Puppy-sitting, can't control her. please HELP!!!!!!?

Question

She is an 8 week old black lab puppy. She attacks me and chews up the furniture. I don't know what to do because every time she is chewing on something she is not supposed to, I pick her up but she doesn't let me. She just bites me. I know she is teething and it doesn't really hurt but I can't control her. She has already pooped in the house once. Please help. She has put me into tears and i have to watch her for 3 more days.

Answer 1

Do you have a baby gate - maybe you can confine her in the kitchen or bathroom.  Did she come with a crate or a carrier - if she did, then lock her up in there.  Be sure she has plenty of chew toys or rawhide bones - that might help with the chewing.   Get a ball and throw it for her, make her chase it to occupy her time and wear her out.  

Answer 2

Ask a parent to help you take care of her.

Answer 3

Take her out regularly, she's little with a little bladder and needs to go frequently.  When she bites - give her a very firm no and then distract her with another toy.  Mine loved chewing on empty water bottles - they are hard and make crinkly noises.  At 8 weeks they are a lot of work - but distraction works best.  Good luck!

Answer 4

when she starts to bite you or something, make a short,sharp, LOUD pitch noise..and it'll distract her. If she does it again, make a very loud disturbing noise, but after you do that, don't look her in the eye.

I hope this helps

o yea about that pooping thing. When you see her sniffing around, Take her outside right away.

God Bless.

Answer 5

try to relax the dog. dog relax if you pet them it will fall asleep

Answer 6

Distract her with something she is supposed to chew on such as a toy or a bone.  Puppies need constant attention and supervision. Play with her outside for a long period of time or take for a long walk and wear her out, so when she comes in, she will sleep! As for going to bathroom int he house, after she eats, you need to get her outside about 10-15 minutes afterwards or that's what is going to happen...you need to pay attention to this dog.  Good Luck...you can do it.  Stick with it!

Answer 7

This would actually help the owner too since it sounds like the dog is a terror. Buy some dog treats, and start doing 10-15 minute training sessions through out the day.  Also when the dog bites it is not okay, neither are chewing or jumping on you.  A good excercise to show your authority is to flip the dog on it's side and hold it down until it stops squirming, as soon as it gets still let it up, repeat this over and over and over until the dog lets you lay her down without fighting.  This will establish you as pack leader with the dog, also don't yell or scream...firmly tell the dog NO with authority in your voice not excitement

Answer 8

ask your mom if she can help

Answer 9

Puppies are a lot of work!

Puppies do best with routine! Just like kids...

Get up in the morning, take her for a long walk, come home, feed her her breakfast, wait 10-15 minutes and take her outside to relieve herself (most puppies will need to "go" first thing after waking up and 10-15 min. after eating anything - even treats so keep this in mind and you should have fewer accidents).  If she still has energy play a tug game with her or fetch.   You can repeat this routine once more in the afternoon (without the meal) and before bedtime at night with dinner.

If you don't have time to play with her, kongs are indispensable.  Have two kongs on hand, fill them with treats and chicken broth and freeze them and give her one when she needs something to occupy her.  The treats can be as simple as her own kibble or chopped up carrots, Yum!

As far as the mouthing goes, give her a firm and low voiced no or ahh! (almost like a growl) get up and walk away from the play session or the vicinity of the dog.  Ignoring bad behaviour (in puppies only!) is one of the best solutions, because there's nothing more a puppy (or a child!) wants than your attention.  They are very fast to learn what works and what doesn't!

Chewing furniture and what not is the hardest thing to deal with.  Provide lots of chew toys for her, nylabones are great - get a softer one for puppy teeth - ask the store owner to make sure you get a good one! The Kongs are also good for distracting and are chewable!  If the puppy chews a shoe or a couch and you didn't catch her in the act, don't reprimand after the fact, this is fruitless and she won't know what your yelling about.  If you catch her in the act, again, give her a low No or Ahhh! and direct her to the appropriate chew toy and praise her and pet her for chewing that instead!

The biggest thing with puppies is it's hard to be firm with them, they are so cute!  If you catch her doing something you don't want DON'T pick her up (she'll consider this positive reinforcement and reason enough to continue with the unwanted behaviour), DON'T yell - that's just confusing to dogs can actually excite them more! and definitely DON'T pet them and try to appease the behaviour by pitying them for whatever you may think their reasons are for acting out!  

Just take her by the leash/collar gently (although you can give a quick firm jerk of the collar/leash while using your firm low No or Ahh! initially) and redirect her to the appropriate behaviour - where you can cuddle and praise a lot!

3 days isn't too much longer!

You can do it!

Best of Luck!