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Hi guys this is my first time on this forum!
I have a 14 1/2 week old cockapoo puppy that is really great and very sweet most of the time. But when I put her on leash and we’re outside in the backyard and I’m trying to get her to go potty or we’re on a walk she will just out of nowhere start growling, jumping around, biting and pulling on the leash. It’s like she has the zoomies plus all the behaviours I listed above. I am not sure if she’s just playing around and thinks it’s a game or if she’s actually upset and is showing signs of aggression or something else. I notice that she mostly does this when I’m walking in the opposite direction that she wants to go. It’s almost as if she’s throwing a temper tantrum.
The other day I was at a park and was introducing her, at a distance, from my friends puppy. They didn’t have all their shots yet so I couldn’t let them actually interact how she normally would with other dogs that do have all their shots. So I guess she found it upsetting that I wouldn’t let her go play around with this other puppy so she started growling and barking and pulling and when I would kneel down to try and calm her down she would just continue to do this and then bit me as I was picking her up. It’s like she just went ballistic...
I didn’t have these problems the first 2-3 weeks I had her, it only really started about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks ago.
I should note that she does growl quite a bit during playtime, especially during tug of war.
Has anyone else had to deal with this with their puppy? I’ve owned German shepherds before and as puppies they would never growl and start biting and pulling the leash or go ballistic like my cockapoo puppy does.
Any advice would be great.
I just really want to know if anyone else has had this problem with their cockapoo puppy and if they ended up growing out of it.
Thank you!
I have a 14 1/2 week old cockapoo puppy that is really great and very sweet most of the time. But when I put her on leash and we’re outside in the backyard and I’m trying to get her to go potty or we’re on a walk she will just out of nowhere start growling, jumping around, biting and pulling on the leash. It’s like she has the zoomies plus all the behaviours I listed above. I am not sure if she’s just playing around and thinks it’s a game or if she’s actually upset and is showing signs of aggression or something else. I notice that she mostly does this when I’m walking in the opposite direction that she wants to go. It’s almost as if she’s throwing a temper tantrum.
The other day I was at a park and was introducing her, at a distance, from my friends puppy. They didn’t have all their shots yet so I couldn’t let them actually interact how she normally would with other dogs that do have all their shots. So I guess she found it upsetting that I wouldn’t let her go play around with this other puppy so she started growling and barking and pulling and when I would kneel down to try and calm her down she would just continue to do this and then bit me as I was picking her up. It’s like she just went ballistic...
I didn’t have these problems the first 2-3 weeks I had her, it only really started about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks ago.
I should note that she does growl quite a bit during playtime, especially during tug of war.
Has anyone else had to deal with this with their puppy? I’ve owned German shepherds before and as puppies they would never growl and start biting and pulling the leash or go ballistic like my cockapoo puppy does.
Any advice would be great.
I just really want to know if anyone else has had this problem with their cockapoo puppy and if they ended up growing out of it.
Thank you!