My new 8 week old puppy is showing aggression, she bullies and snaps at my older male dog and today she growled at me and tried to bite through her crate to get to her food bowl that was in my hand (she was continuously barking in her crate for the food and I held it until she quiet down). I have been training her for a couple of days and she is very stubborn and will not follow my commands. I know she knows them because she only complies when it is feeding time, and even then it takes a while for her to stop the barking to get fed. My concern is this: I know that I can handle her and show her I am alpha, but, I have a 4 year old and concerned that this level of aggression at such a young age is not good for him. Would it be wise to keep her?
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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8 weeks old?! This is an infant. Words like training, alpha and aggression are way premature. IMHO. I don't have avy advice for you except to lower your expectations for what an 8 week old is capable of.
Did you get your other dog as a young puppy (8 weeks old)? I agree with Tracy about puppy expectations. You may be taking too much on with a 4 year old child and another dog already in your family.
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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Latoya,
I went through your other posts you've done in the past to try to gain some kinda storyline to how things are going for you, what kind of dog experience level you have, and go from there. You have from what I can tell a dog you are having trouble with that is less than 1 years old. He would be your first dog. This is the dog you should be spending most of your time working with and learning from. You need to find a good trainer to work with to help you, even a local kennel club might be able to recommend a mentor.
In my opinion you should return this puppy to where ever it came from or find it a new home. This puppy isn't aggressive, it is just being a puppy with an owner that doesn't know what they're doing.
latoya, I agree with melissa in the fact that your time should be spent with your first dog,and your 4 year old. Them two things right there can be very stressful. MY advice would to be find another home for the puppy while the puppy is still at this age, because it will only be harder on you and the puppy the longer you have it. Not to say that it can not be done but are you committed enough to give all 3 the time that they need and deserve.
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Latoya, I'm going to be a little more blunt then I normally am on line. Your post scares the heck out of me to the point that I hope you are a troll.
You have been a member of this board for over a year. Have you read any of the articles? Watched any of the video? This is stuff that Ed provides for free.
An 8 week old puppy is not aggressive. An 8 week old puppy is not trained.
Please do some reading and watch some video. Think long and hard if a puppy is what you need right now and if you can provide the best home for the puppy to grow up happy and confident in.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Thank you, Betty. I posted and deleted 5 times last night, wanting to be clear but not to create a situation where the O.P. becomes defensive.
The absolute lack of knowledge of a puppy of this age (equivalent to expecting compliance with commands from a 6-month-old human baby who is "being stubborn," "cries too much," and needs to be shown who is "alpha") scared me too.
I hope so much that the O.P. will actually start to read and watch on the LB site, for the sake of the older dog, and returns the 8-week-old right away.
We all start ignorant, BTW. I don't mean to say that the O.P. is guilty of anything except failure to learn (so far), and that can be fixed.
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