Hello all
Our doggo is a 25kg Romanian rescue with the most amazing temperament and lovingness towards all humans and dogs. If anything that’s her biggest issue, she just gets two excited by both! We have always had issues to varying degrees with her arousal biting. The two big triggers for it where seeing other dogs and redirecting onto other dogs (we have completely solved this now, touch wood!) and being off lead in big open grassy spaces and it all being too much for her excited brain and her redirecting onto us (we just don’t do this anymore!).
At 8 months to I would say 14 months she was horrendous for it, I would say 8/10 bad. However over the past 6 months she is so much better. We haven’t had any play bites at all in 3 months or so and it’s going really well. However, she still can be a little mouthy, especially with long winter coats or scarfs or loose sleeves. We are obviously working on it all but I just wondered if there is anyone who has experienced similar with a dog nearing their 2 birthday? Please don’t make me feel bad that she is still mouthing at this age, I feel bad enough about it and we have been working really hard!
Thanks very much x
Our doggo is a 25kg Romanian rescue with the most amazing temperament and lovingness towards all humans and dogs. If anything that’s her biggest issue, she just gets two excited by both! We have always had issues to varying degrees with her arousal biting. The two big triggers for it where seeing other dogs and redirecting onto other dogs (we have completely solved this now, touch wood!) and being off lead in big open grassy spaces and it all being too much for her excited brain and her redirecting onto us (we just don’t do this anymore!).
At 8 months to I would say 14 months she was horrendous for it, I would say 8/10 bad. However over the past 6 months she is so much better. We haven’t had any play bites at all in 3 months or so and it’s going really well. However, she still can be a little mouthy, especially with long winter coats or scarfs or loose sleeves. We are obviously working on it all but I just wondered if there is anyone who has experienced similar with a dog nearing their 2 birthday? Please don’t make me feel bad that she is still mouthing at this age, I feel bad enough about it and we have been working really hard!
Thanks very much x