Getting desperate!

snowbunny

snowbunny

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Andorra and Spain
You haven't said what you do when you come back in to him, but just in case you're making a fuss of him, try not to do that; walk in and ignore him for a little while (be guided by how well he can cope with this as to whether it's a couple of seconds or a minute or so), rather than making your entrance about him. If he finds your entrance exciting, he'll be waiting for it.
 
Georgesmum

Georgesmum

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Alfreton, Derbyshire
snowbunny said:
You haven't said what you do when you come back in to him, but just in case you're making a fuss of him, try not to do that; walk in and ignore him for a little while (be guided by how well he can cope with this as to whether it's a couple of seconds or a minute or so), rather than making your entrance about him. If he finds your entrance exciting, he'll be waiting for it.
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I just walk in and ignore him, and carry on with what I was doing before I left
 
Georgesmum

Georgesmum

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Alfreton, Derbyshire
Ok...please has anyone got any ideas on how I can stop George just randomly leaping at my hands and face with his mouth open!! He’s been doing it for 3 days and done it loads more today and to be honest it’s getting to me a bit now. It’s always when I’m sitting on the sofa, he jumps up next to me and leaps at me, earlier on he damn near got me too 😰 I put him straight on the floor as soon as he does it but he just leaps up again and again, relentlessly. if I get up and turn my back on him he goes for my feet or ankles for a minute then back to the sofa, so I sit down and he starts it all over again? 😰
I know he’s only a baby, but surely there’s a way to stop this behaviour, preferably before he gets much bigger or starts doing it to other people, he only does it to me, my boyfriend came in earlier and he didn’t do it to him?
 
MellowYellow

MellowYellow

This is really par for the course, Anna. He’ll grow out of it very quickly. Always have a toy or chew ready to put in his mouth, instead of biting you. Sometimes the wild biting is a sign he’s overtired - popping him in his crate may allow him to calm down. Don’t get angry and try not to get upset - it’s not aggression or even real biting, he is just learning about bite inhibition. The best thing I found was not to engage when there was any biting - so I would either stand up and leave the room, or pop the puppy in his crate for a moment or two. That way he’ll learn quicker that biting doesn’t get him anywhere, in fact it just backfires on him and means he gets no attention for a few seconds.
 
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SwampDonkey

SwampDonkey

Yep thick jumpers in the house and boots. He will do this for a while. Put him in his pen he needs a rest to calm down. All lab pups are mouthy some are worse than others. He's not being aggresive he just needs to learn that he can't play with you like a pup. I often just leave them and let them calm. I do not engage with a bitey pup. You always have a toy with me to pop quickly in their mouths
 
Candy

Candy

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Joy did this to me as a young pup.It's very Lab puppy behavior. I used to try to encourage her to chew a toy instead of me, I gave her Kongs, I tried other games. Quite often it was when she needed a sleep. Her bed is in our bedroom which has very dark curtains, so if it got really unstoppable, usually accompanied by Zoomies and usually at around 6pm, I used to put the gardening gloves on, pull my sleeves down and carry her upstairs to bed, curtains closed.I would sit outside the bedroom but there was never a squeak and she would often sleep for 30 minutes or so, during which we would manage to eat a relatively civilised meal, which was a help. She drew blood from me, but not my husband, on a daily basis.It was Summer, but I kept my skin well covered,-- damage limitation! Then it stopped! Can't say exactly when, but I know it was no longer happening by the time she was 8 months. She's such a gentle little dog now, it hardly seems possible that she was ever bitey.I know we all keep saying it, but hang on! There's a real Best Friend in there, just trying to grow into himself. xx
 
Boogie

Boogie

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Manchester UK
When I have a crocapup in the house I have small toys and chews in every pocket and a toy box outside the room so that I’ve always got something to put in their mouth. Even then you have to be very determined that they will bite the toy and not you. You need to be more determined than they are - and that’s very determined!

Spencer was a crocapup extraordinare!

He was seven months old before his mouthyness began to subside. Now, at nine months, he gets his own toy to greet me with. They all reach this stage - but some take ages!

Of the eight pups I’ve had only one was never bitey or mouthy - Keir, and he had no Lab in him!

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Georgesmum

Georgesmum

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Alfreton, Derbyshire
Thankyou all, apart from this he’s been quite good today, which is why I’m feeling so crap about the biting I guess, seems like 1 step forward 20 steps back. He’s learnt to come to my whistle today, I use one particular whistle and he comes running, whatever he’s doing or wherever I am, he was on sofa earlier and I was outside having a smoke, I whistled him and he got down off the sofa and came outside to me,
 
Candy

Candy

Biscuit Tin Guardian
Location
West Yorkshire, UK
One step forwards and many more back is exactly how it feels when they're very young but there comes a time when suddenly they seem to 'get it'. This, for me is when the lovely times start.Not saying it's all plain sailing after this, but that's the point when I always realise (again) that my dog does want to please me, it's just up to me to gently explain to her how to do this. I always think of it as a ' penny dropping moment' for both of us. Every day, you and George are moving closer to that moment!
 
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