At My WITS END with the BITING!!!!!!
I'm probably going to get a lot of negative feedback for this ... but I'm to the point, I don't care, I need help.
Lucy will be 5 months on Feb 10th.
The biting has not stopped ... or even gotten softer or less frequent.
If we're standing - she's biting our legs and feet. If we're sitting, she's biting at our hands and arms, with the odd lunge at the face.
The "yelp" method does not work. At all. Yelping makes her go even more crazy and bite harder.
She is getting AMPLE amounts of exercise (walks, energetic play time inside and out). Combined with plenty of sleep so she's not overtired.
We've tried time-outs immediately when she bites. Time outs calm her down, but within a few minutes of being freed, she's back at the biting.
I know someone's going to mention puppy classes - and bluntly, I don't have the money to pay for puppy classes. (I've done research into local classes, and they're all out of my budget). On top of that, I've been saving to pay for her getting fixed soon, so money is already allotted for.
We've had labs before (three to be exact), and other dogs, and NONE of them have had this biting issue.
Our vet told us to distract her with a toy when she starts biting - she could care less about the toy and keeps biting.
PLEASE someone give me reassurance that this is normal and that it WILL stop. I love the little girl, but the entire family is going crazy and are beyond fed up and frustrated.