Hey everyone new to this forum even though I’ve lurked on it for a couple of years - before even getting our cane corso puppy Apollo who is 13 weeks. Hoping you guys could help me out with a few questions.
My three questions are:
1.How to get my puppy to remain calm before taking him out of his crate in the mornings. No matter what I do he will not stay calm upon opening the door he will try to force his way out. He goes in like a charm all I have to say is “crate”. No matter what I am doing I want a calm polite dog and really would like to get this issue solved - he is a smart dog and catches onto most things fast.
2.Puppy biting- me and my wife are on the same page of training and are sticking to the firm NO and redirecting him to a toy or putting him in a sit and stay. Or if we are playing with him we immediately end play time and walk away.
it does get frustrating sometimes when he follows like a little pirhana ignoring our NOs and continuing to nip. Are we doing something wrong ? Or do we just keep it up.
3. Puppy joint concerns- I am very cautious with how we exercise our pup as I’ve read scary things regarding this breed and there hips/joints. 2 times we’ve had slip ups of where he’s bolted and jumped off 1. Our porch (2/3 ft high and landed on his feet) and recently today he was in his witching hour where he is off the walls he ran up on our couch and jumped off the back onto our floor (4 ft high) I didn’t have a chance to stop him and I even keep a leash on in our house in case I need to correct him. He never yelped or limped in either situation - am I being overly paranoid ? (I just wouldn’t want to be the reason of issues down the road)
sorry for such a long thread - I just didn’t want to do multiple topics - any help is greatly appreciated!
My three questions are:
1.How to get my puppy to remain calm before taking him out of his crate in the mornings. No matter what I do he will not stay calm upon opening the door he will try to force his way out. He goes in like a charm all I have to say is “crate”. No matter what I am doing I want a calm polite dog and really would like to get this issue solved - he is a smart dog and catches onto most things fast.
2.Puppy biting- me and my wife are on the same page of training and are sticking to the firm NO and redirecting him to a toy or putting him in a sit and stay. Or if we are playing with him we immediately end play time and walk away.
it does get frustrating sometimes when he follows like a little pirhana ignoring our NOs and continuing to nip. Are we doing something wrong ? Or do we just keep it up.
3. Puppy joint concerns- I am very cautious with how we exercise our pup as I’ve read scary things regarding this breed and there hips/joints. 2 times we’ve had slip ups of where he’s bolted and jumped off 1. Our porch (2/3 ft high and landed on his feet) and recently today he was in his witching hour where he is off the walls he ran up on our couch and jumped off the back onto our floor (4 ft high) I didn’t have a chance to stop him and I even keep a leash on in our house in case I need to correct him. He never yelped or limped in either situation - am I being overly paranoid ? (I just wouldn’t want to be the reason of issues down the road)
sorry for such a long thread - I just didn’t want to do multiple topics - any help is greatly appreciated!