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Originally Posted by rainy
Having been saying how absolutely wonderful our 14 week old cocker puppy is we had a bit of a tricky one this afternoon.
We were at my parents house and i had given Oscar a pigs ear to keep him amused.
He had shown some guarding tendencies with this particular treat at home and had really growled at me when i went near him with it so i had been offering him some ham while he was chewing on it.
As i went to offer him the ham today he went for my hand, i told him off and removed the ear from him and as i was taking it to the bin my 2 year old went over to him. I told her to come away but she is 2 and ignored me and before i could get to her he bit her.
This was not a warning nip but a proper bite.
I told him off and put him in the lobbly for a few minutes and he was fine when he came back.
He does not display this behaviour with his dinner and the children can approach him without a problem during mealtimes it is just the pigs ears.
Obviously i wont be giving him a pigs ear when the children are about in future but should i be worried by this outburst.  |
he might have felt a bit more insecure because he wasnt in his own home although this is no excuse, he needs to learn now that you or anybody else can take anything away from him including your daughter.
he is the bottom of the pack,
i think you need to spend some time with him without your daughter being around and give him the pigs ear or whatever else he can be posessive about including any toys and every few mins keep taking whatever it is from him and then offer it back to him,
somebody i know had this problem and never tried to sort it and now cant take anything from their dog without it going for them so it now spends most of its time in an out-door kennel so is no longer a family pet,
hope this helps, please keep us informed, ju xx