Worried about biting puppy

[geekone]

And I am not talking about gumming or chewing. I mean snapping snarling and growling when he is not getting his own way.
He's 12 weeks and other than this brilliant. He is a bit chewy so we have been stopping him chewing the DS goals and eating soil etc when he gets over excited we remove him from the room we are in for 2 minutes to calm down. Now he has started to anticipate this and when I try to pick him up outside if he is somewhere he shouldn't be he takes off running and if I stand in front of him to stop him chewing said goals he barks and snaps and then I try to lift him to remove him from the situation he gets worse. Inside if we are playing and he gets bitey (excited) I stop but the he will snap at me so I need to remove him then he will come in and jump on the furniture trying to steal whatever is on th table and when I put him down again he snaps. This is generally at night I think he is over tired but I don't know what else to do. We can't have a snappy dog. My DH says we should have got a bitch but I think it's too early for this to me alpha male stuff
HELP

[geekone]

That makes him sound evil sorry he isn't. He's not showing his teeth or trying to take a chunk he is just clearly annoyed.

[BiteyShark]

At night when he is getting overtired, remove him for a few minutes to calm down. Repeat this how many times as necessary. Mine was quite bitey and we just had to keep doing this and then we would find he went to sleep as he was clearly overtired and over stimulated.

Also don't wait for him to get into that state. If you watch him you can probably tell he's about to 'kick off' and calmly remove him before he does to an area that he can settle down and sleep in.

Outside you could always use a slip lead just so you aren't having to pick him up or chase him when he's doing something wrong and you need to remove him from the situation.

[AvocadosBeforeMortgages]

I'm not going to start giving direct advice on this one as DDog came to me as an adult and I didn't have to deal with this stage.

However, it's worth noting that alpha male / pack leadership theories in dog training have been thoroughly debunked. Your puppy is not trying to take over the world, or even the back garden!

As vaccinations should be sorted very shortly, I would highly recommend taking your dog to good quality puppy training classes - one run by a trainer accredited by APDT or IMDT, Dogs Trust Dog School etc. They will give you strategies to address this sort of behaviour and work on all the basic commands like sit and getting him to come back when you call. I learned a lot from going to classes and I'd highly recommend them to almost any dog owner.

[geekone]

Thanks we are doing training on Sunday. He is all vaccinated. He actually will sit lie down and come but will only come when I have a treat then heads straight back to where he shouldn't be.

Bitey getting him to calm down is really difficult he starts ok chewing a bone while lying down then back up humping the curtains jumping up to couch table etc. I try to sit with him and clap him or cuddles but he just bites at me . DH not as patient

[BiteyShark]

When mine was being naughty when overtired I never tried to interact with him as the attention just made him worse. So it was timeout and ignore for a few mins, then back in the room, if behaviour repeated then back out again for another couple of mins timeout and repeat. Eventually he would come back in, scratch his bed up which we knew meant in 30 seconds a flat out sleeping dog. As he got older he started to understand the timeout and we had to do them less frequently and usually only once before he would hunt the bed out and collapse asleep.

[Chocolate50]

What breed is he? Just because some are known to be more lively than others. It actually sounds like he's quite clever to pre- empt your actions. I think you have to be quite firm if he's biting. I would be saying 'no!' Sharp & put him on the floor. Then only interact when he's calmer. You have to be in charge as he needs boundaries & needs that direction from you. Tbh though, 12 weeks is still very young & he's still learning. Biting and being aggressive though needs knocking on the head (not literally of course!). You don't want him getting into that habit. Maybe reward him for good behaviour so he learns it isn't all about being shut out when he isn't behaving?

[geekone]

Thank you. He is a Giant Schnauzer so yes very bright. We are doing pretty much everything you have all said so thank you it makes me feel like we are not making a bitey dog lol. I think we also might have tired him out too much over the weekend.

[doingwhatican]

We had a similar thing with ours. She would jump up and then started jumping up and nipping to get attention, when just jumping wasn’t working. We were doing the whole ignoring thing which wasn’t working but our puppy training class teacher said to redirect the behaviour- it wasn’t just ‘off’ or ignore, but ask her to sit / feet on the floor instead. That actually worked and she rarely does the jump-nip thing anymore.