Please can anyone advise me on why my puppy is biting and how to stop. She is a 7 month cocker spaniel ( show type ) she has always nipped and bit our legs, I have put it down to being a pup and thought she would grow out of it, but she has reduced me to tears so many times lately as she appears so aggressive.
Nothing seems to trigger it, she literally barks, snarls, curls her top lip,her haunches are up on her shoulders and she bites.
We have tried - saying no in a firm voice and leaving the room for a few minutes.
- distracting her with a chew toy / ball / kong
- putting her into her crate for time out
- she has 2 long walks a day ( a good run off her lead )
I have been told that cocker spaniels are renowned for being nippy when they are puppies , not sure if this is a fact, but I would have hoped by 7 months she would be stopping the biting.
Please can any one offer me some advice ?