My 10 week old puppy Jesse will not stop bitting my 10 year old rottie. The rottie will only occasionaly growl or bite back. It has gotten so the rottie just stays up stairs where the puppy won't go.What can I do to stop this? Or is it normal? Will it stop once he no longer fits under the rottie? What should I do?
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Puppy bitting
bigd74
Nov 22, 2004 02:48 PM
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KDiamondDavis
Nov 22, 2004 04:41 PM
>>My 10 week old puppy Jesse will not stop bitting my 10 year old rottie. The rottie will only occasionaly growl or bite back. It has gotten so the rottie just stays up stairs where the puppy won't go.What can I do to stop this? Or is it normal? Will it stop once he no longer fits under the rottie? What should I do?
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You'll need to control the puppy's behavior. Teach both of them to come when called for treats or games or whatever works, and call them to you whenever the biting starts. Otherwise when that pup hits a later stage of development, the Rottie is likely to put a stop to it in a more serious way.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series at www.veterinaryforum.com
