Re: [cockapoo] New member - Cockapoo named Max and his continued mouthing

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:57:45 -0700

Hi there, and Welcome to the list! And congrats on your new baby! I have a lhasapoo, Sampson, and a cockapoo, Delilah...Delilah is also a dominant dog, compared to Sampson...hopefully your puppy classes will help you to teach Max when to not do that..now is the time to nip this in the bud..with Delilah I use key words and hand signals to stop the agression when it starts, which is fewer and far between now after working with her for almost five years...every once in a while she has a slip up, but it's less aggressive now...I also will not pet or cuddle with her if she does this, which is her biggest love to be cuddled and petted and played with by momma...I think puppies, like kids, test the limits sometimes, so we need to stop them when they are young, so it doesn't get to the point of no return...hang in there, he'll learn...some just take longer then others, and he still is very young... I'm so happy your joined the list...I'm Valarie by the way, I live in Jax, FL with my two dogs, 7 kitties, and my husband of 5 years...
Val


In a message dated 6/17/2005 11:56:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My cockapoo - Max - continues to mouth.  He is 19 weeks old - we
bought him at nine weeks from a breeder. We have just completed puppy
kindergarten and are now enrolled in puppy plus class.  The mouthing
continues to stress my family.  Also tonight he grabbed a slice of
pizza and growled (alot) when I came near him.  He has never done that
with food before.  He is generally a good dog but I guess somewhat
dominant - even though he is always freely rolling over on his back to
get a belly rub.  I am a little disappointed with his temperment as I
grew up with a cockapoo mix (scottish terrier was added) before
cockapoos were purposefully being bred. The dog I grew up with had a
wonderful temperment which is why I convinced my cat loving husband
that we needed a cockapoo dog.  I guess that is why I searched out
this group - Max is pretty good but trying my patience!
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