Hey Roxanne! In the second video you can see Nala goes to nip at my hand. She occasionally does this when doing the puppy down. When she gets my hand I will squeeze her about quickly with a “No” but she pretty persistent with it. Any thoughts on this?
It is time for formal obedience training with Nala. The puppy reprimand of "Phoohey" (because "No" has no meaning for a dog) plus the squeezing of the snout is no longer effective because Nala is no longer a puppy. At 16 weeks, she entered the 'pre-teen' stage and that is what you are seeing.
Time for my online FOUNDATION Course. I'll email you details today. Way to go because you and Nala graduated from the Mannerly Puppy Courses and earned a discount on my FOUNDATION Course!
And her 'nip' is just practice biting. So, it is time to go forward as Week 2 of my FOUNDATION Course gives you a new dog training skill to stop that behavior. Left unaddressed, her teeth opinions will continue to escalate.
Hey Roxanne! In the second video you can see Nala goes to nip at my hand. She occasionally does this when doing the puppy down. When she gets my hand I will squeeze her about quickly with a “No” but she pretty persistent with it. Any thoughts on this?
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ReplyDeleteIt is time for formal obedience training with Nala. The puppy reprimand of "Phoohey" (because "No" has no meaning for a dog) plus the squeezing of the snout is no longer effective because Nala is no longer a puppy. At 16 weeks, she entered the 'pre-teen' stage and that is what you are seeing.
Time for my online FOUNDATION Course. I'll email you details today. Way to go because you and Nala graduated from the Mannerly Puppy Courses and earned a discount on my FOUNDATION Course!
And her 'nip' is just practice biting. So, it is time to go forward as Week 2 of my FOUNDATION Course gives you a new dog training skill to stop that behavior. Left unaddressed, her teeth opinions will continue to escalate.
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