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Mastiff Mix - Pulling Pants & Growling

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manrav

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Hello all,

Please meet Simba, my newest addition to the family. He is a rescue puppy and I was told he is a mix of a Mastiff and Lab or a Mastiff and a Shephered. He has very good markings and I am not sure.. but I dont care either. I spent quite a bit of time before I adopted as he is a high energy and a dominant guy, but I got him home. He has been a very good boy so far and he knows that I am his boss, he follows me around and does really well without the leash. Lately, when I walk him out, he tries to eat everything thats on the ground (Grass, wood, mulch etc) and I try to stop by him from doing that, he does good but after sometime, he tries to pull my pants and kind of growls, I can distract him really well if I have treats, but sometimes I dont.. I am enrolled in a puppy which will start in 2 weeks. He is now about 14 weeks. Any suggestions?

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Cur

Cur

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The best advice I can give you is to teach him "Leave it" or similar command. It's a Godsend! That was the very first thing we taught out Guinness and it's the most useful one. See a squirrel? "Leave it!" Poop on the ground? "Leave it". It's never to early to train :)
 
swanguy7

swanguy7

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Yes very good looking pup . Yeah I teached both my dogs the word NO and it works well for everything nearly lol but useful tool
 
ripnlee

ripnlee

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Yeah I use the 'Leave It' and 'Yuck' as well, there's a lot of duck poop where we walk a lot...can't be good for them! Cute puppy :0)
 
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musicdeb

Well-Known Member
Welcome to you and Simba, who is a cutie!

Yes, teaching a pup "leave it" is one of the most important commands. "Leave it" can be used anytime you want Simba to ignore something.

Sounds like Simba needs more exercise. Pups can exercise 5 minutes for every month of age.
 
Hector

Hector

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I don't like that video. They used corrections on a dog that doesn't know what leave it means and they start off at level that's too difficult for the dog (too many distractions and waited too long before they rewarded him where you see the dog on multiple occasions getting up). The dog is pretty confused and the setup was pretty unfair. I'm glad he added in the explanation at the end though.
 
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manrav

Active Member
Thank you all for your comments!

I have started training the basic commands now, he is in the process of learning. He gets really excited in the night and in the house(runs around the house with short attention span on things), jumps around the couch and after sometime he settles down chewing something. He can do this for 20-30 minutes before he calms down. I know pulling the pants is common among puppies, but would be a big problem if I dont correct it now.
 
babyjoemurphy

babyjoemurphy

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We have had out english mastiff for 4 mos now. He is 9 mos old.
He STILL doesn't listen to drop it. Its a tough one for him to learn, oh wait no he is a mastiff, stubornness is his middle name.
Our ptevious EM that we adopted at 2 1/2 had a bad "drop it" as well.
DO NOT be discouraged and keep on it. It was pay off in the end
Beautiful boy
Welcome to the forum
 
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manrav

Active Member
Based on your experience, what do you guys think of Simba's mix ? Guessing he is now 12-14 weeks and weighs 22 lbs.
 
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vadersmom

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My 9.5 month old bullie still does this-pulls on shoe laces or pants as well as blocks your walking forward. She knows leave it and drop it but obviously not 100%:) I have tried just stopping in my tracks and wait her out. This can be a long time. And really annoying if I am trying to get to work. What works for me is to redirect with a command(usually "look" or "sit") and then reward. Yes...I always have treats in a pocket. ALWAYS. She has gotten better but still a problem to me because I hate it. That is the only thing I cant seem to tolerate-I am afraid of falling(at 55 and a bad hip, it is a true concern).
 
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tnycrrll

New Member
We have a female mastiff x lab, she is only 9 months old and weighs in around 40kgs. When younger she looked more lab but as getting older she is filling out. She is a bit like a mood dog, depending on her mood depends on the breed of dog that shines through the most. We named her peppa after peppa pig, as she resembled her as a puppy. Mum was ¾ mastiff and ¼ lab, where as dad was all mastiff weighing around 80kgs. We have been told peppa when fully grown could weigh around 60kgs.
 
Esh108

Esh108

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A trick that seems to work for us is we taught "drop it" or "leave it" followed by a good chew( her toy) trade and we say "take it". Got this from the trainer and it really help. So while she has to give it up, she knows she will get something back and then praise, so she doesn't fight it as much. Maybe this will help.


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Jennifree3

Jennifree3

Member
Here is I picture of my English mastiff/german shepherd mix, Clarabelle at about 5 months.
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She weighs about 55 pounds at 7 months.
 
Heads.up.Penny

Heads.up.Penny

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Omg she looks just like my em mix. We don't know the other half. But I think gsd

How much did she way way as a pup jennifree3
 
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