We have had our (currently 47lb 17 week) labradoodle Oliver since 8 weeks. So far he has been doing great in some areas and then seems to be regressing and struggling in others. It’s like he gets one skill down or one bad behavior fixed and two more bad behaviors pop up. He knows a lot of basic skills and training and is incredibly smart…. Too smart. He is insanely bossy, demanding, and sometimes downright mean when he wants something.
Right now my biggest struggles are barking and this wild jump bite super combo of doom. The barking: he barks when we are out and he wants to leave (we’ve tried kongs, chews, toys etc to keep him entertained, we are working on mat training but about 10 minutes into being somewhere he starts barking and won’t stop till we leave), he also barks at my cats, at us when we are working in the kitchen, and when we are taking too long to give him attention or whatever he wants. I feel like I have tried everything so I’m open to any suggestions.
His wild jump bite super combo happens when he’s like mad at us? Like if we leave him on the gated patio to grab something out of the car we always have him sit when we open the gate and the second we get in and turn he lunges towards our backs and bites. He gets impressive height and has nailed the back of my arm, ripped many shirt sleeves, and he just keeps going till we get away or are able to get him to sit. He also does it during training sessions, when we stop him from chasing the cats, or other random times. Again, any and all advice would be so amazing.
I want to be clear that I don’t regret getting him at all and he is a very good gremlin boy and has been catching on to things very quickly. He was crate trained in a couple days, potty trained in less than a week, knows sit, down, stay, roll over, shake and up (when he’s not in full gremlin mode). I just need some advice on how to solve these two things before I lose my mind.
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