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Our standard poodle is almost two years old and still has some concerning behaviors. The worst one is when she gets overtired or overstimulated, she attacks whoever's around by jumping on them and biting their arms/tearing their clothes. She doesn't break the skin or anything but it HURTS and leaves bruises. Saying "Ow!" or "ah-ah" or "no" gets her more excited and has made it worse over time. Our only solution now is removing ourselves from the room or crating her but it has done nothing to get her to stop.
The other big problem we have is that she constantly is looking for things to steal. When she enters a room, the first thing she does is scan for something she cant have. We have been very careful about closing the doors, keeping items hidden away etc but accidents happen. Once she has something in her mouth, she swallows it. If you have time to say "drop" you're already too late. She has already had several emergency visits from swallowing things like socks. She has also learned how to push indoor gates from the drywall.
Another problem we have is that she barks and cries...a lot. If she goes outside, she immediantly starts barking and yowling for the neighbor dogs. She will bark if you put her inside. She has learned that barking=attention because we have to keep her quiet while we work at home, and its just relentless. If her favorite person leaves the house she goes absolutley bananas.
Half of our family is very against shock collars (even if it's just a noise and not shock), so we have not tried that. We have seen questionable reviews about our local dog training places so we have not tried that either. She is a genius at basic commands when treats are involved, and is a very loving playful dog. Our vet has assured us that she will outgrow these things and turn into the perfect dog with time, but I'm not seeing any improvements. She gets plenty of exercise and attention throughout the day so I really don't understand where this behavior is coming from.
Our last dog (a poodle mix) did not have any of these problems, so we're at a loss about what to do. Is this normal behavior for a spoo her age? Will she out-grow this? To me it seems like she either doesn't understand the "rules" or is purposefully choosing to ignore them. We have only done positive training by rewarding good behavior with treats etc. We did try a squirt bottle but she just thought it was a game.
One of our family members absolutley hates her and it just adds to all the stress. I would really appreciate any advice from people that have had similar issues. Thank you so much 😥
The other big problem we have is that she constantly is looking for things to steal. When she enters a room, the first thing she does is scan for something she cant have. We have been very careful about closing the doors, keeping items hidden away etc but accidents happen. Once she has something in her mouth, she swallows it. If you have time to say "drop" you're already too late. She has already had several emergency visits from swallowing things like socks. She has also learned how to push indoor gates from the drywall.
Another problem we have is that she barks and cries...a lot. If she goes outside, she immediantly starts barking and yowling for the neighbor dogs. She will bark if you put her inside. She has learned that barking=attention because we have to keep her quiet while we work at home, and its just relentless. If her favorite person leaves the house she goes absolutley bananas.
Half of our family is very against shock collars (even if it's just a noise and not shock), so we have not tried that. We have seen questionable reviews about our local dog training places so we have not tried that either. She is a genius at basic commands when treats are involved, and is a very loving playful dog. Our vet has assured us that she will outgrow these things and turn into the perfect dog with time, but I'm not seeing any improvements. She gets plenty of exercise and attention throughout the day so I really don't understand where this behavior is coming from.
Our last dog (a poodle mix) did not have any of these problems, so we're at a loss about what to do. Is this normal behavior for a spoo her age? Will she out-grow this? To me it seems like she either doesn't understand the "rules" or is purposefully choosing to ignore them. We have only done positive training by rewarding good behavior with treats etc. We did try a squirt bottle but she just thought it was a game.
One of our family members absolutley hates her and it just adds to all the stress. I would really appreciate any advice from people that have had similar issues. Thank you so much 😥