Hi,
We are first time pet owner. Our golden retriever is 3.5 months old now.
He has started bitting on my wife's clothes. It usually starts in the evening whilst he is playing with his toys and my wife is sitting on the sofa with me. He would suddenly switch from chewing on his toy to chewing on my wife's clothes. He starts growling as he continues.
Things we have tried for about 2 weeks:
Occasionally he bits on my clothes too. I do exactly as above but it usually stops way sooner for me.
I would really appreciate any advice. If anyone had similar problem we would love to know what you did.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Thanks,
Prithis
We are first time pet owner. Our golden retriever is 3.5 months old now.
He has started bitting on my wife's clothes. It usually starts in the evening whilst he is playing with his toys and my wife is sitting on the sofa with me. He would suddenly switch from chewing on his toy to chewing on my wife's clothes. He starts growling as he continues.
Things we have tried for about 2 weeks:
- Paying no attention - we sit still on the sofa saying nothing, no eye contact. If things continues, she gets up and walks to the corner of the room. We say nothing in attempt to make it really boring for him.
- Squeal loudly does not work.
- Saying no or leave it - Next she says no firmly. This does not have any effect. Leave it works on other times with his toys.
- If things continue, which it does in most cases, we put him in the play pen with no toy for about 5 mins. He barks for a bit then calms down. Once he comes out he is charming as ever. He picks a toy and come sits under her leg whilst she is sitting on the sofa. We do stroke him lovingly and say good boy.
Occasionally he bits on my clothes too. I do exactly as above but it usually stops way sooner for me.
I would really appreciate any advice. If anyone had similar problem we would love to know what you did.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Thanks,
Prithis