Sirrahsim
02-21-2008, 01:37 PM
A little background.. Ginger is around 10 weeks or so now and obviously still a puppy. The last few days she has been getting worse about nipping. We have been handling it by either squirting her with a water bottle or screaming in pain when she nips at us.
This afternoon she was sound asleep next to me on the floor and my 9 month old son was playing at our feet. My son got his fingers stuck in a toy and started to scream so I hurried down to him and pulled his fingers out. When I got up, Ginger got up as well and came barrelling towards my son. I knelt down and blocked my son with my body but Ginger jumped up on my back and grabbed a handful of my hair in her mouth! I told her NO and pulled my hair from her mouth but she grabbed it again and when I went to take it from her a second time she put her mouth on my hand. She didn't bite down but it certainly wasn't comfortable. I put her outside immediately so that I could tend to my son but she has been racing around the back yard whining and growling to herself since then...
Is this normal puppy behavior? Did she just get over excited by being awakened by the sound of my son crying? It may be silly to be scared of a 14lb Golden Retriever but I seriously don't want to go out there right now..
How do I handle this behavior?
This afternoon she was sound asleep next to me on the floor and my 9 month old son was playing at our feet. My son got his fingers stuck in a toy and started to scream so I hurried down to him and pulled his fingers out. When I got up, Ginger got up as well and came barrelling towards my son. I knelt down and blocked my son with my body but Ginger jumped up on my back and grabbed a handful of my hair in her mouth! I told her NO and pulled my hair from her mouth but she grabbed it again and when I went to take it from her a second time she put her mouth on my hand. She didn't bite down but it certainly wasn't comfortable. I put her outside immediately so that I could tend to my son but she has been racing around the back yard whining and growling to herself since then...
Is this normal puppy behavior? Did she just get over excited by being awakened by the sound of my son crying? It may be silly to be scared of a 14lb Golden Retriever but I seriously don't want to go out there right now..
How do I handle this behavior?