At My Doodle Whits End..... Need Help

[Roni Wise]

Max is 6 months old and I'm at my Doodle whits end. We picked the calmest puppy in the litter and I took a breeder with me to be sure that I picked a puppy with the calmest temperment possible - I know it is in there somewhere I saw him with my own eyes.... but what I have now is Terror Puppy!!  I've had dogs before and even aggressive dogs but having a Doodle is way different - it's like nothing sinks in their head!!

He steals EVERYTHING, jumps on counters, kitchen table, people - despite knowing basic obedience commands, sit, stay, down, leave it, drop it (we've already been through puppy class).  If we are playing he can do any of these commands.  As a little pup he loved to snuggle and now he hates it and it is all my daughter wants to do with him.  He beats the snot out of my 6 year old daughter - jumps on her and when he jumps he is as tall as her, bites her hands, legs, long hair etc. So I have just started to keep him on a leash in the house to be able to correct him which has created new behaviors - he HATES the leash now and grabs and pulls and fights the leash and get very nasty with the leash and will bite my hands if I grab the leash from him when he is pulling on the leash.  He also seems to be VERY attached to me and my daughter and flips out when we leave the room - cries paces around the room and then when we come back into the room he jumps on us (more her than me he rarely jumps on me because I turn my back on him).  He seems to always be so VERY excited.

 

Are they always this excited?  I owned an agressive dominat lab before my Doodle and I trained him to be a great loving pet so I am certain I can do the same with this Doodle if I could just find what works - I just can't seem to find what works - nothings seems to sink into his head especially when he is excited he just goes wild and listens to nothing.

 

Can anyone help this new Doodle owner with some tricks that might work to get him focused?

[Bonnie and Kona]

From your lips to God's ears. ;o)