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Seems like a reverse sneeze. Allergies for one of mine leads to that.
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That it's happened infrequently but often enough to be a "noted behavior" indoors in various seasons makes me think it's Not allergies. But I can't really think of any other idea
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Mar 17, 2021 18:30
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Sab669 posted:Oh, so I have a weird question. My dog has done that after pulling hard on the leash. She wears a martingale collar that tightens down to the point where you can only get a finger between the neck and collar, so no choking, but I assumed it was from the sudden pulling when it gets fairly tight. Never had this happen outside of those times, so I'm hoping it isn't some kind of allergy or other issue. Is this only when walking? My dog has also had hiccups a few times and while cute to me, she certainly gets a look of "wtf is happening to me" when it happens.
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Mar 17, 2021 18:37
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Phuzun posted:My dog has done that after pulling hard on the leash. She wears a martingale collar that tightens down to the point where you can only get a finger between the neck and collar, so no choking, but I assumed it was from the sudden pulling when it gets fairly tight. Never had this happen outside of those times, so I'm hoping it isn't some kind of allergy or other issue. Is this only when walking? Nah, it's pretty random. Sometimes first thing in the morning when she jumps off my bed and we go into the kitchen for breakfast and she'll start wheezing like that. No collar on then, never mind a leash. That's why I thought it's just some weird "getting too excited" thing. It's probably also happened just lounging on the couch or whatever too, though. Like historically it's been such an uncommon thing where it's like, "Oh you're still doing that huh?" that it's hard for me to think of specifics. Yesterday was the first time it's ever been persistent, multiple bouts in a short window.
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Mar 17, 2021 18:45
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It's a reverse sneeze, it happens sometimes. Generally it's not a big deal unless it's happening a lot even though it seems scary in the moment.
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Mar 17, 2021 23:08
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Poor little Savannah (10 weeks) has had giardia since she came home from the breeder at 8 weeks. Frozen-yogurt poops from day 1. We just finished 5 days of medication and the poop never changed at all; hopefully the medication itself was upsetting her tummy and she'll have her first ever solid poop soon? Gobi had Giardia from the breeder when I brought him home at 12 weeks. Vet noticed because he had a little mucus in his stool. Never noticed any other symptoms but vet put him on some medicine. Now at 18 weeks he went in for his final shots Monday and I told the vet his anus is prolapsing a bit when he poops, and every 3rd poop or so is pretty watery. He put him on antibiotics and probiotics, and he has had real bad diarrhea the last two days. Giardia is a bitch in puppies, good luck with yours!
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Mar 18, 2021 08:34
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Meant to comment earlier, that guardia stuff sounds really hard. I am sorry you guys are going through it!
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Mar 18, 2021 13:15
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I have a rope hung in the third bay for the kids to climb, swing, and get out energy on when it’s cold outside. This goofball plays tug of war with the house  
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Mar 18, 2021 14:23
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I love him and his big pink chin
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Mar 18, 2021 14:31
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Willie had giardia basically right when we got him, forget if it was immediate or if he maybe caught it after we brought him home, there were like 3-4 other ppl on the block that got dogs at the same time we did; this was in the before times, don't even want to think of how many new owners we would have run into had we gotten him last year. It was a pain in the rear end to get rid of, we live in a major city with no personal yard space, we got super lucky it only took like 2-3 weeks to get rid of, but he was also 7ish months so not a super young pup.
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Mar 18, 2021 15:42
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I have quickly learned that my neighborhood is occupied exclusively by small, poorly trained dogs. I’m afraid of the effect that this is having on my puppy, who has become a lot more reactive on lead towards other dogs. The good news is that when he meets other dogs up close he is friendly and submissive. I am currently working on keeping his attention when there are other dogs in the vicinity.
