Hi, I am getting a bit impatience with my puppy and hope someone can give me some advise.
My Dobermann puppy is very energetic which is fine by me. Lately, she has been very destructive towards everything that she sees each time we let her out from the kennel. She destroys plants, eats soil, digs holes, eats plastic begs, chew plastic container....etc. She must find something to chew/eat in every minute. She has her own toys but she prefer others.
I tried to stop her from destroying the plants but she keep repeating the same offense minute after I whacked her. She never learn her lesson no matter how hard I whack her. She show her teeth and even want to bite my hand when I hit her.
I try not to use much force towards my puppy. Can anybody suggest how I should train my bull headed puppy?
how much time do you play with her? how often do you take her out for walks?
she shows her teeth when you try to whack her? show her teeth playfully or was she growling too? try to find if she growls at you, say with a deep voice "no" and whack her again. maybe even cage her up as punishement. remember to praise her for good behaviour. ,-._,-. \/)"(\/ (_o_)
She's still a puppy.. sometimes instead of pointing out what the dog has done wrong, you might want to look at the owner as well.. are you spending enough time with your dog, and are you always there to tell her "NO" when she does something wrong?? They are not human, "NO" has to be repeated a few times in order for them to GET IT... and once they have GOT IT, reward them..
Perhaps the dog is doing all this to seek attention.... Doberman are very loyal dogs... try spending more time and see if it makes any difference...
My puppy is kept on leash during the day and kept in the spacious kennel at night. We let her go around the garden unleash about 5 times a day with 1 hour each. I do play with her and walk her at night.
She is about 4 months old. She certainly understand what NO means but just want to repeat the offence and get whack. Certainly cannot put up with her soil/stones eating behaviour.
Anyway, I will continue to teach her and be patience with her.
I am not sure if you want to try this.. my friend once had a dalmation.. very cheeky wan.. Always dig out her garden.. what she did was to put some nails there and when the dalmation starts digging, it kinda hurt her paw... and from that day onwards... there was no digging done at her garden...
Yeah, I shall educate her as much as I can. Will consider taking her to the training class. Nothing much I can do if she insist to do thing that might damage herself like jumping off from a 5ft high wall. Ahh... such a mad bull.
She climbed up to the hill and jumped down from there. Done it a few times and she think she is superwoman. Don't worry, I have blocked the access. She won't be able to perform such stun until she find another access.