Hi everyone! I picked up Sawyer last Sunday at 13 weeks old. He's a wonderful boy and very friendly loves people more than dogs! Having a hard time getting him to not go on the house. It's daily multiple times a day. I take him out all the time and he goes and gets praised with a training treat as well. He doesn't show alot of cues so I'm finding it difficult to know, aside from the regular suggestions and standards of when to usually take them out. I don't yell at him I just quietly clean it up. I love in a main floor apartment.. Also his biting is out of control.. I can't even sit down to play with him without him biting! He bites very hard and I replace everytime with toys but he doesn't want them just my hands and arms.. I've said no, I've done the ouch thing and he just gets more excited and jumps at my face and tries to bite. He's not aggressive whatsoever i am aware it's just the teething.. My last boy Cole was totally different then Sawyer.. Need help and suggestions please feeling discouraged.
Aww don't feel discouraged!! X Our 15 week old puppy was a painful bitter at first (got her 7 &half weeks) about piecred my hubby's ears and drew blood several times but just done the distraction thing (which like you say only works sometimes!) But now 7weeks on, she still bites occasionally which I fake cry then she jumps to lick me instead!! X
Hi and welcome to the forum from me and my boy Bailey, a 14 month old fox red. Sounds like a normal lab crocopup - Bailey was exactly the same, and yes I still have the scars, at one point I looked like I was self-harming! The only thing that worked was a combination of putting a toy in his mouth (and you have to be more determined than the pup that they will have the toy and not you) then if he got me again I stood, crossed my arms and turned my back on him (or crossed arms and turned around if I wasn't able to get up quickly). If he persisted in grabbing onto my legs, ankles or feet then I walked out of the room for a second or two (stepping over the baby gate) then went back into the room. If he went at me again into his crate for a break. 9 times out of 10 he flopped down and went to sleep within a few seconds! When he has an accident in the house are you using an enzyme cleaner and following the instructions on the bottle? My OH didn't follow the instructions and we had one place that Bailey kept going until I cleaned the area properly. We found that taking Bailey out every 15 mins during his active time usually produced wees, it was harder spotting his need to poo as he has never eaten like a proper lab, he's a grazer and it could take 2 hours after starting to eat until he needs to poop (probably about 45 mins to an hour after he finished his bowl of food). Each pup is different and their bladders mature at different rates - some grasp this toilet training business really quickly, some don't. My boy seemed to cotton on and apart from the odd accident, which were generally our fault, as a rule he was really good. But then when he started lifting his leg to wee he seemed to go backwards and we had several accidents - this time up against things - the fireplace, cupboards and two door frames! Out came the enzyme cleaner again and for a couple of weeks watching him like a hawk with more regular trips to the garden! I know what you mean about signs being hard to spot - when little all Bailey would do was sit in front of me and give me a "Children of the Corn" stare, if I didn't click rather quickly then there was a puddle! He is now more verbal about wanting to go out but he still has that stare every so often! Good luck with Sawyer, keep going and don't get despondent it is not your pup not learning and it is not you failing to learn, you have a baby living with you now and it will take time, but honestly all this will pass. Would love to see some photo's of your boy.
I followed the instructions on here https://thelabradorforum.com/forums/technical-help.18/ I use photobucket if that's any help
