Momtogytha
Jr Member
Hello everyone! This is my first time posting on the forum AND my first time raising a beautiful dobermann. My little girl is 4 months old and we have had her since she was only 5 weeks (mom was ill and owner couldn't care for her pups so we adopted her). Shes healthy, active and just an overall great pup EXCEPT that she gets extra bitey on our sofas and my bed. We have 2 sofas, that are connected to each other so whenever she gets on the sofa she gets hyoercharged and starts running and jumping from sofa to sofa. She doesnt let anyone sit on them (keeps biting and being snappy). She could be EXHAUSTED from activity and play but the minute she enters the lounge, its like all that exhaustion washes away and shes ready to be hyperactive again. I have been trying to teach her the on and off comand and she abides when I have a treat, but the minute she enters her hyperactive mode she stops listening. Its weid because shes otherwise a vert obedient dog! The reason my family and I think this could be is either a) Our kitchen is an open kitchen and is opened to the lounge so she keeps smelling food there OR b) Shes being territorial.
For the past 3 days we havent been allowing jer on the sofa because she was getting too rough with it. It seems to work. But sometimes we do want her to get up there (like when shes tired or shes being good), but again, the second she gets up she goes haywire.
Please give some tips! There is a chance something we are doing is wrong, so Im open to being corrected obviously. And also: we dont have dog trainers and behaviourists where Im from so that's not an option unfortunately
Many thanks!
For the past 3 days we havent been allowing jer on the sofa because she was getting too rough with it. It seems to work. But sometimes we do want her to get up there (like when shes tired or shes being good), but again, the second she gets up she goes haywire.
Please give some tips! There is a chance something we are doing is wrong, so Im open to being corrected obviously. And also: we dont have dog trainers and behaviourists where Im from so that's not an option unfortunately
Many thanks!