My 3 month old lab/beagle is very aggressive, if I correct her for play bitting to hard, or make her come back to me, she will raise her hair and try to attack. Today she tried to run off during potty break and I reached down to pick her up and she attacked me, fully sinking her teeth in, at the porch I let her down and she proceed to try and bite me. When I finally did get ahold of her she did in fact attack me again, she bite both of my hands causing bleeding from each bite. I am at my wits end of what to do, my fear is she has true aggression in her and will grown into a full size human attacker!
Hello, lab puppies of this age are known for being very very bitey. Have a look on the puppies thread, there are loads of posts like yours. It’s not aggression it just a developmental phase they grow through. In my experience correcting them does not work you need to distract them. Given them frozen treats, stiffed kongs, cardboard boxes, carrots anything to keep their mouths busy and not directed at you. Picking up at this age will end up in an opportunity to bike. Stick with it, it will soon pass. They are not fondly known as crocopups for nothing !
When things start to get abit full on, walk away and ignore your dog for 5 - 10 mins or if you are followed and harrassed crate for 5 - 10 mins.
Puppies aren't stubborn as such. It just enjoys doing some things more than others. Coming back to you should always be the best, most exciting option. Grabbing a puppy will not make it want to be with you.
Please stop labelling normal puppy behaviour with negative human emotions. Puppies are not 'stubborn' - they need to have a reason to do what we ask. Would you go to work for free and without pay? Just because someone told you to? No, and neither do dogs or any animal! You need to reinforce behaviour you like with food. Second, 12 week old puppies are not 'aggressive' - it doesn't matter how fierce they are being, how much they are biting you and how much your skin is bleeding, they are not showing true aggression (in 99.5% of cases!). Puppies play with their mouths. They also have needle sharp teeth. Humans have soft skin. The outcome is obvious. Use toys when you approach your puppy and occupy the mouth with a toy first. Use a crate or a playpen to put your pup if she gets too excited and can't control herself. Please do not 'correct' your puppy for normal puppy biting or for anything else. It sounds to me like you have a lot to learn about dog behaviour and training and you would really benefit from getting a good force-free behaviourist in for a 1-2-1 or attending a well run force free puppy class to put you on the right track. Dogs are not people. You need to invest time in learning how to train them because they are another species. Projecting human emotions onto them, is only going to destroy the relationship between you and lead to ever-worse results...
