BullyBewitched
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- Mar 18, 2018
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- Samantha
Hi - I'm hoping there are some with Olde English/Leavitt Bulldogs here - I'm not sure if this is breed-specific behavior. My last dog, Winston Churchill, was a Frenchie, and he was waaaay different as a puppy from my 12 week old Samantha. I've had Samantha since she was 8 weeks old. I know the Olde English breed has at least 50% English, but without some of the health problems they and Frenchies are prone to. She's super clever, but is very difficult to wind-down.
Samantha is a biter. Not "mouthy" in the cute way puppies sometimes lightly gnaw on everything - she's liertally biting me to the point of broken skin. Her teeth are sharp! She mostly bites my hands and toes (especially when I'm walking), but she's started biting my nose, chin and cheeks now, too. I know that she's teething, and I've used the positive techniques of replacing my body parts with chew toys, trained on "no bite" and "leave it" (which only gets me so far unless I always have a treat handy), a spray of water to the face, putting "yucky" products on my hands and feet, and yipping loudly in pain. I don't think she's agressive, since she's usually in play mode.
She never licks - only bites. It's hectic.
Can anyone advise on Olde English puppy mentality or on a successful way to stop the biting?
Samantha is a biter. Not "mouthy" in the cute way puppies sometimes lightly gnaw on everything - she's liertally biting me to the point of broken skin. Her teeth are sharp! She mostly bites my hands and toes (especially when I'm walking), but she's started biting my nose, chin and cheeks now, too. I know that she's teething, and I've used the positive techniques of replacing my body parts with chew toys, trained on "no bite" and "leave it" (which only gets me so far unless I always have a treat handy), a spray of water to the face, putting "yucky" products on my hands and feet, and yipping loudly in pain. I don't think she's agressive, since she's usually in play mode.
She never licks - only bites. It's hectic.
Can anyone advise on Olde English puppy mentality or on a successful way to stop the biting?
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