My puppy is 10 weeks old, she is a very smart girl but she keeps biting the sh*t out of me!! I've tried ignoring her but as soon as I stop giving her attention she just barks at me. We live in an apartment and I can't have her barking constantly as loud as she can. Yelping doesn't seem to help either. Please help me before I go insane!!!
Hi there and welcome here! Don't worry, you are not alone and your pup is a perfectly normal Labrador. We have a special name for these here, we call them "crocopups" and many have suffered the same treatment from one. There are many threads on the boards and articles on the main site about how to cope with this, to start have a look at this: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppies-biting/ If you search "puppy biting" on the boards you will find a lot of threads about it. Quick tip - yelping at your pup will not work, as you have found. She will just get more excited. Basically what you want to do is redirect her to something appropriate to chew, like a toy. The article linked to above will explain it all As for the barking... Some dogs are more vocal than others, and most puppies will bark in excitement or when they need you, or need to go outside. To be honest I know that people have dogs in apartments and it can work but I have never had to do this. Maybe letting your neighbours know you have a small puppy and you will work at training her to get quieter as she gets older would help at the moment. Hopefully someone with more experience with this will be along to help. Please be aware though that some dogs are just naturally more vocal than others. My previous dog (a Border Collie) barked A LOT and no matter what I did I could not train him out of it and I had to accept that was part of who he was. My present dog (a Lab) is pretty much quiet as a mouse and would do just fine in an apartment.
