Oh my GOD my puppy wants to rip me to shreds.
I've already consulted with my trainer and followed her advice and, near as I can tell, it's making things worse.
Granted, my puppy is just over two months. I'm not expecting perfection, not by a long shot. I know she's learning and exploring and all of these things. What I'm looking for is even the slightest indication from her that JUST MAYBE, massacring my feet, hands, legs, pants, face and hair aren't her reason for being.
I've tried "yipping!" in a high pitched voice when she bites. She like this.
I've tried ignoring her. She doesn't notice and will continue to bite my leg for another 2 minutes after I turn away from her.
I've tried quick time outs in her playpen after the 4th, 5th, 6th time she's bitten me. She comes out of the playpen just itching to sink her teeth into me. I can put her in the playpen several times in a row and she still wants to eat me when she gets out.
I've tried clapping loudly near her face to just jolt her for a second to get her teeth out of me. No. She likes the clapping.
My husband says "HEY!" when she bites him (which is RARELY!) and she stops immediately. When I say "HEY!" she doesn't react. Period.
If I try to remove her teeth from my pants/shirt/skin she just bites my hands.
The biting is getting worse the more I try to stop it. She almost never bites my husband, so it's obviously something I'm doing.
Suggestions?
I've already consulted with my trainer and followed her advice and, near as I can tell, it's making things worse.
Granted, my puppy is just over two months. I'm not expecting perfection, not by a long shot. I know she's learning and exploring and all of these things. What I'm looking for is even the slightest indication from her that JUST MAYBE, massacring my feet, hands, legs, pants, face and hair aren't her reason for being.
I've tried "yipping!" in a high pitched voice when she bites. She like this.
I've tried ignoring her. She doesn't notice and will continue to bite my leg for another 2 minutes after I turn away from her.
I've tried quick time outs in her playpen after the 4th, 5th, 6th time she's bitten me. She comes out of the playpen just itching to sink her teeth into me. I can put her in the playpen several times in a row and she still wants to eat me when she gets out.
I've tried clapping loudly near her face to just jolt her for a second to get her teeth out of me. No. She likes the clapping.
My husband says "HEY!" when she bites him (which is RARELY!) and she stops immediately. When I say "HEY!" she doesn't react. Period.
If I try to remove her teeth from my pants/shirt/skin she just bites my hands.
The biting is getting worse the more I try to stop it. She almost never bites my husband, so it's obviously something I'm doing.
Suggestions?