bigapplefrenchie
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Hi
Our 11 week Frenchie, Frank has been great since we got him. He is crate training well (upto 8 hours at night and 4 hour stints during the day), he is learning his doggie commands, he is receptive to a clicker and we have started walking him on his leash in controlled areas. He has not been allowed to run around the house, we keep him in his crate, in his pen for controlled play, lead him round the house then he gets some nice sofa time with us before he goes to bed for the night.
His only real problem has been he tends to get aggressive at times during play. You wouldn't believe if looking at that face, i know!
Now when i say aggressive, it is what we humans may see as aggressive, but it is probably just play. But its the kind of behaviour that would be very concerning and dangerous in a fully grown Frenchie, so i am very keen to try and address it now before it gets more difficult. That is, if its just not normal!
He tends to lunge towards us and bites if we have a treat in our hands, or jumps up and bites our trousers if we are standing. Its not always if we have treats too, he will go for any toy or a clicker that we may be holding. Its almost like he is pent up and just need to release - i can feel his heart pumping.
We have been very careful not to encourage this - we don't play any dominance games with him and always stay very calm with him and use positive reinforcement.
Dont get me wrong, its not all the time. He has been very good when it comes to learning his dog commands (sit, down, roll over etc) but i often find that he can play for maybe 5 mins before he starts to move to the more aggressive side.
I have tried just walking away, but he then will take it out in his toys. I dont want to lock him in his crate as i worry that he will then associate his crate with punishment.
Picking him up and holding him on the kitchen table for 2 mins to cool down seems to work, but i dont want to have to do this every time, especially when he is older.
Im concerned that it may be him trying to show his dominance over me (he could be an alpha dog). I have been told that pinning them down, like their mothers would, can help, but im not sure if this is old school thinking and i wouldn't want to provoke him further.
Thanks All
Our 11 week Frenchie, Frank has been great since we got him. He is crate training well (upto 8 hours at night and 4 hour stints during the day), he is learning his doggie commands, he is receptive to a clicker and we have started walking him on his leash in controlled areas. He has not been allowed to run around the house, we keep him in his crate, in his pen for controlled play, lead him round the house then he gets some nice sofa time with us before he goes to bed for the night.
His only real problem has been he tends to get aggressive at times during play. You wouldn't believe if looking at that face, i know!
Now when i say aggressive, it is what we humans may see as aggressive, but it is probably just play. But its the kind of behaviour that would be very concerning and dangerous in a fully grown Frenchie, so i am very keen to try and address it now before it gets more difficult. That is, if its just not normal!
He tends to lunge towards us and bites if we have a treat in our hands, or jumps up and bites our trousers if we are standing. Its not always if we have treats too, he will go for any toy or a clicker that we may be holding. Its almost like he is pent up and just need to release - i can feel his heart pumping.
We have been very careful not to encourage this - we don't play any dominance games with him and always stay very calm with him and use positive reinforcement.
Dont get me wrong, its not all the time. He has been very good when it comes to learning his dog commands (sit, down, roll over etc) but i often find that he can play for maybe 5 mins before he starts to move to the more aggressive side.
I have tried just walking away, but he then will take it out in his toys. I dont want to lock him in his crate as i worry that he will then associate his crate with punishment.
Picking him up and holding him on the kitchen table for 2 mins to cool down seems to work, but i dont want to have to do this every time, especially when he is older.
Im concerned that it may be him trying to show his dominance over me (he could be an alpha dog). I have been told that pinning them down, like their mothers would, can help, but im not sure if this is old school thinking and i wouldn't want to provoke him further.
Thanks All
