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Yeah Giz is exactly the same... He loves sticking his tongue right inside your ear.. Gross! He does still get quite bitey when he gets over excited... Normally if we are sitting down trying to chill and he wants to play. Walks don't seem to help but we've found taking him out to garden and...

There is light... Although I could cheerfully murder him right now as he's been tearing non stop round the house since early this morning. I don't know how such a small body holds so much energy!!

Our Pug cross was terrible with his biting, to the point we debated if we could even keep him... However I'm happy to report that persistency with time out and distraction techniques has paid off. He's far from perfect, still has way too much energy lol but the biting has decreased and it's more...

Just wish we were making progress with the biting :-(

Giz is 8 months and was late at starting the toilet training game. He still doesn't 'ask' to go out but he's holding his toilet longer now he's older and we get more warning when he needs to go. He'll start sniffing and pacing whereas before he would literally just go with no warning. Sometimes...

Just to say I feel your pain... Literally. Our pup is 8 months old and an absolute nightmare. You have the advantage of starting your puppy off on the right foot though... Our pup had a rough start with different owners so trying to undo all the bad and it's not easy. Giz does exactly the same...

Yeah Giz is the same. We also have been trying the redirection approach by sticking a toy in his mouth when he starts biting but at the moment when my friend is present he has no interest in his toys, just wants to latch onto her with his teeth. He has destroyed most of her clothing too with his...

That's good to know. I just hope we can give him what he needs. We have so much else going on in our lives right now a dog was really not in the plan... Especially a badly behaved one. I hope we can adjust things and make it work. Sometimes I feel so angry that he has just been dumped on us and...

JudyN - you have said what I think... I worry that due to his rough start (not from us but with his previous owners) It's ruined him. I know I should be more optimistic but I just can't see him getting any better.

OK, so I think the best bet is to seek professional advice next week when we go up. Will either take him to the vet or to a trainer who can advise us on the best course of action. In the meantime will continue with what we are doing... Reinforcing positive behaviour and trying to ignore the...

I hope it's this... As I feel this could be easier to overcome then real aggression.

As for puppy's routine. He is walked every morning by my friend then given his food. My friend then goes to work for a couple of hours and the pup will chill out with her mum. He's generally pretty relaxed, happy to amuse himself with his chew toys or snooze. Then my friend comes back and walks...

We aren't sure on breed, I think he's a Pug cross terrier. I'll suggest a behaviourist to my friend but I dont know if we can afford it... Are they very costly? As I said we did not plan for this puppy at all. We considered neutering but I have mixed feelings on this as I have heard from some...

Do you think? Well we are heading back up to hers next week so we can help with training and getting him to classes. My friend is in a state at the moment because he's been relentless.

Hi all, I posted on here quite a while back about my friends puppy who has been causing her issues. Quick back story: puppy wasn't planned... He was dumped on my friend by her sister who couldn't cope with him. He was not toilet trained at all and was displaying aggressive behaviour which we...