Monday, May 24, 2010

Help i have a 13 week old,biting weeing anywhere staffordshire bull terrier!?

hi i got my staffy when she was 7 weeks old. she was perfectly house trained for 2 weeks and then totally forgot everything.we,ve tried going back to our old training methods of as soon as she wakes up after food or water and after play but t doesnt seem to work anymore plus recently her play biting is becoming not so playful and is beginning to hurt. any1 got any helpful tips and is this normal?
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bet your house stinks
I heard a bull terrier mauled a 2 year old yesterday. If yours is biting already have it put down
you just have to persevere and yes it is normal staffers are very destructive
She may be having teething problems which is why she is biting harder than before. I would take her to the vets to have her checked out, both for the biting and toilet training. There may be a medical problem. if not the vet will be able to give you some help and advice.
Sounds as if your puppy was too good to be true for 2 weeks! You just have to persevere, with housetraining it's often 2 steps forward %26 one step back. Do you go outside %26 stay with her until she has relieved herself? Don't forget, she's only 3 months old %26 hasn't got full control over her bladder yet.
With the playbiting, you need to stop all play the instant she starts, fold your arms across your chest, turn away from her %26 ignore her completely. If that doesn't work, shut her in her crate or another room until she has calmed down. Have a toy handy when she starts %26 try swopping your hands/feet for the toy by encouraging her to play with that instead.
Don't worry, she is just being a normal puppy, she needs to learn the boundaries which you can help her with by being consistent %26 patient.
Find a good training class where you %26 she can go and learn.
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here's a little trick i know about the biting. butt on a pair of gloves when your dog starts to bit your hand play this game of will.. pinch the meat on her throat till she lets go.. if she comes back do it again keep doing it till it sinks in that you are the boss and make it hurt like it hurts you ..its the law of the jungle ...and make it a habit to take your dog out every time after she eats and that will sink into in time the staffordshire is a smart dog and damn good looking
Yes it's perfectly normal.Housetraining takes consistency and patience,make sure she's being let out every 2 hours and that you go in the garden with her,as soon as she go's praise wildly really make a big deal of it.If you catch her in the house simply pick her up and tell her no loudly and firmly and take her to the garden with the command "outside".By taking her out every 2 hours your giving her plenty of oppurtunities to go to the toilet.Play biting is a perfectly normal puppy behaviour but it does have to be nipped in the bud,otherwise dogs continue to mouth people into adult hood.When she starts nipping you,stop whatever your doing with her,say no loudly and firmly and if possible put your pup in a seperate room for 5-10mins,this gives her the chance to calm down and she'll soon realise that when she nips it ends all the fun,which obviously she doesn't want.Again consistency is the key,you have to be fair and firm with her so she learns that it isn't on.Dont play rough or boistrous games with her and if theres children in the family explain to them to be calm and gentle with her.Good luck.
Puppies bite ; that is what they do with Mom and siblings; chase each other to start play and bite and nip; their interaction ; they now only have you; don't encourage any rough play for now; no tug of war etc; feed treats from hand; less apt to bite the hand that has a goody in it and then praise; you can't correct past mistakes only prevent future ones; there is no such thing as a puppy or dog that doesn't need training reinforcement for whatever reasons; back to basics; out often; exercise, training , patience ; you will have to take her out more often then and praise and reward when she goes; no inside until she goes; sorry - know that is not easy but part of the training and the trainer's responsibility; walks, rotate toys to prevent boredom otherwise they make their own fun; a crate for a happy place where they want to go when the door is open and that is how you start crate training; making it the best place in the house, her place; toys to stimulate and challenge her, dogs learn quickly and need to be challenged to find the treat; get the treat out of the item; puzzle toys etc ; patience, time, effort, training and love makes a great adult dog, one you had the best trainer,you

