Puppy Gets Aggressive

[DENISE MILLER]

Hi

I have a 3-month-old mini black golden doodle named River. He is about 10 pounds and I expect him to be about 25 to 30 pounds. At certain times my dog gets very aggressive. He will bite at my pants leg when I walk. If I sit down, He will try to jump up on me. If pick him up and put him on my lap he starts biting me. When I put him down, he starts barking at me and will even start to growl. I have tried many techniques you have mentioned many, many times but nothing is working. My husband will get upset and starts to yell very loud and he will stop. I really do not want to use this technique as it is upsetting to me.  

Two things I must tell you. I am the dog's person. He has bonded to me. I walk and feed him and play with him. 

The dog is very food motivated so I was able to teach him several commands rather quickly. He knows his name, He knows drop it, He knows sit. He will return a ball about 75% of the time. He plays the shell game. He sleeps in his crate overnight with no crying or whining.  Responds to the kissing sound. 

 

Please help.

Denise

 

 

 

 

 

[Adrienne Farricelli]

Hi there!

So awesome that your smart puppy has learned so many things! Welcome to the forums!

I have a few questions to allow me to better understand the situation and do more troubleshooting. 

Can you please post exactly which techniques you have used? There are several articles/posts on biting puppies, and on the forums I post several different techniques as every case may need an individualized approach. We can go more in depth on them so to ensure correct implementation. 

Also, what have you done so far when he bites when you pick him up and put him on your lap or after you place him down off your lap and he starts barking/growling?

Please understand that tackling puppy biting is not something that will work overnight, puppies are teething and they can get cranky when they are sleepy, they also have very short attention spans,  and  they need to learn to play in different ways that don't involve constantly wanting to bite us, so it takes a multi-faceted approach to teach them all these things, but as we implement them constantly and the pup develops it should start considerably subsiding. 

Your pup is very young so it's great that you're tackling this issue now. 

Thank you for the extra details! Talk soon!