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Mar 18, 2021 16:15
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Yeah giardia is super annoying but on the plus side, it's a war of attrition and once her adult immune system kicks in, those little protozoa are toast. Sweet little Savannah Is pet insurance more expensive while they're puppies? Trupanion and Embrace both quoted me about $75/month for 90% repayment, $750 deductible, $8,000 max benefit which seems like... double what I would expect. But maybe puppies have high claims since they eat rocks & whatnot
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Mar 18, 2021 17:16
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Verman posted:Its not impossible to fix aggressive behavior but it takes A LOT of time and behavioral training with someone (a real trainer) who knows what they're doing and if you're not mentally/financially/emotionally willing of putting in years of constant work, this might not be the dog for you especially if you live in an environment where its difficult for you to avoid encounters with strangers or other dogs. Please don't take this as a criticism of you as a person or the dog whatsoever. Some people just dont have the capacity to handle dogs with aggressive tendencies and thats perfectly okay. Some dogs just aren't a good fit for the owner. Its better to acknowledge it right away than to think things are okay and let something really bad happen like a dog fight or biting a stranger and then have to rehome the dog again. Thanks for this. I got back in touch with the rescue and explained the situation. They were not surprised at all by my description. It's still a huge bummer, but I feel better about the decision than I did earlier this week.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Yeah giardia is super annoying but on the plus side, it's a war of attrition and once her adult immune system kicks in, those little protozoa are toast. Holy hell, I paid $15 a month through Lemonade for $50,000 coverage with a $250 deductible. It mostly only covers accidents and illnesses though.
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Mar 19, 2021 00:08
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“Why the hell did you drag me out here?!??”
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Poor little Savannah (10 weeks) has had giardia since she came home from the breeder at 8 weeks. Frozen-yogurt poops from day 1. We just finished 5 days of medication and the poop never changed at all; hopefully the medication itself was upsetting her tummy and she'll have her first ever solid poop soon? Yorkshire Pudding posted:Gobi had Giardia from the breeder when I brought him home at 12 weeks. Vet noticed because he had a little mucus in his stool. Never noticed any other symptoms but vet put him on some medicine. MF_James posted:Willie had giardia basically right when we got him, forget if it was immediate or if he maybe caught it after we brought him home, there were like 3-4 other ppl on the block that got dogs at the same time we did; this was in the before times, don't even want to think of how many new owners we would have run into had we gotten him last year. GoGoGadgetChris posted:Yeah giardia is super annoying but on the plus side, it's a war of attrition and once her adult immune system kicks in, those little protozoa are toast. Giardia is awful and it took a full year before Teddi was able to fight it off on his own. Our primary vet at the time spent the entire time milking my wallet for antibiotics and other medicine to try and treat it (eventually trying to prescribe him with literally thousands of dollars of human grade giardia medicine to treat it, which my pharmacy said "Yeah no your vet is a quack") until I eventually threw my hands in the air and took him to a specialist at the local emergency vet, had some blood tests run to verify there wasn't anything else wrong with him, and got told "lol yeah giardia sucks, just suck it up and wait it out, here's a $1500 bill for the blood work." Best of luck to anyone dealing with that poo poo because it sucks. I still keep a weeks worth of fenbendazole at the ready whenever Teddi so much as shows a sign of diarrhea just in case it's another recurrence, but for the life of you don't let your vet milk you on it, you can buy that poo poo on Amazon for half the cost. Do that and keep some psyllium powder to add to their food to help firm up their stool again and you'll be golden.
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Mar 19, 2021 00:37
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Yeah giardia is super annoying but on the plus side, it's a war of attrition and once her adult immune system kicks in, those little protozoa are toast. It's usually breed related. Goldens are sweet, perfect cancer factories so their premiums are going to be higher than a mix or some breed they don't have a lot of data on.
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Mar 19, 2021 01:43
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MadFriarAvelyn posted:Giardia is awful and it took a full year before Teddi was able to fight it off on his own. Our primary vet at the time spent the entire time milking my wallet for antibiotics and other medicine to try and treat it (eventually trying to prescribe him with literally thousands of dollars of human grade giardia medicine to treat it, which my pharmacy said "Yeah no your vet is a quack") until I eventually threw my hands in the air and took him to a specialist at the local emergency vet, had some blood tests run to verify there wasn't anything else wrong with him, and got told "lol yeah giardia sucks, just suck it up and wait it out, here's a $1500 bill for the blood work." The powder is what really helped Willie, is that just a stool hardener? Thought it was the medicine.
