Hello and Biting Question
Hello, new member post here. I am sure this community is getting a ton of these from the spotlight, hope you don't mind another. I have owned dogs my entire life and love them to death, I do pretty good with training them but sometimes run into stumbling blocks with specific dogs.
I currently own two Weimaraners and they are the loves of my life.
Meet Ronan and Faolan, they are a pair of goofy Weimies who most love being around their people.
Ronan is the older of the two and is a big loverboy. He loves being loved and if anything hurts him he comes and finds Mommy so he can get love. The only problems we really have with him are jumping and pulling when we go on walks. But it isn't really Ronan that I want to talk about.
It's Faolan. Faolan, or Fae for short is the most dominant dog I have ever met. She stared down Ronan at the age of 8 weeks, which was when I realized I would have my hands full.
Here she is at 8 weeks already giving Ronan problems. Since we got her she has used Ronan as her personal chew toy, which isn't really that bad as it has caused him to finally stick up for himself.
However, she brings this behavior over to her people as well. Being mouthy has always been a problem for Fae, I have gotten her to a point where she does not try to bite hands or such anymore, however she has now moved on to clothes. Clothes you are wearing. It happens usually as I am walking somewhere, she will grab my pants and pull on them. And I know she is just trying to get my attention, it is much like what she does with Ronan when she is trying to get his attention. So far she has not ripped anything yet, but I am afraid it will happen soon.
Does anyone have any ideas for what I could do to work with her on stopping the pants grabbing? Thank you for any help!
I currently own two Weimaraners and they are the loves of my life.
Meet Ronan and Faolan, they are a pair of goofy Weimies who most love being around their people.
Ronan is the older of the two and is a big loverboy. He loves being loved and if anything hurts him he comes and finds Mommy so he can get love. The only problems we really have with him are jumping and pulling when we go on walks. But it isn't really Ronan that I want to talk about.
It's Faolan. Faolan, or Fae for short is the most dominant dog I have ever met. She stared down Ronan at the age of 8 weeks, which was when I realized I would have my hands full.
Here she is at 8 weeks already giving Ronan problems. Since we got her she has used Ronan as her personal chew toy, which isn't really that bad as it has caused him to finally stick up for himself.
However, she brings this behavior over to her people as well. Being mouthy has always been a problem for Fae, I have gotten her to a point where she does not try to bite hands or such anymore, however she has now moved on to clothes. Clothes you are wearing. It happens usually as I am walking somewhere, she will grab my pants and pull on them. And I know she is just trying to get my attention, it is much like what she does with Ronan when she is trying to get his attention. So far she has not ripped anything yet, but I am afraid it will happen soon.
Does anyone have any ideas for what I could do to work with her on stopping the pants grabbing? Thank you for any help!