livegracefully
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My CC is a 9 month old female. She has been to a three week puppy board and train. She is crate trained, leash trained and follows commands from either my husband or myself. From the moment she met my husband as a weeks old puppy she has definitely been his velcro. She absolutely adores him. She whines, barks or tries to get between us (if she's not crated) if we kiss. If there's a situation where I am making her do something she doesn't like, she will try to bite me. She has bitten me three or four times, but the last time I almost needed stitches. In the same situations, she does not even growl at my husband. She has always been nippy with me.
The biting situations:
1. she had a foreign object in her mouth that I did not want her to swallow, so I instinctively tried to take it out of her mouth. Teeth, growl, and bite lurch. Same situation but with my husband taking it out of her mouth: head down but no growl or anything. It has happened since but now I know I cannot take it from her and I command "drop" until she puts it down on her own.
2. I was putting her into her crate with vocal command, but her rear end wasn't all the way in because she was sniffing or whatever. I tried to give a little push and she turned, growled, lurched and bit me. OK, so I can never try to nudge her bottom again.
3. She pulled a throw blanket off the couch. I came into the room, she was sitting beside the blanket on the floor but not touching, laying on it or chewing it. I picked it up, put it on the couch, and she growled, lurched at me, and bit my hand horribly. I actually thought at first that she bit my finger off of my hand.
At first I assumed it was my fault. I need to be more cognizant about how I handle her. But how am I going to know everything that is going to set her off? I never would have guessed she would be mad about me picking up a strictly human blanket, especially when she didn't seem to be touching it in any way.
It almost seems like she does this to me because she sees me as competition. Is that even a thing with this or any breed? I've raised a bullmastiff and a Great Dane; not exactly the same personalities but big, strong breeds that did obey me. My husband has a loud, sure voice and naturally the dogs have always responded to him more quickly than me. I'm the one who follows all the commands the trainer taught us to the letter, and he's the one who loves the CC and always wants her to "have freedom". He's lax on the training rules, but she will surely always listen if he issues a NO, etc. We called our trainer and she thinks I'm getting bitten because I am not forceful enough in training. BUT HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO BE BITTEN???
And what about when my family and toddler cousins come to stay? Who will get bitten next time? Will they go to the ER or will it just be me? I'm not even sure if I can go near her again. How can I know what will set her off?
Does anyone have any insight here?
Is there a way to fix this?
Does she need to be re-homed?
thanks in advance.
The biting situations:
1. she had a foreign object in her mouth that I did not want her to swallow, so I instinctively tried to take it out of her mouth. Teeth, growl, and bite lurch. Same situation but with my husband taking it out of her mouth: head down but no growl or anything. It has happened since but now I know I cannot take it from her and I command "drop" until she puts it down on her own.
2. I was putting her into her crate with vocal command, but her rear end wasn't all the way in because she was sniffing or whatever. I tried to give a little push and she turned, growled, lurched and bit me. OK, so I can never try to nudge her bottom again.
3. She pulled a throw blanket off the couch. I came into the room, she was sitting beside the blanket on the floor but not touching, laying on it or chewing it. I picked it up, put it on the couch, and she growled, lurched at me, and bit my hand horribly. I actually thought at first that she bit my finger off of my hand.
At first I assumed it was my fault. I need to be more cognizant about how I handle her. But how am I going to know everything that is going to set her off? I never would have guessed she would be mad about me picking up a strictly human blanket, especially when she didn't seem to be touching it in any way.
It almost seems like she does this to me because she sees me as competition. Is that even a thing with this or any breed? I've raised a bullmastiff and a Great Dane; not exactly the same personalities but big, strong breeds that did obey me. My husband has a loud, sure voice and naturally the dogs have always responded to him more quickly than me. I'm the one who follows all the commands the trainer taught us to the letter, and he's the one who loves the CC and always wants her to "have freedom". He's lax on the training rules, but she will surely always listen if he issues a NO, etc. We called our trainer and she thinks I'm getting bitten because I am not forceful enough in training. BUT HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO BE BITTEN???
And what about when my family and toddler cousins come to stay? Who will get bitten next time? Will they go to the ER or will it just be me? I'm not even sure if I can go near her again. How can I know what will set her off?
Does anyone have any insight here?
Is there a way to fix this?
Does she need to be re-homed?
thanks in advance.