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Mar 19, 2021 15:31
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Savannah is having an absolutely awful week. 10.5 weeks old now and she has plummeted to being able to tolerate 0 seconds of alone time. Panting, simultaneous urine and defecation, hurling herself at the baby gate so hard she limps, and of course barking loud enough that the next door neighbor asked if she was ok All the separation anxiety training is based around building on how long she can be alone, but what do you do when you can't be alone for even 1 second? She's panicked so hard that treats or food activities are no help Simultaneously she has started swallowing rocks and gravel. We can't go for walks anymore as a result and so we've got one bored, panicked puppy
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Mar 19, 2021 15:52
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Do you have some sort of small, portable pen or crate for her? I would think maybe you could put that next to a door, then you stand on the other side of the door and just repeatedly close and open the door. Close it, wait a second, open it, dispense treats. Do that a bunch. Then slowly work up the time interval before you open the door. Not sure about the rocks and gravel though; my Gigi recently started eating clumps of dirt which is weird 
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Mar 19, 2021 16:00
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Honestly that sounds like it might be time to talk to the vet about some medications to help her calm down. You could try some benadryl maybe but probably want to talk to the vet first.
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Mar 19, 2021 16:07
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Meds might help. With our Separation Anxiety dog it took something like 6 months before my husband and I could both leave the house for a half hour. That was without medication, she had been on a bunch of meds at the shelter but they didn’t help much in her case so we tapered her off them. Getting another dog without that issue helped Anxiety Dog tremendously. She looks at him to see if something is a Big Deal before she panics. He’s a chow hound so as long as treats are incoming, our leaving is not a problem. (Unfortunately he’s also an idiot so big trucks, planes, hawks, crows, etc are now BIG DEAL categories at our house.)
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Mar 19, 2021 16:22
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Joburg posted:
Oh good call. Our new pup gets *really* upset if he's completely by himself but as long as the other dog is around he's chill. He only barks when she barks.
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Mar 19, 2021 17:47
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I'm going through similar separation anxiety issues with my year-old dog (who has been with us for about 10 weeks). My wife and I can't both leave the room at the same time, except when we're heading to bed at night. And that requires a whole ritual that gets him to settle in his crate -- if we change it up too much, instead of sleeping he just cries and barks until one of us sits in the room with him for 30-45 minutes. The rest of the time? As soon as we're both out of view, he freaks out. Apparently his previous fosters all had other dogs, and we don't. I don't think we're going to run out and adopt again, but this is kind of driving us crazy.
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Mar 19, 2021 18:05
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I was trying to wash blankets yesterday and left 'em on the floor for too long... 
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Mar 19, 2021 18:21
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:bored, panicked puppy WhiteHowler posted:this is kind of driving us crazy. Really think about getting another dog. I wish we would have sooner rather than struggle with SA for soooo long and then get another dog anyway. Noodle is much happier with a friend and our lives were so much simpler after she realized being home without us was not a big deal. Here she is being very tolerant of Barley’s feet in her face. 
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Mar 19, 2021 18:57
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StrixNebulosa posted:I was trying to wash blankets yesterday and left 'em on the floor for too long... I've trained my dog to always eat treats on a blanket. If i don't have one down and give her a treat, she'll walk around in circles looking. Works great when visiting people though. Through down a blanket and she immediately lays on it, looking for treat.
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Joburg posted:Really think about getting another dog. I wish we would have sooner rather than struggle with SA for soooo long and then get another dog anyway. Noodle is much happier with a friend and our lives were so much simpler after she realized being home without us was not a big deal. Also, I doubt my wife will be receptive to adding another dog anytime soon.
