Hi, I'm new to this site but thought I would give it a whirl and see what advice I could get!!
We have a 6 mth old English Springer Spaniel called Harley or should I say a Tazmanian Devil. My Husband and Kids took 2 years to convince me to get a puppy and now I can see why lol!!
We are having trouble walking him as he seems to think he would rather take us for a walk, we get dragged round the streets rather than take the leisurely walk we would like. We have had him on a slip lead, which we were advised to get but he will walk for half hour choking all the way. His eyes will be red raw and nearly popping out of his head but he will not stop pulling!! Has anyone got any ideas? Also when we first let him off the lead he was fine up at the local farm but now he just runs away, he gets on to the scent of something and nose goes down, tail wagging and he is gone!!
And, I know this is a long list of problems but the biting, has anyone else had a problem with biting? We can take his food away and his toys but if he gets something he is not supposed to have he gets very aggressive and will growl, then lunge and bite and it bloody hurts!! I have bruises and scratches all up my arms!!
On the nicer side of things he is a lovely dog, sometimes lol!! We do have a crate and he sleeps in it all night no problem, when he is naughty he goes in there, when we can catch him and he will settle. He has never been a problem to toilet train and we have only had a couple of accidents in the early days!!
Any advice would be much appreciated!!