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Sulley the overexcited doodle!
Hi everyone! Meet Sulley, our newest family member. Sulley is a 1 yr old f1 doodle. I recieved him via someone looking to rehome him. He is super sweet, but incredibly entergetic', with terrible manners. She clearly allowed him to do what ever he felt like so I am starting with a puppy attitude on a sixty pound boy. He is going to need a lot of work, but I'm feeling confident.
In the three days he's been with us we have mastered sit via hand command. The main issue we are having as of now is he is extremely mouthy. His retriever personality is showing loud and clear! He will fetch any little toy of my kids and bring it for fetch. Does anyone have any advice on guiding him to only play with his toys? The only commands he consistently responds to is the hand command for sit, and down, and he is 100% house trained. I consider myself a pro on training small dogs, but his size is proving a bit of a challenge as he is so mouthy he has cut me several times unintentionally with his teeth. What is the most effective way you have broken your doodle of putting your hands in their mouth? It is concerning with my small children because his teeth do hurt.
I have been walking him 2 1/2 hours a day with a hour walk in the morning, and 1 1/2 in the evening, with 10 minutes on his runner every hour, but his energy is astounding! I wish I had that much energy! When he gets out if control I put him in the garage with a bone to chew on for 10 minutes.
I am super proud if his behavior towards my tiny chihuahua, we had a Mexican stand off between the two for about an hour last night with Sulley finally backing down. I told him if we can effectively break him of play biting he will be perfect for us. He is only my third dog I've ever had, and my first large pet, so any guidance will be appreciated!
Love and big sloppy kisses from Sulley and family!
In the three days he's been with us we have mastered sit via hand command. The main issue we are having as of now is he is extremely mouthy. His retriever personality is showing loud and clear! He will fetch any little toy of my kids and bring it for fetch. Does anyone have any advice on guiding him to only play with his toys? The only commands he consistently responds to is the hand command for sit, and down, and he is 100% house trained. I consider myself a pro on training small dogs, but his size is proving a bit of a challenge as he is so mouthy he has cut me several times unintentionally with his teeth. What is the most effective way you have broken your doodle of putting your hands in their mouth? It is concerning with my small children because his teeth do hurt.
I have been walking him 2 1/2 hours a day with a hour walk in the morning, and 1 1/2 in the evening, with 10 minutes on his runner every hour, but his energy is astounding! I wish I had that much energy! When he gets out if control I put him in the garage with a bone to chew on for 10 minutes.
I am super proud if his behavior towards my tiny chihuahua, we had a Mexican stand off between the two for about an hour last night with Sulley finally backing down. I told him if we can effectively break him of play biting he will be perfect for us. He is only my third dog I've ever had, and my first large pet, so any guidance will be appreciated!
Love and big sloppy kisses from Sulley and family!
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Permalink Reply by Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie on
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Is some of his mouthing more nudging - like to get your hand to pet him? I know that our rescue had the habit of doing this - he was 2 at the time. If this is the case, we turned slightly giving him more elbow or arm to 'fend' him off, and we never ever gave him any attention when he did this. He still occasionally does this (its been 4 years) but it is quite seldom.
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