Hi, we've just had a cockapoo pup, had him since 7 weeks, (the vet thought this was early to leave his mother) - seemed to have settled in really well, he does sometimes seem quite aggressive when playing, (most of the time he's a lovely affectionate pup, good natured) we're wondering what we should do, as we've have read many different opinions on this, some saying to ignore him completely, some saying to make short snappy noises at him indicating he's done wrong. We move our hands away, but he seems to lunge and leap for whatever body parts nearest!
We love him to bits, and like I said, most of the time he's a really sweet natured pup, but does tend to go through these mad phases for maybe 30minutes. We're just wondering if what the vet says was right, and that' he's left his mother too soon. (We have two older children who play with the dog quite a lot, and we haven't obviously excersised him yet and he's not fully innoculated, we're also feeding him quite a bit of chicken, could this perhaps lead to some over-zealous play?)
Thanks!
We love him to bits, and like I said, most of the time he's a really sweet natured pup, but does tend to go through these mad phases for maybe 30minutes. We're just wondering if what the vet says was right, and that' he's left his mother too soon. (We have two older children who play with the dog quite a lot, and we haven't obviously excersised him yet and he's not fully innoculated, we're also feeding him quite a bit of chicken, could this perhaps lead to some over-zealous play?)
Thanks!