I have a 8 week old pit bull brindle and he bites at the furniture and the babies. I am not sure what to do with her.
2006-10-19 05:30:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Give her lots and lots of chew toys. Spray stay off training aid on your furniture. You could also take your dog to a training and obedience class. You need to make sure your pup knows you are in charge. Anytime your pup gets too playful take him and roll him on his back and hold his muzzle closed.Then speak in a clam but assertive voice. That is a submissive position. If he struggles to get a way do not let him until he calms down. Do not let her bite your kids. If your kids are old enough then tell them to tell the dog every time it happens "NO" in a firm voice. If you see the dog getting to rough then remove the pup from the room.
By the way congrats on your new family member. Pits are great dogs... they just have tons of energy. You will need to harness that energy... but once you do you will never have a better dog.
Angel,
8weeks old is not to young to train. It is just harder because they have short attention spans. My pit learned 3 or 4 tricks when he was 6 weeks old.
Just give it away? No only give away the dog if the dog is being aggressive. There is such a thing as play biting... which is what the pup is probably doing. If this was a lab pup would you say to just give it away?
2006-10-19 05:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-31 23:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by dassler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a puppy right? So give him some toys, a Kong with peanut butter or something to distract him from your furniture. And when he chews on his toys praise the heck out of him, and through in some treats when he does a good job playing with his toys. But if he chews on the furniture, don't scold him or even yell. Just take him away not saying a word and then give him a toy. Later on he will realize. "Hey I get treats when I chew on toys! =D" It will be a good thing to do.
2006-10-19 05:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Danny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some "bitter apple" from the pet store and spray it where your dog is biting, you could also spray it in the dogs mouth whenever it is doing somthing that you don't want it to (like biting the baby) and it will learn not to. I would also reccomend getting some toys for the dog (if you haven't already) because it may be teething and just need somthing to chew on.
2006-10-19 05:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by groovychica1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 weeks is still a baby for a puppy, pitbull or not. My Ralphie chewed up a 100 year old antique chair (my fault, I shouldve moved it). He's teething. Get him some chew toys.
There's this spray you can get, it has bitter apple in it and that might do the trick (spray it on the furniture)
2006-10-19 05:47:13 · answer #5 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider buying some interesting toys of all varities. Try the kongs that you can put a treat in or sometime you can even hang a rope in the yard from a tree and let him bite and hang off of that. He is active and board, not a good mix for your poor unsuspecting couch.
2006-10-19 05:34:45 · answer #6 · answered by Tenners 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a proven fact that the pit bull is a born killer. He will not only bite your furniture and your kid but will one day attack you . In some places he has been outlawed and is restricted in most places. Get rid of him.
2006-10-19 07:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by Bob D 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your puppy is 8 weeks old? , then she's not to old to be trained. If she's biteing the kids it may be the best thing to give her away and to get a less tempered dog.
2006-10-19 05:36:35 · answer #8 · answered by Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you need to buy lots of chew toys for him. And if he keeps biting the furniture just teach him not to. Or maybe you should just keep him/her outside.
2006-10-19 06:52:21 · answer #9 · answered by eguy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get the no bite stuff from a pet store and smack her on the nose with rolled up news paper every time she does it and put her in a "time out". but only do it when you catch her in the act..if you do it after she will not know what your mad at her for.
2006-10-19 05:35:36 · answer #10 · answered by TEMPTRESS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