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Mar 19, 2021 20:05
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Savannah has three cats to play with! And by play I mean... she play-bows at them and they stare at her like a weirdo They love napping in the same area though.  They're all terribly curious about the other. As she gets a bit less reactive toward them, I think they'll occasionally play or otherwise give each other some level of stimulation.  Look what a friggin cute little doofy puppy she is  She may have given me tinnitus but dammit if she isn't the cutest little cotton ball We went out for some leash walk & "don't eat all the goddamn rocks" training today. I basically just had her on a leash and we did laps around the driveway while I occasionally gave her 1x kibble. She did an exceptional job of staying focused on me and didn't show any interest in rocks, although she's definitely a real Underfoot dog now. Eventually I'll need to get her to walk next to me rather than behind me while getting kicked in the face every 3rd step, but one thing at a time!!
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Mar 19, 2021 23:20
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Walking around the neighborhood this morning and WOAH
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Mar 20, 2021 14:24
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Your dog's chewing is out of CONTROL
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Mar 20, 2021 15:38
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MF_James posted:The powder is what really helped Willie, is that just a stool hardener? Thought it was the medicine. Yeah, psyllium powder is great for firming up your dog's stools, same stuff they use in metamucil. I buy a bag of it, add a teaspoon or two to my dog's food and it really helps, even when he isn't sick. The fenbendazole is a dewormer that vets will recommend to treat giardia, but it's not a silver bullet for it and resistant strains of giardia just shrug it off until your dog's immune system catches up. I keep enough for six doses and whenever Teddi shows any unexpected diarrhea I'll start adding it to his food daily until things calm down as a just-in-case.
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We gave Savannah about 1/5th a teaspoon of psyllium husk with lunch yesterday and hoo boy it was effective. She usually poops 2-3 times a day and I think she had like 8 poops in the following 18 hours? She also drank a ton of water which caused a few indoor pee accidents, but on the plus side her poop was quite firm AND she passed two of the (god, I don't know... 30?) pieces of gravel she's gobbled up in the past week!
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Since it was another beautiful spring day, I took Pongo for a 4 mile hike just the two of us. He loved every minute of it and was great with everyone he met. It is honestly a rare occasion to walk him around people and someone not compliment me on how beautiful he is. I happen to agree; the white fur makes for a great scritch target!! If I need to stop for a second to tie my shoe or whatever, he keeps a watchful eye out while I am distracted. I also took him with me to meet my coworker’s dogs. He was a complete sweetie to all of them and still played fair given his size advantage. 
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Mar 21, 2021 21:07
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So at just shy of 5 months, Gobi is doing great with his training. Almost no accidents indoors (and when he does it's on purpose because he just loves to micturate on a specific rug in my house, dude), barking is much better, chewing is more manageable, and he is improving around other dogs. I've been pretty consistent with his training in the 2 months I've had him, and I think it's really paying off. There are two things I want to make sure I'm doing right though. Potty Training e's doing great at 5 months, but he does go on my indoor puppy pad a lot. I give him treats for outside pee/poop, but nothing for indoor pad. I'd like to still have the pad available, but I'm worried I'm not training him to hold it as sometimes he goes on the pad every 45 minutes. I know he can hold it, he does every night for 8-10 hours, but during the day I don't think he feels like he needs to. Should I try removing the pad during the day for a few hours at a time to teach him to just hold it longer, or will it just serve to confuse him if there pad is there sometimes and not others? Biting Shiba's are known to be pretty mouth, and Gobi is definitely a real bitey pup. He is teething right now, and losing/growing teeth rapidly. Vet said he should be done in another month or so, but until then I know he can't really help himself. I've been pretty lenient, and frankly I don't mind him biting on me a bit, but sometimes he bites my in the back/head/underarms way harder than I'd like. When that happens I put him in timeout for 5-10 minutes, and he has been steadily getting better. However, it's hard for me to tell what is "puppy biting" and what is "behavior biting". I don't want to punish him for teething, but I also don't want him to be a year old and still think that biting hands hard is okay. He has no shortage of toys and chew treats, but he just really loves loose clothes and hands. Anything else I can be doing besides trying to curve the worst of it by shoving toys in his mouth and putting him in timeout when he gets too rowdy?
