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Wow, you folks are great!

I’m not sure we’re on the right track here. She actually initiates attention/affection by jumping into my arms ( standing with a group of people, coming home after a trip….), asking for up when I’m in the studio, leaning/pushing up against us, sleeping with us on the berth on the boat, contact...

Let’s see, the last time, she was on the porch in her bed watching the world go by and I reached down to….what, I don’t remember, pick her up? and she gave me the side eye and a punch with her snoot and when I continued on, a grumble. Following was a quiet conversation about her behavior, I...

Whoooooosh.

I worked canine search and rescue for ten years. With a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. I am not an inexperienced handler. Having had great success at this, I understand that violence-with anyone-is never an answer. I have never had a dog, however, who nipped. And need experienced people to guide...

Please, please please. I would never use violence with my dog. Sophie taps ME with her muzzle.

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No,no. She taps me with her muzzle. Not hard. No teeth. Just a tap. I would never do that to my dog.

So, I forgot to say thank you for your time and expertise.

I am working on this diligently. Had a good conversation with her breeder today where we worked out that, indeed, she does think that I might need some discipline now and then in the form of a muzzle tap (akin to “Do I have to pull over this car….”) and a grumble. I have the book on the way and...

Thinking about this, I should tell you that there is a game where we friendly hug and she clambers up into the hug to to be with the team and gets her hug. That doesn’t explain the nipping of others hands though. She is excited around strangers, more so on the property than the trails.

Thanks for the comeback. It’s relatively new behavior though there has been growling over things like being removed from a chair or the bed or taking g away whatever she has in her mouth. It was a quick hug. The other incidents were meeting someone I know on the dock (yes that was a...

My two year old Lakeland just nipped my friends butt when she hugged me. She has also done this to a friend on the dock k and to a visitor to the house. What type of correction is helpful. She is extraordinarily loving with us.