We bought a beautiful 12 month old rough collie who came to live with us just over two weeks ago. She is simply beautiful in every way and we have all very quickly fallen in love with her. The problem is she keeps trying to bite our DS(3).
We had assumed that she is just trying to establish her place in the pack, so with the advice of the dog trainer at her obedience class we are trying to teach her where she is in the pack. We make sure she is always last to leave and enter the house. she is the last to be made a fuss of when we come home from work etc and we give DS her food to put down to her. So far nothing we have done is working. We have tried turning our back on her and ignoring her and using loud noises to distract her when she tries to bite. But I'm now at a loss for what to try next.
Also I am pretty convinced she knows that what she is doing wrong because she waits until she thinks we aren't watching to do it. She'll also try to bite when he isn't watching or when his back is turned too.
Any advice that anyone can give me would be truly appreciated as I really need her to stop doing this. Also if anyone has ideas about why she is doing this would be helpful too (in case it isn't a pecking order pack thing) DH thinks she is just playing but I feel it is more sinister than that. She has snarled at him twice since she arrived but that was around food. Generally when she "goes" for him it is quietly and swiftly.
Thanks for reading 