What fresh hell is this?

[Leanne]

Right so. We had the bitey stage...

We had the sleep stage (frankly still in that one)

But the biting stopped. Literally almost overnight. It went bye byes.... I could stroke him without looking like I had been mauled.

However yesterday and today we are back to biting EVERYTHING. Nothing is sacred. He’s like a chewing machine.... honestly is walking around snapping the air just waiting for something to enter his mouth...

Is there any chance the bitey stage comes back again? It’s not making a fat lot of sense.. he had proper cracked it... was no attempts at even mouthing... then yesterday morning he woke up (or his version of morning.. which is about 2 hours earlier than mine) and crocopup is back with a vengeance. Shoes as I’m walking, trousers, anything that moves and frankly most things that don’t as well!

I knew he was lulling me into a false sense of security. He’s 17 weeks on Friday.

 

[Boogie]

They continue to do this angel/devil act until about seven months old.

After that the teenager emerges!

I’d say Tatze was two years old before she was a sensible dog.

Good thing we love ‘em, eh?

 

[Leanne]

Well

They continue to do this angel/devil act until about seven months old.

After that the teenager emerges!

I’d say Tatze was two years old before she was a sensible dog.

Good thing we love ‘em, eh?

Well that’s just cheating!

 

[SwampDonkey]

He will keep at it till he stops, you can manage it but it's just a case of getting through until they mature. They do stop and start. My latest pup comes from a well know "hand holding" line and was a voracious bitter for a long time.think man trap with steel jaws. Sorry I can't be more helpful but it's just thick jumpers and wellies for a while

 

[Jen]

He’s probsbly fully teething now too.

We found Stanley a lot bette after he got his big boy teefs x

 

[MaccieD]

If you had a period of no biting I would probably go for the start of teething. Juno was 16/17 weeks when she started teething. Just keep on with what you had been doing and always have nice chew toys to hand - it will get better. I find old tea towels cut into strips and plaited, soaked in water and then frozen are very popular for chewing with sore gums.

 

[MaccieD]

If it's any consolation @Leanne I've been up since 4:45 this morning with 2 happy, excited choccie girls. Not sure why one of them barked, not even 100% sure which one barked, but they were VERY excited to see me. Think fully co-ordinated whole body wags, with a toy clamped in the mouth

 

[Selina27]

Like others,@Leanne, I have found with Cassie that the biting/mouthing came and went as she grew up. She was a serious crocopup. I guess it's just that growing up isn't a straight line for any of us, as I'm sure you know
Interestingly, it's come to the fore this morning. It's cooler here this morning and I've come down in my dressing gown which I haven't done for weeks this summer. It sends her into a mouthing frenzy, grabbing the sleeve (not my arm inside thankfully) and hanging on to the tie in away she doesn't do anymore,(thank the Lord) . I can only come to the conclusion that it must somehow trigger something in her brain about her tiny puppy days when I came down in it in the early hours . She's 2 now.

 

[Lab_adore]

I'm so sorry Leanne, Maxx was the same but from memory it didn't last long the second time.

 

[HAH]

Huge sympathies @Leanne, the best way I found to deal with it is to *try* and sympathise- poor mites have adult teeth coming through (big, powerful jobs that must take some pushing) and so the chewing must relieve some of that ache ?
Only last week Kipper lost a molar which I hadn’t noticed was still a baby tooth; there’s a gap but I’m pretty sure there’s something pushing through, and he’s going through a whole new phase of chewing. Frozen towels as @MaccieD suggested, plus just old towels (they do get ripped) and ice blocks frozen in yoghurt pots seem to help a bit. Kipper loves chewing bigger things this time round, I guess they can take the brunt and exercise the teeth at the back of the jaw. As @Lab_adore says, I think it lasts less time...

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

I'm realising that I got lucky with Xena. She stopped biting at 17.5 weeks and never started again (thank DOG). Hopefully it's just his gums bothering him and the renewed biting is just a blip. He's taking you on a real rollercoaster ride, isn't he?!

 

[Aitch]

Poor little chap and poor you. Teething can be horrible for some pups. With some of my dogs I had to use any method could ( teething gel, frozen toys, frozen food) and others just sailed through it.