Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (new chat)

[sorbetkitty]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

[the bad wolf]

Thought I'd give an update on Lilly.^^

She's taking to freetraining quickly and I'll move up to clicker training once she gets used to the sound of it. I've started teaching jump and spin, and she's already got the trick down in a matter of days. I'm now trying to teach her signs for them, but she's having trouble with the spin symbol and registers it as sit. That or she's going immediately into 'trick rest', as I've always taught her to sit after a trick.

[urie]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

How old is Indy? c:

[Dappled Sapphire]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

If she's still young, yelp stand up and walk away when she hurts you
That's what puppys do when they are playing, if one gets hurt the fun stops
I'm not sure how well it works with older dogs? Maybe it would if it sort of startled them too
But it shouldn't take her too long to learn that once she starts getting rough it's game over

[Country.]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

If she's still young, yelp stand up and walk away when she hurts you
That's what puppys do when they are playing, if one gets hurt the fun stops
I'm not sure how well it works with older dogs? Maybe it would if it sort of startled them too
But it shouldn't take her too long to learn that once she starts getting rough it's game over

Yes, this is what I was going to say. Walk away and ignore her after she bites you. Soon she'll get the message that you don't like what she's doing. This has worked with my dog pretty well. Puppies and dogs play with their mouths, they bite eachother, but usually soft enough so they aren't hurting eachother, your dog just doesn't know how to play with you well yet. c:

[Joe Kerr]

All my dogs, except Scherbatsky,
can be found in my signature <3
The St. Bernard, Greyhound mix and Pitty
are my parent's dogs, but I love them!

My dogs, the jumping one, the Golden,
and Scherbatsky are all rescues.

Lola was rescued off Death Row as a puppy.
She's my first dog <3 She's a year and a half
now!

Goldy was going to be dumped in a shelter
by her irresponsible breeder because she
has an underbite and deformed front legs.
I saved her just in time <3

Scherbatsky wouldn't stand still for a video,
but here's a picture. He was dumped at a shelter by what I can
only guess as a dog fighter. Batsky has a heart
condition, and he faints every time he gets overly
excited or scared.

I love my puppies!

[sorbetkitty]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

How old is Indy? c:

We were told she was 3 years old, but I believe she might be about 1 year.

@Niall Horan: She seems to know how to play with other dogs and does really well with them, but she almost always wants to play with us. I can tell she doesn't know how to play properly with humans- when I'm sitting she will rest her head on my lap with the toy in her mouth, tail wagging, and when I try and get it, she attempts to bite. Her ears don't go back or anything. She also drops the ball at my feet but when I try and get it she snatches it from me.

[Dappled Sapphire]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

How old is Indy? c:

We were told she was 3 years old, but I believe she might be about 1 year.

@Niall Horan: She seems to know how to play with other dogs and does really well with them, but she almost always wants to play with us. I can tell she doesn't know how to play properly with humans- when I'm sitting she will rest her head on my lap with the toy in her mouth, tail wagging, and when I try and get it, she attempts to bite. Her ears don't go back or anything. She also drops the ball at my feet but when I try and get it she snatches it from me.

When she drops the ball for you get her to sit and wait till you pick it up and throw it for her

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

@BK ♥ CC: Beautiful dogs. c:

So.. it seems I cannot play with Indy without getting scratched by her long claws or get 'accidentally' bitten. The bite isn't bad enough to tear skin, but it hurts pretty badly. I don't think she is doing it on purpose. I don't think she even realizes she is hurting somebody.
Ugh. I really don't like playing with her now because of this.
Any way to get her to stop this?

If she's still young, yelp stand up and walk away when she hurts you
That's what puppys do when they are playing, if one gets hurt the fun stops
I'm not sure how well it works with older dogs? Maybe it would if it sort of startled them too
But it shouldn't take her too long to learn that once she starts getting rough it's game over

I tried that with Wolfgang, but he soon started thinking it was fun when I yelped (I guess it reminded him up a squeaky toy?). The only way I could get him to stop was to growl and he would stop and I would walk away.

[Cardinal]

Thought I'd give an update on Lilly.^^

She's taking to freetraining quickly and I'll move up to clicker training once she gets used to the sound of it. I've started teaching jump and spin, and she's already got the trick down in a matter of days. I'm now trying to teach her signs for them, but she's having trouble with the spin symbol and registers it as sit. That or she's going immediately into 'trick rest', as I've always taught her to sit after a trick.

To 'reset' a dog just throw a treat off to the side.

To charge the clicker get something fantastically yummy, like the best thing ever. Click then treat. Click, treat. click, treat. About 10-20 times. Wait for the dog to kinda.. advert their gaze somewhere else. Click and if their head snaps back to you the clicker is now charged for use. =)