids and just sort of lazy dogs. We do get him out walking about 20 minutes a day, but sometimes he just wants NONE of it. We thought he'd calm down after he was "fixed" but it's been over a month and NO calming down.
I'm sure I'll have more questions, but for now any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks.