OH MY GOD!

    • Gold Top Dog
    Thanks!
    We'll try getting a kong and stuffing it. that might really help with the 2 chew frenzy times she has. she gets bored with toys after a bit and is so worked up, she tries the couch, carpet on teh bottom stairs, etc. but she is listening more when we say NO BITE! and right away we give her a chew toy and then praise her when she is chewing it.
    She can sleep on our bed at night like an angel. she does not try to leave, chew, etc.
    It is in the morning 8-8:30am and evening about 7pm that she has her worst - as in I want to sink my teeth into the couch, pillows, carpet on the stairs, plastic window frame, etc.
    She is doing better. we started hand feeding her her meals. of the 1 cups she gets 2 times a day, 1/3 from my wife's hand, 1/3 from my hand, 1/3 in the open crate out of her dog dish.
    also started using small bits of treats when she is being nice, settled, good chewing of her toys (vs the furniture etc)
    and that is helping a lot. when she gets into a chew frenzy, we take her out with all her toys in the front yard and have a play fest. potty, then we come in and put her in the kennel. she comes out of the kennel an angel.
    the food by hand and treats for good behavior have really helped with her listening to us, watching us more, etc.
    I'm feeling much better about all this chewing.
    We do not always give her treats. we always praise her with words and petting for good behavior/good chewing on her toys, but once in a while a bit of a small treat gets given to her as well. she has taken to it very quickly.
    First vet visit tonight. I'll get a weight on her and more.
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    might I suggest going to the butcher and getting some raw soup bones and offering those as chew items? Dogs, particuarly puppies, MUST chew. They pick they most inviting things in the environment to chew on. If there are succulent meaty bones to chew, odds are good they won't sample other items. If you put the bones down on a mat, and gently encourage only chewing on that mat, it becomes pretty easy to teach the pup that "things on mat may be chewed, things elsewhere not". Very simple, black and white rule.
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    We got her a big chew bone.
    also a Kong.
    the empty Kong did not hold much interest to her. We will fill it and give it to her later today, probably in the kennel.
    The big bone with what seems to be smoked meat on it? (from the pet store) keeps her very busy. after 1/2 hour or so we took it away. how long chewing the bone is too long? is as long as wel like/she likes is ok?
     
    Outside, she is good. plays, chews, twigs, toys, is pretty mellow to active fetching toys playing with us or by her self.
    when inside (out of kennel) she is limited to the livingroom/kitchen area. kinda a U shape (1954 1 1/2 story house). and she gets bite crazy - worse as the day goes a long.
    In the morning, this is mild, she catches herself - she goes to the palm plant, sniffs up and down the 2 palm stems, kinda opens her mouth, but not bite. once in a while tries to bite a couch cushion. responds well to NO BITE. then falls asleep.
    In the afternoon, she gets more wild. more biting of cushions, more faster running, etc. but managable.
    In the Evening, after dinnner, when in the house, Crazy frenzy of rocket blast running flying aroudn teh rooms jumping up on everything, biting everything, no listening, not settling down, just crazy. she even starts to turn/bite (not too hard) us as we are trying to pull her off cushions and give her a rope bone, etc. only thing that works is to go back outside or put her in the Kennel. like an over stimulated cranky kid on crack or something. it's just an insane level in the evening. morning inside mild, afternoon inside medium, evening inside is a wild crazy frenzy,e tc where I'm afraid for our house, belongings and her own safty. she jumps, leaps, runs like crazy tumbling off of furniture, jumping on to th ecouch over the side arm on to a side table and then on to the floor! all at balistic speeds then add in the clamp the jaw on a cushion and chew, clamp on a wood table and she is well out of control. I do not want to feed her at 7-9 in the evening. I've tried to handle her with NO BITE, pullling her off, giving toys in place, etc but she just does not respond/listen like out of control frenzy. so I take her out to potty, bring he in, play for a minute with a toy, then throw 3 toys in teh kennel, toss in a treat while saying kennel, and in she goes. then she is settled down. she will fuss a bit for a minute or less, then I hear her chewing toys, but she is better.
    Our plan is to try to kennel her during the day, so I do not want to have to put her in the kennel in the evening too, but that seems liek the best thing for all of us. she is a sweet angel sleeps in our bed at night (no chewing, no biting stays in bed, no potty problems, she cuttles, give kisses, etc. (let her out once or twice during night) she is very good except for this night time frenzy insane time when we wish she would chill as we could read the paper, a book, go on the computer or watch Movie/TV. We do take her out and play after the afternoon kennel/dinner time.
    Is this Frenzy standard puppy evening behavior? or does she have a problem? our last Dog was 2 1/2 when we got her, so we never had any of this Puppy stuff before.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Okay, this is a update on the biting thing

    [size="2"]I have did everything and welcomed every sigle advice to stop the biting, but now Quincey is 18 weeks and you think it got better or worst?





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    This little dog will be all  cute and playing with you and in the next second he turns and bite the s**t out of you causing you to bleed. I could be laying on the coach watching t.v and he comes up to me and lay next to me lick me in the face and sit calm, about 4 mins later he starts to growl and dive for my face. I have bite marks on my legs, toes, nose, eye lids, HANDS, ARMS, and etc.I have told my mom about his little crazy attacks and she gave me two advice.

    ~Give him away
    ~Give him to the pound (which might result in putting him down)

    I havn't treated him wrong at all for him to go into war with me and then lick me in my face like nothing has happened. Some of my friends even told me you might need to put him down because he is just to crazy.

