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Originally Posted by Anakat
It was good to read this as i'm a little at my wits end with our 12 week cocker boy - who can be so easy when out and about, but very bitey (hard) especially towards my hands and arms and my daughters feet. We have tried mimicking a dogs cry, saying no and squirting with water - also distracting him with toys. but he doesn't seem to get that this is not on.
He has a lot of energy and tends to bite at these times. We have lots of toys and things for him to safely bite/chew - any advice please would be most welcome! p.s. It's almost as if he's trying to dominate and it's worrying me because of my 4 year old daughter.
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I think cockers can be a beggar for this. Mine is over a year now but i remember thinking the nipping would never end and worrying about it (i have a 3 and 6 year old)
I used the timeout on him too as everything else just made him more excitable and bitey so the timeout just gave everyone a chance to calm down a bit
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A Consistent and persistent approach is the only think that works in the end but it is generally just a phase.
Get your little one involved in training ASAP, even if it's just little things like making pup sit with a treat
and ensure that high value treats (like bones or hide chews, pigs ears etc, are never given while your child has access to the pup
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A great book to buy is The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey