Puppy getting to agressive

[smidge]

When i play with her she gets pretty agressive, she lowers her head and starts barking when i run with her, and sometimes she will jump up and grab my arm, or anyone whos doing it. And her nibbling is getting pretty hard, she almost broke the skin once. What worked for you??

[Xerxes]

Well I never played "rough" with my pup until he was over a year old. Even now when we wrestle there's a rule: No teeth on skin. and my rule is "No use of thumbs whatsoever."

But I used the yelp and walk away method. If he didn't calm down after that, he'd get to take a 30second to 2 minute timeout in another room.

[smidge]

i dont play rough with her, just when i run next to her, thats what she does... No clue why she does it, because im only running with her.

[Xerxes]

What breed is she?

[smidge]

mostly border collie but she may have a little something else not sure, i think she may be pure, but everyone else thinks shes not.

[Xerxes]

She's probably performing natural herding behaviors.

First thing I'd do is to completely stop the play when she starts jumping up and mouthing. Yelp, completely ignoring her and stop moving. After about 15 seconds start play up again.

Does she like the frisbee? Could you redirect her energy and play onto another object?

[smidge]

ya, she likes the frisbee but cant catch it yet, but shes getting better :p

[Maxy24]

What Xerxes said. Start running and as soon as she leaps for your arm stop dead in your tracks and stand straight like a statue, look up and away from her. Wait 15 seconds and continue repeating until she learns if she wants to run she better stop biting.

Same goes for playing. If you are plating a game and she bites, even if it appears to be an accident, stop playing and freeze, don't look at her and wait 15 seconds to continue.

I doubt it's aggression, it's either herding or over excitement. Make sure she gets lots of toy play time. I wonder if there is anyway for a dog to use his herding instinct without having to use living animals...

[heartdogs]

What Xerxes said. Start running and as soon as she leaps for your arm stop dead in your tracks and stand straight like a statue, look up and away from her. Wait 15 seconds and continue repeating until she learns if she wants to run she better stop biting.

Same goes for playing. If you are plating a game and she bites, even if it appears to be an accident, stop playing and freeze, don't look at her and wait 15 seconds to continue.

I doubt it's aggression, it's either herding or over excitement. Make sure she gets lots of toy play time. I wonder if there is anyway for a dog to use his herding instinct without having to use living animals...

Ditto. These are drivey dogs with an inherent tendency to stop motion. I would teach her a "leave it" command as well, and use it just prior to her putting her mouth where it doesn't belong.

[CelticxConnections]

Duke does something like this sometimes when I run.

I agree with what has been said here about stopping. I have also found that if he must sit when I stop it calms him down faster.

I would recomend training her to sit when you stop. It doesn't take very long with most dogs and if she's part BC I highly doubt there would be many issues. All you have to do is have her heel, take two slow steps or so and tell her to sit. Then just fade out the sit command. Duke is to a point where I don't have to take the slower steps(though you really shold take the steps if your on leash).