- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Golden girl
Dare we hope ?
- Thread starter kateincornwall
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- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Haha, she was rather a determined little croc! As ever, though, I now only remember it in the vaguest of terms. It couldn’t have been that bad, surely?!the shock of Luna though, seriously bitey!
Rory was terrible for a long time. Moo never did it once and Doug was slightly barky. The next one will be bitey.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
When is the new little angel due Swampy?
I reckon around may time. Gambling lambs tweeting birds and savagely bitting lab pups
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
I can't wait and I bet you can't either
Mmmmmm very excited but know it's hard going. Puppies are a perverse thing, we are mascocists in training.
- Location
- SW London UK
I can’t remember Homer being a croc pup but hubby put me right when he reminded me that we used to wear gardening gloves when playing with him.
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- Andorra and Spain
This made me smile! HOW do we forget?! I remember my sister's dog being a nightmare of a biter when I visited when he was a puppy, and she can't remember it at all. I guess all the oxytocin means we get love goggles
- Location
- The Hague, The Netherlands
Hunter was a total Labrasharky. I used to go to work with my hands covered in scratches. He also had an amazing technique to rip off my socks and then chew my toes! It seems such a long time ago now!
Boogie
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- Location
- Manchester UK
I forget one year to the next!This made me smile! HOW do we forget?! I remember my sister's dog being a nightmare of a biter when I visited when he was a puppy, and she can't remember it at all. I guess all the oxytocin means we get love goggles
Hi everyone... so the biting thing... it will pass?! Betty is 12 weeks tomorrow and a biter. Not all the time but I am always a bit conscious that she could snap. Sometimes she can look really annoyed (usually in the evening) with her ears back, eyes starring at me and she follows me around snapping at my legs! I usually just step over the stairgate and ignore her but sometimes I pop her in her crate to calm down if I need to get on in the kitchen. She also bites visitors after initial friendliness! Is this all normal? I have actually googled - is my labrador puppy aggressive - as she honestly is quite scary when is this biting mood. But she is my first dog so I am inexperienced! Any thoughts very much appreciated - so glad I found this site!
@kateincornwall I think Betty's is a week younger than Reuben (DOB 21st Sep) so I hope that she too stops biting so much in a weeks time!
She's perfectly normal some are worse than others. It often appears when they are over tired. She's just being a lab pup always have a toy handy to distract the teeth from you walk away or do like you have been and put her down for a rest in her crate. It's does pass.
They need to learn the difference between greeting a pup and a human.
They need to learn the difference between greeting a pup and a human.
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Yes, distraction or momentary isolation is the best way to deal with these biting monsters ! My last Labrador Sam never did it but the girl I had before him was a shocker , it does pass , thank goodness ! I have a saying , Keep the Faith , I keep repeating it like a mantra ! x
Hi @lilliput - this is soooo normal! Our pup Kipper (now 14 months) is our first too, and the whole mouthing and biting world was a bit of a shocker
I think the thing that really helped me was realising that they explore so much of their world with their mouths, and part of that for them is learning how to explore with their mouths.
As @SwampDonkey and @kateincornwall say, tiredness makes it worse (I think they find it harder to gauge what’s too much!) but it will get better, we promise in the meantime it’s all about managing, and it sounds like you’re doing pretty well it’s definitely not aggression - more like over-arousal.
I think the thing that really helped me was realising that they explore so much of their world with their mouths, and part of that for them is learning how to explore with their mouths.
As @SwampDonkey and @kateincornwall say, tiredness makes it worse (I think they find it harder to gauge what’s too much!) but it will get better, we promise
in the meantime it’s all about managing, and it sounds like you’re doing pretty well it’s definitely not aggression - more like over-arousal.It's one of those things that the puppy books never tell you.