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noonedoes · 03-04-2008, 06:59 PM

Usually he's good and will nip at me when we are playing....but tonight was a different story. I was drying him off after a bath and gave him a peanut butter lolipop treat as a distraction. He was at the end and I tried to take the stick away when he growled and bite me really hard. He pierced the skin and drew some blood. So i grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up, and yelped really loud. I then put my hand back near him (while holding him up like 2 inches of the ground) when he bite me again. He was also growling, so I just picked him up and gave him a time out in his crate.

He's still in the crate right now...but I was wondering how should I proceed? I was told by the breed that if he growled to lift him up and put him on the back to show that I was the dominate one.

This is not the first time he has done this behavior but tonight he was really bad. Sometimes when I try to take off his collar after a walk he would growl when I got close to his neck, and would try to bite but it's never gotten this serious.

Here is some more info about him...he just turned 11 weeks old. I had him since he was 8 weeks, he hasn't gotten his rabies shot (gets them in 3 weeks) and he starts puppy class at the end of this month.

I am open to any suggestion right now.

03-04-2008, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
noonedoes Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 11	My Puppy Just bite me really bad Usually he's good and will nip at me when we are playing....but tonight was a different story. I was drying him off after a bath and gave him a peanut butter lolipop treat as a distraction. He was at the end and I tried to take the stick away when he growled and bite me really hard. He pierced the skin and drew some blood. So i grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up, and yelped really loud. I then put my hand back near him (while holding him up like 2 inches of the ground) when he bite me again. He was also growling, so I just picked him up and gave him a time out in his crate. He's still in the crate right now...but I was wondering how should I proceed? I was told by the breed that if he growled to lift him up and put him on the back to show that I was the dominate one. This is not the first time he has done this behavior but tonight he was really bad. Sometimes when I try to take off his collar after a walk he would growl when I got close to his neck, and would try to bite but it's never gotten this serious. Here is some more info about him...he just turned 11 weeks old. I had him since he was 8 weeks, he hasn't gotten his rabies shot (gets them in 3 weeks) and he starts puppy class at the end of this month. I am open to any suggestion right now.