Okay so, we recently got a female cockapoo puppy at 8 weeks old. She originally settled in well, learnt tricks quickly and generally well behaved. She is 13 weeks now and has gotten worse with biting. We have tried everything, ignoring her and walking away, redirecting attention with a toy, yelping or saying ouch and time outs but it’s just not working. I’ve read about spraying water in the dogs face but we think it would only excite her further. Recently her biting has gotten harder and she appears more aggressive- snapping at us when we trying to remove her from a situation she is enjoying (such as trampling the plants). She lunges and bites down hard, so hard that she’s drawn blood and pierced the skin. It’s aggravating everyone in the family and honestly I’m fed up it’s getting ridiculous. She doesn’t listen, a calm and assertive command does nothing and yelling escalated the situation. My brother and Dad refuse to come into the room if she’s there and I’m honestly considering re- homing her. I do love her but it’s becoming too much to handle. I really wanted a sweet, calm puppy that would be a good friend not sure this. Is there anything that we can do? I don’t want to use physical action and hit her etc
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