My puppy (about 8 weeks old) came from the RSPCA, after being found starving on the street, and is apparently half Australian bull-terrier, half short-haired border collie. She is very active and demanding. She wants me to play all the time and jumps up at me, trying to bite my hands and feet (whether I'm sitting in a chair, on the floor with her, or standing up). If I tell her off, she looks up at me with big eyes, then she lies down looking up at me, like "You big bully, you scared me." Then after five minutes she starts again with the jumping. I have never hit her, and never would - I just say "NO" so she understands I don't like to be bitten, but she makes me feel so horrible! I don't have time to play with her non-stop. I take her for walks twice a day and she has lots of toys and rawhide to chew. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can teach her to calm down?
2007-02-11
21:02:07
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PuppyPrince
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