hnhammond
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Hi everyone!
I have had my 9wk-old English bully puppy, Matilda, for one week, and so far, she has been a 9-lb crazy biting monster! I adore her but she has so much energy, and I can't take her to a park or a tiring walk or anything because she has only had her first round of vaccines (second is next week). We live in an apartment, so she has a fake grass patch on the balcony to potty, but no yard to run around in (I don't want to take her to the courtyards until she has had her vaccinations - other dogs!)
She has absolutely NO bite inhibition (she only had one sibling in the litter - I think that is probably why), and even my boyfriend, who grew up with great danes, think she plays too roughly! I try to snuggle her and she lunges at my face, or when we play and she bites me hard, I'll walk away (like I read to do) just to have her maul my feet!
We are crate training, and I hate having to leave her in there a lot of times just because I don't want to be eaten alive! And my friends' dogs (all older and vaccinated) REFUSE to play with her because she is such a little monster. They run away from her and look at their parents like, "Help!". It's so sad.
The strange thing is, other than the play biting, she is an angel. She has absolutely NO aggression issues. I grew up with dogs my entire life, and they ALWAYS had at least some aggression with food, or other dogs, or "intruders", but Matilda is the most timid puppy I've ever had - UNTIL she's ready to play... which is always.
And I have tried any tactic I read about. I yelp and pull away when she bites hard, I put her in time out, I yell "NO" (which has just led to her barking back at me and playing harder), I stop all play and walk away (just to have her destroy whatever is in her vicinity and/or chase and attack my feet), I grab her by the ruff of her neck and pull her to the side and say NO, and I try to assert my dominance as pack leader with everything I've read on it, by sitting between her and her food until I decide she can eat, going through doorways first, flipping her on her back when she's aggressive, ALL to no avail.
I need a solution before she gets big enough to jump onto the furniture (as I currently sit on the couch with all my limbs up when we play)! Any advice? She is my first bully, is this typical? And yes, she is the little angel in my picture. She really is adorable... when she isn't moving!
I have had my 9wk-old English bully puppy, Matilda, for one week, and so far, she has been a 9-lb crazy biting monster! I adore her but she has so much energy, and I can't take her to a park or a tiring walk or anything because she has only had her first round of vaccines (second is next week). We live in an apartment, so she has a fake grass patch on the balcony to potty, but no yard to run around in (I don't want to take her to the courtyards until she has had her vaccinations - other dogs!)
She has absolutely NO bite inhibition (she only had one sibling in the litter - I think that is probably why), and even my boyfriend, who grew up with great danes, think she plays too roughly! I try to snuggle her and she lunges at my face, or when we play and she bites me hard, I'll walk away (like I read to do) just to have her maul my feet!
We are crate training, and I hate having to leave her in there a lot of times just because I don't want to be eaten alive! And my friends' dogs (all older and vaccinated) REFUSE to play with her because she is such a little monster. They run away from her and look at their parents like, "Help!". It's so sad.
The strange thing is, other than the play biting, she is an angel. She has absolutely NO aggression issues. I grew up with dogs my entire life, and they ALWAYS had at least some aggression with food, or other dogs, or "intruders", but Matilda is the most timid puppy I've ever had - UNTIL she's ready to play... which is always.
And I have tried any tactic I read about. I yelp and pull away when she bites hard, I put her in time out, I yell "NO" (which has just led to her barking back at me and playing harder), I stop all play and walk away (just to have her destroy whatever is in her vicinity and/or chase and attack my feet), I grab her by the ruff of her neck and pull her to the side and say NO, and I try to assert my dominance as pack leader with everything I've read on it, by sitting between her and her food until I decide she can eat, going through doorways first, flipping her on her back when she's aggressive, ALL to no avail.
I need a solution before she gets big enough to jump onto the furniture (as I currently sit on the couch with all my limbs up when we play)! Any advice? She is my first bully, is this typical? And yes, she is the little angel in my picture. She really is adorable... when she isn't moving!
Our Molly was a NIGHTMARE of teeth and fangs at that age.
she is adorable... and as others have said, it will pass, in time. usually just about when the puppy teeth fall out
When we take him to my Moms he gets to play with Georgia her Boxer, and after few hours over there he is cuddly and sweet lol
