Hi! We recently adopted a 4 y/o chihuahua mix that we found as a stray, fostered, and then decided to adopt. He’s overall very sweet, but we’ve noticed that when we go to wake him up in the morning or at night to go outside to potty, if he’s curled up in his bed, he will sometimes snarl and bite. We’ve tried doing slow, gentle wake-ups to get him up, and sometimes that seems to help, but other times, he still gets cranky and tries to bite even after lots of gentle encouragement to get out of bed. It’s gotten to the point where we keep my wildlife bite gloves nearby for when it’s time to get him up to go out, in case he’s being bitey. Does anyone have any tips on how to work on this with him constructively so he can learn not to bite when getting out of bed?
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