    Im just sick of it!


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    • Gold Top Dog
    If you have tried all the advice given and been consistent, seek the help of a trainer.   Also, how much exercise is your puppy getting?
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: inne

    If you have tried all the advice given and been consistent, seek the help of a trainer.   Also, how much exercise is your puppy getting?


    Somtimes i think he keeps alittle to much exercise, there is a walking track about 3 blocks away from me and we walk that about every other day and on days when we dont go we just go up and down the street.

    I have heard that trainers don't do much but i might have to do somthing. It is better than nothing.
    • Gold Top Dog
    It might be that your puppy isn't getting enough exercise.   Do you guys run around and play?   Does he play with other dogs?

    Many trainers are absolutely fantastic and I really urge you to seek the guidance of one.
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: inne

    It might be that your puppy isn't getting enough exercise.   Do you guys run around and play?   Does he play with other dogs?

    Many trainers are absolutely fantastic and I really urge you to seek the guidance of one.



    Well we have a HUGE yard so we play and try to play fetch (still working on it [&:]) for about 45 mins , or about 90 mins the longest. Last time when we took him out to a dog party he was SO SCARED.

    A trainer is going to be my nxt step i guess.

    I want to move to L.A for about a week just for Caesars help. [:'(]
    • Gold Top Dog
    Ugh...you don't need Cesar's help (he wouldn't even be useful in this situation).
     
    You need to get your puppy enrolled in obedience classes, and you need to get out and exercise him every single day.  What breed of dog is this?  How long do you play with him every day?  How long do you walk him?  How far?  How much training do you do with him?
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'd bet you haven't been to puppy class - and this is a pup that needed it, so he would learn from the other puppies.  Also, a walk around the block isn't enough exercise for most puppies - and it's hard to bite when your tongue is hanging out on the floor from being tired.
    Eighteen weeks is late, but I would get this dog into class NOW.
    www.apdt.com or www.clickertraining.com have trainer searches on their sites if you are in the US.  There's just no excuse for not taking lessons if you don't know what to do on your own...
    • Gold Top Dog
    P.S. If you do what you see Cesar doing on TV (remember it says don't try this at home), your dog will probably end up at the pound.  Try going to this site: www.clickertrainusa.com to see videos of a clicker trained dog.  It's all done hands off, and with reward, not punishment. 
    Your dog is scared because a. it was taken from the litter too soon, and b. because you didn't socialize it properly (Google on "puppy rule of twelve" and you may find something on that).  Had you gone right to puppy class, some of this would not be such a mystery to you.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Dizzyd, if you have actually been consistently following the advice given here, what you are seeing might be an extinction burst. In general, a behavior will get worse before it gets better. It's like the dog's last ditch effort at getting rewarded for something that they used to be rewarded for (which you were doing inadvertently in the past) but aren't being rewarded for anymore. If this is the case, the dog is sort of trying to figure out why biting doesn't work anymore. Maybe if she bites a little harder, or a little more, you'll notice it. If you have been consistent all this time, you absolutely do not want to give up now, because this increase in biting may mean you are close to getting rid of it. If you give up now, you're going to teach a very bad lesson to your puppy, which is that she has to bite you harder or more in order to get your attention. So, remain consistent for a little while longer, and the biting should start to decrease.
    Of course, if you have not been consistent in not rewarding the biting, disregard every bit of what I said above this, because if you haven't, it doesn't apply to the situation, and wouldn't explain it.
    • Gold Top Dog
    How old are you? You mentioned your mom...so I'll assume you're pretty young.
     
    You have a puppy...they teeth. Take him to puppy class! For both your sakes!
    • Gold Top Dog
    I agree with all of the above posters:  It sounds like your pup may be bored.  Lola has little "episodes" when she is bored - she gets that look in her eye, starts play-barking, she jumps around and pounces - it's her way of telling us that she wants to play or that she needs some excercise.  Maybe this is also your dog's way of telling you.  He is still a puppy so he needs a lot more excercise and play time than you would ever think.  I know Lola has taught us that puppies are a ton more work than we imagined - she never lets me lay on the couch and watch tv  [:D]. 

    Some great advice that I've gotten on this forum, and words that we now live by:  "A tired puppy is a happy puppy".  Take him for long walks AND ;play with him until he has to stop, in order to drink some water and lie on the floor, panting.  Like spiritdogs said:  "... it's hard to bite when your tongue is hanging out on the floor from being tired."

    Good luck with everything!! 
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'm a first-time dog owner also and have a cocker spaniel who, when younger, would "attack" our hands, feet, legs, etc. At 9 weeks, we had him in a puppy socialization class. What I found with most training institutions is they also have a puppy socialization hour where you pay $3 and for an hour they can just romp, run and play with other puppies of similar age and size. They teach each other about what is too hard of a bite. Our trainer also suggested holding a real good smelly treat in our hand and have our hand closed. When our puppy licked our hand he got the treat. If he did anything else like bite or paw at it, he got nothing and we ignored him for 30 seconds and tried it again. We also went on two very long walks a day (at least 1.5 to 2 miles) and also ran around the house or backyard for a while. Our dog is now 1-1/2 and perfect. Not one ounce of aggression in him.
     
    The key, I believe, to all dog training is consistency, consistency, consistency and lots of patience. These are babies who just need to learn what is right.