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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / I need help
« on: December 02, 2008, 10:44:29 am »
Hello Everyone,
I am hoping those of you out there who are more experienced can offer me some advice.
We have a 4mo old female Fila Brasileiro puppy, she's our second Fila and we love the breed. Our older Fila is amazing, she'll tolerate anything from anyone in the family.
The puppy we've gotten is from a friend of ours who bred her female. The issue we're having is biting.
Not normal puppy biting or protective biting which I would not be worried about. If my four year old touches her toys, goes near her food, or tries to move her when she doesn't want to be moved the puppy growls and snaps. She's made contact a couple times and has bitten her on the face three times drawing blood two of those three times.
I know it's most likely a dominance issue and I've tried working on it. I've tried having my daughter be the one that feeds her, I've involved her in training sessions and I've sat there and supervised while she gives things to the puppy and takes them back again. It just doesn't seem to be working though.
We also have a two year old and there is limited amounts of things I can think of doing to put the girls higher in the pack order. I'm afraid if we cannot solve this we won't be able to keep the dog.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kes.
I am hoping those of you out there who are more experienced can offer me some advice.
We have a 4mo old female Fila Brasileiro puppy, she's our second Fila and we love the breed. Our older Fila is amazing, she'll tolerate anything from anyone in the family.
The puppy we've gotten is from a friend of ours who bred her female. The issue we're having is biting.
Not normal puppy biting or protective biting which I would not be worried about. If my four year old touches her toys, goes near her food, or tries to move her when she doesn't want to be moved the puppy growls and snaps. She's made contact a couple times and has bitten her on the face three times drawing blood two of those three times.
I know it's most likely a dominance issue and I've tried working on it. I've tried having my daughter be the one that feeds her, I've involved her in training sessions and I've sat there and supervised while she gives things to the puppy and takes them back again. It just doesn't seem to be working though.
We also have a two year old and there is limited amounts of things I can think of doing to put the girls higher in the pack order. I'm afraid if we cannot solve this we won't be able to keep the dog.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kes.