Hi

My 15 week old cocker spaniel Oscar is wonderful 70% of the time, but 30% of the time he is driving us mad by lunging and trying to bite, especially my young children. It isn't just general nipping you'd expect with a puppy, he actually goes for you. We shout 'no' and take him into the kitchen as punishment, but he just comes out and does it again.

Also we dont allow him up on the couch but he also constantly jumps up. Again he goes in the kitchen as punishment, but then emerges to do the same.

We start training classes with him in 2 weeks, but can anyone give me any tips in the meantime as it is becomming a real problem.

Thanks

I'm afarid that is "normal" puppy behaviour!
But its good that you are going to a class and so you can teach how to not carry this behaiour into adult hood.

How are you saying no? Watch your tone you need to make your voice low for discipline and high pitch for rewarding. Trying saying "no bite" as it makes it clear what you are saying no too.

You could try doing a trainning rountine to calm him done and help him focus, using a bit of kibble and just get him to sit on command (give a bit of kibble) then down etc. I do this with mine, but I'm not sure if yours is a little young still for this, worth a try though.

Good Luck!

I have a Springer pup that is nearly 8 mths old and he is still doing it!! Help when does it calm down?
He seems to like the taste of me, I have bruises all up my arms!! We say No and No bite but it dosn't seem to get us very far!! He is good most of the time but he lives up to the Springer name, he's full of energy!!
When ever he bites we put him in his crate and ignore him for a while and dont let him out till he has calmed down!! He only seems to bite when he gets very excited and has a funny 5 mins darting around the house!!
Let me know what they say at training!!

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Are you still feeding puppy food?

Here you go you might find this useful CanineConcepts Dog Training - Advice dog biting and dog bit inhibition

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What are you feeding him? People so underestimate the implications of bad diet.

Check the protein level and look for any nasty e no's and colourants.

Some breeder's will suggest that your puppy is fed on a high protein dry diet, which boosts growth. Personally, I have Luika on 3/4 dry and some wet food, which he loves.

However, biting in puppies is normal behaviour, and we are going through exactly the same with Luika. We are completely ignoring him when he starts, which usually results in him stopping. Remember, that puppies want attention. If they get a reaction - whoopeeeee

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We changed his food about 1 month ago as we found out that what we were feeding him was like giving him a bag of skittles!!! Dont all shout at me as we didn't know any better but he was on Bakers!!!!! I know I know it's bad stuff and thanks to this site we have changed to Burns and it seems to be helping and he loves it!! But saying that he will eat anything lol!!
The biting has calmed down and we have realised that chasing him around the room to try and get him in his cage does not work!! We tell him no that he has been naughty, ignore him so he calms down then we can get him in his cage but we have to entice him sometimes with a treat, although the treat is a bit of his food from daily allowance but it works!!
I know there are many trainers that dont agree with treats but it works for us!!

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BAKERS SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE DARN MARKET.

Sorry, but needed to get this off my chest

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I agree now I know what it contains!! I think there should be a potition started to get rid of it!! The supermarkets and tv promote this rubbish all the time so people like me think it's a good thing!! I have actually said to people that i've seen buying it, how bad it is and they were shocked!!

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Don't shout at Oscar as this will destroy the relation build between Oscar and all the family members, they will become fear of you.

Have you try giving him dog toys to bite? as Oscar is now experiencing teething period where bitting will reduce the pain during teething. So he will need something ( dog toys) to release the pain.

You might want to read this DOG TOYS article.Link Not Found - PinURL.com)