Hi,
I was really hoping all the trainers were right when they said it was just a puppy phase and she would grow out of it, but Tilly will be a year tomorrow and her biting game is at an all time high. I'm sure we are somehow reinforcing the behavior, so here is how the events go down:
- I am sitting on the couch
- Tilly brings a toy and waves it in my face (after we just took an hour long walk/played for a while outside)
- I ignore her
- She jumps on couch and starts nipping at me (with her nasty face) trying to get my attention
- I still ignore her
- she bites at a couch cushion or blanket looking at me so that I have to stop her
- I yell no or off and try to remove her
- she takes off and comes back thinking it is a game of chase and bite
What does work is me walking away, but I have done that since she was a puppy and it still hasn't clicked enough to her to STOP doing that in the future. I can't sit at the couch unless she's sleeping or about to fall asleep in the kitchen.
Any advice?
I was really hoping all the trainers were right when they said it was just a puppy phase and she would grow out of it, but Tilly will be a year tomorrow and her biting game is at an all time high. I'm sure we are somehow reinforcing the behavior, so here is how the events go down:
- I am sitting on the couch
- Tilly brings a toy and waves it in my face (after we just took an hour long walk/played for a while outside)
- I ignore her
- She jumps on couch and starts nipping at me (with her nasty face) trying to get my attention
- I still ignore her
- she bites at a couch cushion or blanket looking at me so that I have to stop her
- I yell no or off and try to remove her
- she takes off and comes back thinking it is a game of chase and bite
What does work is me walking away, but I have done that since she was a puppy and it still hasn't clicked enough to her to STOP doing that in the future. I can't sit at the couch unless she's sleeping or about to fall asleep in the kitchen.
Any advice?