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Post by ddonato on Jul 17, 2014 16:06:33 GMT -5
Hi there. My name is Diogo and i have one Pit Bull puppy named Gaia. She's 10 Weeks old. I allready had one Pit Bull Before, this is my second one. I have something i hope you guys can help me with. Shes a lovely puppy most of the times gentle and good to deal with. But sometimes, specially when i let her to run free on the house she just became super curious smelling and pulling everything and when i say no and move her away from the object i dont want her to chew she just starts growling ans biting my legs, really biting, scratching and bleeding them. Almost every time it happens is with me because im the one that correct her in those things. Hope someone can help me about what to do. When she starts with that i grab her say no, and something like bad girl and leave her in the balcony alone for some time. When i go there shes gentle but if i let her go in the house starts all over again.
SOrry for english. Thanks.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jul 18, 2014 8:09:12 GMT -5
Hi Diogo, welcome to the forum.
10 weeks old is too young to be roaming the house by herself. Puppies need constant supervision and to be kept out of trouble before they get into it. I would confine her to a smaller area and make sure she has access to her own toys to play with (what sort of toys do you have for her?)
Also, when she shows interest in the wrong object, instead of grabbing her (that can cause unwanted resistance/aggression), try distracting her with one of her toys and when she gives up the object for the correct one, praise her profusely. You can also teach her to trade for food, which is a really good/fun exercise.
Here are the steps to teaching her to "Leave it":
Drop It
1) Praise/offer food when your dog drops a toy/play item at your feet. Don't say anything, just wait for him to drop it. Praise & offer food.
2) Begin approaching your dog with your hand out during play. If your dog moves away, do nothing. If your dog drops the item, praise & offer food. If your dog does not drop the item, but allows you to move your hand and hold it under his chin, praise & offer food.
3) When you can predict your dog will drop something, say "Drop it" immediately prior to him dropping the item. Praise & offer food. Make sure most of the time when practicing this, you allow the dog the chance to continue playing with the item after it is given up. This will encourage the dog to give up the item more readily. When a situation arises and the dog has something he/she is not supposed to, simply don't give it back to the dog after it is relinquished, but be sure to praise & offer food. Remember, training is practice for real life. Set up lots of situations when your dog has acceptable items so you can practice leave it. This way, when you REALLY need your dog to "leave it", he/she will comply happily.
4) Keep treats with you to continually reinforce dropped items.
5) When your dog is good at dropping items, you can stop using food; the chance to continue playing becomes the reward.
By the way, I love the name Gaia!
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Post by ddonato on Jul 18, 2014 15:12:42 GMT -5
She has like a rope with a knot, a rubber bone, some balls, hard and soft ones. Today i was just in the balcony passing throw her and from nowhere she snaps and bite my uncle... Dont really know why she does that... if i grab her in the air, dont know if thats a good thing to do, she usually calms down. Thanks for your reply, but my biggest problem now is really that aggressive behaviour from nowhere.
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