We have a 5 month old lab puppy. We got her at 8 weeks old from an AKC breeder. and currently have a trainer come once a week. We do everything we are supposed to but she will aggressively bite us for no reason and won’t stop. Even if we try to leave the room she keeps attacking. We don’t know what to do and don’t want to get rid of her. Any and all help welcome!!
I am so sorry. We have a 6 month old puppy that is the same exact way. We have tried everything, but nothing works. If you find anything that works please post on here.
May I ask about crating the puppy? Some puppies are just biters and the road to their controlling that behavior is long and painful. Other puppies tend to get "frenzied" when overtired. These types benefit greatly from a regular crate schedule even at five months of age maybe especially at that age. If you are home with the puppy, then a strict schedule will help with either type. Our now 3 year old girl was a horrific biter who brought me to tears too many times to count. She was the "frenzied" type who would suddenly begin butt tucking through the house grabbing curtains and pulling rods from the wall, biting any human who got in the way of her dash. And she was the one who taught me that a strict schedule of up at 7 a.m., out for a potty and some run time, in for a bit of trick training, out for a potty and then back in the crate for at least an hour was the only way to deal with her behavior; I realized that it was a combination of over-stimulation, tiredness and her need for more trick training to give her mental stimulation. Over time, that schedule evolved into 2 hours out of the crate and two hours in. The frenzied running stopped entirely inside the house and was replaced with butt tucking outside for minute or so and the biting while playing completely ended shortly thereafter using all the normal tricks that one is told to us. Grabbing our arm when we returned home took about another 1/2 year to end. The crate is your friend when going through the stages of puppy hood. That and counting your blessings as each milestone is passed in their coming of age and becoming the companion we dreamed of when we brought the puppy home. The trick is setting aside our human emotion (that tells us the crate is punishment or that we are using it too much) and giving the puppy a lot of attention, exercise, and training during the times out of it. Quality time together is the key - if you watch your puppy, you will see that it sleeps a lot of the day away....why shouldn't those sleeps be in the safety of the crate where you get a break from the mental and physical exhaustion of raising them? This schedule also allows us to be in a better mental state ourselves when dealing one on one with the puppy.
My pup at 10mths still bites me and pulls at my clothes when she is excited. My remedy is to separate us with a door or gate between us and wait till she sits down. That works well though sometimes I have to do it twice.
