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Originally Posted by james1
Got no idea when the off switch will be but you could speed it up by putting him in his crate when things get out of hand? Try to be confident when your handling him, if he sees you as a toy he may well see you as a play item. Dont move your hand away from him (usually insitlls a reaction to target) if he bites corect with a 'no' if unsuccessful gently crate him.
I dont know what youve already tried or what your limits are though turning away from him, not giving him eye contact, making him move for you when your walking towards something (even if it means bumping in him with your legs) will direct your authority.
Look at whats yours and look at whats his if he is allowed to do a lot around the house maybe cut back on some of his perks.... sitting on the sofa, laying on your bed, getting strokes whilst watching tele etc etc. Hope this helps a little?  |
Thanks for that my friend.
He is one spoilt dog! Yes he has looooads of 'perks'. Little sod. Well, big sod now. Not only has he damaged my shoulder due to his extreme pulling on the lead, I have scars mostly on my right hand and up my arm, with one on my forehead! The latter was really my fault holding a plastic bottle above my head and he jumped up. It's funny though, that all this is making him out to be a really bad dog, and he is not. Just playful. He loves people, and thinks that everyone in the street is there for him to get a fuss with. I think you are right, he sees both of us as 'playthings'. I think things would be a lot different if we had another dog with him, but the Mrs won't do that. We used to have two before and they were both the perfect dogs. However we never had them from puppies so this puppy thing is new to us.
I love Charlie to bits, but the biting is getting us down. We do have a large pen (with roof) for him which he sleeps in through the night and once or twice for an hour in the day. I have been known to put him in it if he gets totally out of hand, which fortunately is pretty rare. Funny thing actually, when it's his bedtime, he knows that it is so he runs to the back door and dives on the floor and becomes all limp, so that it's hard for me to pick him up. Then when I'm almost getting my hands around him, he sticks out his legs to make it more awkward for me. He's a clever sod. He really make me laugh at times!
