Hello all!
I am a new mommy to a wonderful little american eskimo, whose name is Nanuq! He is 10 weeks old, and I've had him for 3 weeks now, but I'm noticing some problems, and want to seek out some advice!
1) When we are playing he often abandons his toys for biting you. He;s becoming quite the little zombie-flesh eater, and my hands, arms, ear, feet and chest are quite sore. When he bites I give him a strong "NO!" and replace the flesh with a toy, but he doesn't seem to want it. I've tried the "ouch!" technique and sometimes he will stop and look at you, but most times he just bites harder. I've tried looking him in the eyes and telling him "NO!" but this is breeding a disturbing habit... snapping. He has started snapping or lunging at me when I tell him he isn't allowed to bite me/friends/cats or random objects. The rest of the time he is a little sweetheart, but this is definitely not a trend I want to see continue.
Any advice on how to stop this? I joke that he is just going through his terrible two's, but it's getting slightly out of hand. He has also gone from rolling around and pawing one of my kitties to outright jumping on top of her and biting her head!
2)Ignoring me. He used to come when I said "Nanuq, come!" But now he just pretends he hasn't heard me and refuses to listen. When I go to him to get his attention, he looks at me and then runs in the opposite direction. Do I just need to restart the entire recall training all over again, or is he just ignoring me now because he wants to continue doing the naughty act he is doing?
Is this normal?
I am a new mommy to a wonderful little american eskimo, whose name is Nanuq! He is 10 weeks old, and I've had him for 3 weeks now, but I'm noticing some problems, and want to seek out some advice!
1) When we are playing he often abandons his toys for biting you. He;s becoming quite the little zombie-flesh eater, and my hands, arms, ear, feet and chest are quite sore. When he bites I give him a strong "NO!" and replace the flesh with a toy, but he doesn't seem to want it. I've tried the "ouch!" technique and sometimes he will stop and look at you, but most times he just bites harder. I've tried looking him in the eyes and telling him "NO!" but this is breeding a disturbing habit... snapping. He has started snapping or lunging at me when I tell him he isn't allowed to bite me/friends/cats or random objects. The rest of the time he is a little sweetheart, but this is definitely not a trend I want to see continue.
Any advice on how to stop this? I joke that he is just going through his terrible two's, but it's getting slightly out of hand. He has also gone from rolling around and pawing one of my kitties to outright jumping on top of her and biting her head!
2)Ignoring me. He used to come when I said "Nanuq, come!" But now he just pretends he hasn't heard me and refuses to listen. When I go to him to get his attention, he looks at me and then runs in the opposite direction. Do I just need to restart the entire recall training all over again, or is he just ignoring me now because he wants to continue doing the naughty act he is doing?
Is this normal?