our pup is 3 monthes old, lab x springer spaniel, and has a very annoying habit of biting at the feet and pant legs of my wife and youngest son (8). she also bites at their noses and ears etc if they are close enough. it doesn't seem aggressive, just really rough play (with no off switch)
yelping and yelling NO have no effect from either of these two, if fact sometimes my wife is replied back to with a bark or 2 (doesn't seem like a threatening bark, more like a really excited 'let's play' bark).
she does NOT exhibit this behavior around myself or our oldest son (11), when she does (very rarely) a firm NO is all it takes and she stops immediately. (if she is at my youngest she usually stops if I am the one telling her to stop). she will walk beside me but my wife and son can't make it from one room to another without the dog attached (by teeth) to their pant leg or foot.
i can lay with her on the couch and she will fall asleep on my chest, but if my wife tries she is constantly biting at a necklace, hair, nose, ears and earrings. she simply will not stop (tailing wagging the whole time).
the dog is bright enough, she learned sit, down and stay in about a 30 minute session, and house trained in just a couple of days. and seeing as how she knows not to bite me I am left wondering if this is a dominance issue rather than bite inhibition.
any advice really appreciated, she is a wonderfull dog but just won't leave these 2 alone, my wife is frustrated and the youngest is starting to be afraid to play with her (they never play alone, always supervised)
yelping and yelling NO have no effect from either of these two, if fact sometimes my wife is replied back to with a bark or 2 (doesn't seem like a threatening bark, more like a really excited 'let's play' bark).
she does NOT exhibit this behavior around myself or our oldest son (11), when she does (very rarely) a firm NO is all it takes and she stops immediately. (if she is at my youngest she usually stops if I am the one telling her to stop). she will walk beside me but my wife and son can't make it from one room to another without the dog attached (by teeth) to their pant leg or foot.
i can lay with her on the couch and she will fall asleep on my chest, but if my wife tries she is constantly biting at a necklace, hair, nose, ears and earrings. she simply will not stop (tailing wagging the whole time).
the dog is bright enough, she learned sit, down and stay in about a 30 minute session, and house trained in just a couple of days. and seeing as how she knows not to bite me I am left wondering if this is a dominance issue rather than bite inhibition.
any advice really appreciated, she is a wonderfull dog but just won't leave these 2 alone, my wife is frustrated and the youngest is starting to be afraid to play with her (they never play alone, always supervised)
