melaniejane84
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Hi everyone, I could use a little advice.
My BM has just turned one year old, and has recently started behaving quite aggressively. He has always 'played rough', nipping and barking and whatnot, but this was getting less - Every time he nipped during play, we would give him one warning, then remove him from the room if he did it again. It seemed to be working, but this last two weeks the nipping has been relentless. The bigger he gets the more it hurts and I can't even tell if he's playing any more.
He's not nipping hard enough to draw blood but he's certainly bruising me. He doesn't always wag his tail when he does it, but does often roll onto his back and start flailing his paws. He does this high-pitched, excited bark at the same time. Sometimes he just wakes up and does this, sometimes it's just when I walk into the room. We still give him the time-outs, sometimes he will come back in and start playing with a toy instead, but sometimes he'll just come straight back to biting me again. Usually, after he's done being crazy he'll come and lie by me for a cuddle.
If anyone has any idea why he his suddenly like this, or how to control it, I would be very grateful. He's wearing me out.
My BM has just turned one year old, and has recently started behaving quite aggressively. He has always 'played rough', nipping and barking and whatnot, but this was getting less - Every time he nipped during play, we would give him one warning, then remove him from the room if he did it again. It seemed to be working, but this last two weeks the nipping has been relentless. The bigger he gets the more it hurts and I can't even tell if he's playing any more.
He's not nipping hard enough to draw blood but he's certainly bruising me. He doesn't always wag his tail when he does it, but does often roll onto his back and start flailing his paws. He does this high-pitched, excited bark at the same time. Sometimes he just wakes up and does this, sometimes it's just when I walk into the room. We still give him the time-outs, sometimes he will come back in and start playing with a toy instead, but sometimes he'll just come straight back to biting me again. Usually, after he's done being crazy he'll come and lie by me for a cuddle.
If anyone has any idea why he his suddenly like this, or how to control it, I would be very grateful. He's wearing me out.