Also, no hitting , shoving, pinching, spraying etc; that are tactics to instill fear in a dog and a fearful dog is the worse kind , one that will react when feeling threatened as oppose to confidence and one who justs love to please you; no pinching on the throat , so you can start to demonstrate aggression and teach that to your dog ; NO; some people give crazy advice
I would guess your baby is just teething. Sometimes puppies can do well at house training and then they get distracted by other things around them. Just keep loving puppy and working with her. I am sure she and you will grow to have a great life together. One other suggestion, go to the pet store and get her a toy called a kong. She will love it. Good luck.
staffs are people dogs so should be with someone all the time and only be left for sort periods of time. say 2/3 hours at the most. As for the chewing give him/her lots of chew sticks
and toys. Biting you should never let your dog bite you but they will all puppy's do, when he bites you let out a scream and stop play immediately this is what happens when they play with there siblings personally its sounds to me like hes bored and needs more attention
its perfectly normal esp because shes still a pup unfortunatley staffies never really grow up and remain nippy as a way of showing affection as 4 the weeing try a training spray around the areas where shes doing it it worked on my female egb terrier yelp out when she bites and ignore her thn go back 2 her and see wot happens yelping out they no that there hurting u as thats how mates react wen bitten 2 hard in the litter gud luk
Have you tried dog training class?, has anything changed in the home as she may be stressed
Puppies should not leave their mothers until they are twelve weeks old. The mother teaches them manners in those weeks. After weaning she will correct them when they bite too hard in rough play and she teaches them to read signals from other dogs by getting quite cross with the pups and growling. People tend to think the mum is just getting fed up with them, she probably is but this is all part of their learning process. Removing them too early is big mistake and can make it harder for new owner who then have to do the teaching.
Her initial cleanliness was probably aided from mums example but after initially being vigilant and reminding her you may have left her responsible expecting too much too soon. There is so much to learn and explore, every day brings new challenges to an inquisative pup. Like a child she will easily be engrossed in some activity and forget about toilet needs. Once she has wet she will smell it and use area again, as not big puddle you may not even notice. You need to start vigilant potty training again but dont scold when she makes mistake indoors, clean it thouroughly and praise her when she does it outside.
When the play gets rough stop immediately, say no firmly and turn your back and ignore her, with pateince she will learn its no fun when the play stops. Staffies love tuggies, try and make her stick to proper toys dont give her an old shoe or things you may regret later. If she gets a passion for chewing shoes you will only have yourelf to blame. You must each her to leave on command, use treats to encourage this and praise as soon as she lets go of the toy you are playing with.
Staffies are great - good luck with her.
I've had my 11 week old staffie 2 weeks now and i swear by training pads they cost 拢28 for 100 no accidents yet. As for the biting he trys it on with me now and again but a stern NO lets him know thats wrong i cant stress how important it is to let dogs know who is the boss in the house, consistancy is the key. Also my puppy loves to have an apple that has been in the fridge to help with teething pain, just watch out for the smelly trumps after . Good luck with your wonderful new puppy.
First of all, yes it is normal for a young puppy to be quite rough! Its your job to teach her never to put her teeth on humans. That means that you never play rough with her, use toys, not your hands, and say No! firmly and stop playing when she gets too excitable.
It will take a long time for her to be reliable but if you persist you'll get there in the end!

About the weeing - this is strange. A few things that come to mind are as follows:
a) she is anxious. Young puppies wee when they are nervous or over excited. This is not something they can control and you will have to ensure that people treat her gently as if this is the cause then I suspect that she is been spoken to too harshly and it is making her stressed
b) she has a water works infection! The vet will need to check this out
c) she is confused about where to go toilet. You don't describe fully your old training methods but the timing sounds right. Increase the number of times you take her toilet. If she has been having accidents on carpet it will be difficult to get the smell out and you'll need to really clean the floor with a non amonia (eg not bleach) based product. If she can smell wee with her very sensitive nose, she'll think she is going in the right place. Make sure you reward her when she goes in the right place. If you do this consistently, she will eventually twig and be very keen to wee and poo in the right place, in front of you and collect her treat. Even now my 1 yr old dog looks at me and checks my hand for a treat when he does a wee in the right place. Dogs learn by habit!

Just remember never ever tell her off harshly for an accident. Instead, correct her by whipping her outside and waiting with her to go toilet. Then reward her. If you scold her excessively when she has accidents she will get nervous and you have a) happening, or she'll hide away from you when she needs to go and you won't ever catch her in the act!

Puppies are very hard work so don't think this is unusual. Also, they are very intelligent so don't think she won't ever learn. With rewards and consistency you'll get her there in the end and she'll be a pleasure to own!

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