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:
Don't be lenient. Teething is the time to really teach him what he's allowed to chew and what he isn't. It doesn't matter whether he's biting something because he's teething or because he's a bitey puppy. He should be learning that putting his teeth on people doesn't result in anything he wants. You don't have to put him on time out every time he puts his teeth on you but he definitely should be learning that biting you, regardless of how hard = end of engagement (even if it's only for a few moments), and biting a thing he shouldn't be should result in a redirect to something he's allowed to chew on. It's very tiring, but very worth it in the long run. It may not even seem like you're making progress until he begins to get out of the teething phase.
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Instant Jellyfish posted:It's a reverse sneeze, it happens sometimes. Generally it's not a big deal unless it's happening a lot even though it seems scary in the moment. yeah it is. We didn't know it was a thing until Lady started doing it one night at 3 AM and woke us both up. "OH JESUS CHRIST IS OUR DOG DYING" (she is fine and it has never happened again.) Anyway I had previously posted in here about getting her to push a button to be let in the backyard, and that we were having trouble transitioning from "I have to press this before I am allowed outside" to "I press this when I want to go outside." It turns out the solution was just to let the weather get better. Now that its nice out, we'll call her in, she'll get some water, relax for 3 minutes, then slam the button. Or, as in this video, we'll get back from an afternoon walk, I'll release her, and she'll just immediately demand to be let out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xfUh1iMHw every day with this poo poo.
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Ours has a set of potty bells that she uses for the same reason, and she gets lovely if we don't let her out, even if we know she doesn't need to use the bathroom. Usually we wait out her mini tantrum and she finds a chew toy to occupy herself after she realizes she's not going out.
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Fart Car '97 posted:Don't be lenient. Teething is the time to really teach him what he's allowed to chew and what he isn't. It doesn't matter whether he's biting something because he's teething or because he's a bitey puppy. He should be learning that putting his teeth on people doesn't result in anything he wants. You don't have to put him on time out every time he puts his teeth on you but he definitely should be learning that biting you, regardless of how hard = end of engagement (even if it's only for a few moments), and biting a thing he shouldn't be should result in a redirect to something he's allowed to chew on. It's very tiring, but very worth it in the long run. It may not even seem like you're making progress until he begins to get out of the teething phase. I disagree. Puppies naturally explore the world with their mouths, and it's an important time in their lives to teach them bite inhibition. It's less about not putting their mouth on anyone, and more about being gentle while they do it. Dogs that are taught to not mouth at all grow up to have unknown bite inhibition, which can be a problem. I've heard of well socialized dogs that are trained very well in everything except bite inhibition, that then get a paw stepped on or a tail shut in a car door and do some serious damage in response, surprising everyone since the dog had never shown any aggression. But because it had never been aggressive towards people and never allowed to be mouthy with them, there was no sign that if it were to bite that the bite would be bad. You can train dogs not to bite at all as they get older, and they naturally tend to be less mouthy as they get older anyways. But as pups, I let them kind of gnaw on fingers and whatnot gently while we're all calm and relaxed. If I feel them put a little too much pressure either on skin or on clothes, I'll say ouch. If they put enough pressure to get close to actual pain, I'll get up and leave immediately while dressing the dog down for being a jerk. Then after letting him think about how soft and delicate us human beings must be for a minute or two, I'll come back and make him do some sits or something to apologize, and we try again. When it comes to the dog just chewing on things it isn't supposed to, I do agree that there should be an immediate redirect, and ideally steps taken to prevent the dog from biting that thing again. For example, if he wants to chew on the legs of the dining room table, block of the dining room so he can't get in there until he's better chew toy trained.
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Today is, apparently, National Puppy Day. Edit: what the hell are you doing Ollie. 
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