The mouthy adolescent

[silverfz]

Lavender oil from a GNC store. I just rub it on my hands when its mouthy time. I sometime put vicks on the kids ankles.
both work.

both have similar effect, the dog olfactory is so strong it stops the obsessive trigger off and snaps the brain out. Lavender has a added benefit of calming the dog.
we use it with GIGI. we were at the boston children muesuem and just returned . She was in a crate for 5 hrs and was being a little off the rocks. a lavender on the dining table chair which was destroying was enough to snap her out and calm her.

she is back to her kong toy and peanut butter in it and not nipping and body checking every one. I also mix 2 part of vinegar and 1 part of apple cider - spray in on wires and stuff. She stays away for a few days . Cheaper than 10$ bitter apple spray.

[windycanyon]

How would a six-year-old do this? Timing and consistency is everything or you have a dog that does it to some but not to the one or two people who used this method. And, especially if the dog is above threshold, the lip curl can result in more of an opposition reflex behavior, causing the dog to come at a person harder, especially when not done properly. Not saying this doesn't work in the right situation.

Not sure who mentioned a 6yo in this case but I'd never suggest a child to do a correction. Adults yes, and I do it all the time starting w/ 5 wk old pups as needed (or i'd be full of body piercings which don't thrill me at my age).

[Doreen Davis]

When it's morning and they are all rested up and in my case ready to launch out of their crates, I would approach the crate and make them sit or 'wait', they didn't always make it but it broke the exuberance chain, I also instituted a drill where they went straight outside to run off some of the ' 'hey mom, it's morning and I'm rested!!!!!!' Sounds like you're doing all the right stuff.

[babs75]

I have a landshark, too. Libby is 14 weeks. My hands and ankles look like I've been in battle. Nothing is working. She's smarter than we are! I've checked into obedience classes but want the rest of her shots first. I know it's not aggression and only play but I'm really, really hoping this passes. She only does this to me, not my husband. So he's allowed to sit in his recliner all evening watching TV while I do battle on the couch with the dog. I told him we need to change places one night so I can have some 'down-time'. Sigh... she is so absolutely perfect in all other ways but the constant lunging and biting is driving me nuts!

[sparky]

Sophie was my landshark puppy. I tried all the usual stuff. Finally after some advice here, I started doing the lip curl. Only took a couple times for her to figure out that it hurt, and she pretty much stopped at that time.

This was Mocha to a T! We used the lip curl and it eventually ended. I think around 6 months. Latte is nowhere as mouthy. We think it could be due to her having Mocha to chew on! I have only bled twice in 3 weeks and that was during some serious play time so I think I am to blame. When Mocha was a pup we looked like we had been sorting cats!

[babs75]

This was Mocha to a T! We used the lip curl and it eventually ended. I think around 6 months. Latte is nowhere as mouthy. We think it could be due to her having Mocha to chew on! I have only bled twice in 3 weeks and that was during some serious play time so I think I am to blame. When Mocha was a pup we looked like we had been sorting cats!

Yep, sorting cats! That's what I look like. My husband and I did an experiment. Last night, he went to bed and I immediately moved to his recliner. The biting STOPPED and Libby immediately curled up and went to sleep. I almost have to wonder if she feels some sort of competition when we're both here. I remember our kids doing that when they were small. This morning, I took the recliner for coffee and paper and he sat on the couch. She doesn't attack him when he's over there but she can't get up to me in the recliner so she gives up. My husband puts her on the bed when he gets up in the morning and she lays on her back and enjoys time having me scratch her tummy. She mouths and licks but it is nothing like the 'landshark' moments she gets so I know she's capable of not doing this. I guess we'll wait this out........

[babs75]

Well, it is now about 3 weeks since this last post. Libby is almost 4 months old. The biting and lunging is as worse as ever. I'm sitting here crying because I am so tired of dealing with this every night. My husband has been snoozing over there in his recliner for the last hour while I have been dealing with the landshark for 2 hours. I'm tired of the biting. It hurts so bad! I come home at noon on my lunch hour to see her and she's pretty good. My husband gets home at 4:00 and walks her. I get home at 7 - I go to the gym after work - and I'm in bed by 9:30 because my day starts at 5a.m. All I want is some quiet time with my puppy in the evening and it's just not happening. The obedience trainer says put her in 'time out' for 20-30 seconds. We've done that over and over. I've tried substituting toys and chewies of every kind for my hands. I've tried putting her on a leash and having my husband keep her away from me. I've tried getting down on the floor and playing with her toys. She just leaps around them and goes for my hands, ankles, whatever she can bite at. I've tried turning my back and ignoring her but she just jumps on me and bites whatever she can. WHEN WILL THIS EVER STOP???? I'm so sad....................

[ccetta]

Babs 75- All I can say is hang in there, be consistent & this too shall pass. Lucy did the same thing to me at that age. Turning my back on her & ignoring her worked for us. It didnt work the first time but I kept at it & she stopped. Lucy was a terrible puppy who drove me to tears many times but she turned into a terrific dog.

[sparky]

Well, it is now about 3 weeks since this last post. Libby is almost 4 months old. The biting and lunging is as worse as ever. I'm sitting here crying because I am so tired of dealing with this every night. My husband has been snoozing over there in his recliner for the last hour while I have been dealing with the landshark for 2 hours. I'm tired of the biting. It hurts so bad! I come home at noon on my lunch hour to see her and she's pretty good. My husband gets home at 4:00 and walks her. I get home at 7 - I go to the gym after work - and I'm in bed by 9:30 because my day starts at 5a.m. All I want is some quiet time with my puppy in the evening and it's just not happening. The obedience trainer says put her in 'time out' for 20-30 seconds. We've done that over and over. I've tried substituting toys and chewies of every kind for my hands. I've tried putting her on a leash and having my husband keep her away from me. I've tried getting down on the floor and playing with her toys. She just leaps around them and goes for my hands, ankles, whatever she can bite at. I've tried turning my back and ignoring her but she just jumps on me and bites whatever she can. WHEN WILL THIS EVER STOP???? I'm so sad....................

DW can relate. She had almost given up on ever being able to play with Mocha. She actually cried a couple of times. Somewhere around the 5-6 month old mark it just stopped. Keep on keeping on and hang in there.

[babs75]

And she is so sweet other times. Every morning when we wake up, she lays on her back in bed (all 4 legs in the air - she's a bit 'leggy' at this point) and has me scratch her belly. She mouths and licks my hand it is a very special time for us. My husband gets up early but she won't get up until I do, just as she won't go to bed at night until I do. If I can get her to wind down in the evening after he goes to bed, I move myself to my husband's recliner, put my feet up, and she falls asleep in my lap. We also take about 20 minutes in the morning after he leaves for work for 'bonding' time. Those are the good times and I try and focus on those. Tomorrow we are heading to the beach for the day. It will be her first trip.