My 4 month old male Rottweiler will give a low rumble growl at me when I pet him. If I keep petting him he gives a little (playful, not aggressive from what I can tell) bite. It doesn't really hurt, so I know he isn't biting down hard. He does this to only me. My fiance pets him and never has this problem. I'm not sure if I'm handling it correctly or not.. Right now when he starts to bite I loudly say "No Bite!". This stops the biting but he still rumbles a bit. I know he's still a baby so I dont want to give any hard corrections. I play with him more than my fiance does, I feed him, I take him outside much more often, I take him for car rides, etc.. What gives?
When Sarah (my fiance) calls him over he sprints over with tail wagging and rolls to his back to get rubbed. When I call him over he runs to me but it a little more rough and after about 10 seconds of petting/playing he'll start up on the growling.
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This is just a guess based upon what you wrote. Somewhere along the lines your beloved has become she who must be obeyed while you are the guy he does stuff with. Sounds to me like he's trying to interact so redirect, redirect, and redirect some more for this mouthy stuff. It will pass.
I was thinking maybe I was too hard on him before.. For a while (before finding this site) I would grab him by the scruff and give him a small shake and say "NO!". That would stop him, but I dont know if it was hurting our bond. Generally I'd say he listens to me better than her, but he seems much more excited to see her and get pet by her. Sarah has been out of town for work 75% of the time we've had this dog, so I figured by now with me taking care of him so much he'd be very used to me and want to be pet by me. Is it possible that I'm giving him "too much" attention? I wake up and play with him in the morning for an hour, an hour at lunch, and then most of the evening every day. On weekends I play/train with him almost without break. Now that my fiance is home again she is involved a bit more as well.
yup, and your fiancee probably doesn't roughhouse with him like you might sometimes?
My wife loves puppies, but HATES the mouthy period. Our last pup had teeth like needles. We had a little basket of toys always within reach - when he started to chew on us, we'd quickly hold up a toy. We got pretty good at toy handoffs, toy laterals, toy forward passes, etc., until he mercifully grew out of that stage.
You might also need a tether or an ex-pen inside just to give yourselves and possibly the furniture a break.
A dog has alot of friends because he wags his tail instead of his mouth.
That's exactly right - Sarah never rough houses with him. Most of the time my only rough housing is playing tug with him and giving him little shoves while we play to get him wound up a bit. Not a good idea? I should order the tug dvd, probably. I will work on the redirecting some more for sure.
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