Hello everyone,
I am new to this site and a first time owner of a beautiful dobie puppy. Her name is Jazz and she is 10 weeks old, we live in the UK, we have had her since she was 6 weeks as the breeders wanted to get rid of her.
All in all she is a good little pup, she was a little bit bitey but she seems to be getting past that stage now, and she knows not to bite our hands or feet and tends to chew and bite her toys etc.
We give her the whole run of downstairs when we go out, or go to bed, she is trained to go to the toilet on her puppy pads which are next to the conservatory doors (she can't go out yet as she hasn't had her second injections) she is very good, and doesn't have any accidents anywhere and so far hasn't destroyed anything or chewed any furniture when we have been out or asleep.
The only thing I am concerned about is I think she maybe showing signs of dominance? We let her on the sofa with us, as even though she has a nice big comfy soft bed, when we go to bed or out, she always gets up on the sofa and sleeps, which I don't mind, she hasn't ruined it, and she is behaved on there. But now, she never gets in her bed, she always has to lay with me and my partner, and when she does, she has to lay on top of me, or around my partners shoulders, she tries to get as high up as she possibly can.
I am new to this site and a first time owner of a beautiful dobie puppy. Her name is Jazz and she is 10 weeks old, we live in the UK, we have had her since she was 6 weeks as the breeders wanted to get rid of her.
All in all she is a good little pup, she was a little bit bitey but she seems to be getting past that stage now, and she knows not to bite our hands or feet and tends to chew and bite her toys etc.
We give her the whole run of downstairs when we go out, or go to bed, she is trained to go to the toilet on her puppy pads which are next to the conservatory doors (she can't go out yet as she hasn't had her second injections) she is very good, and doesn't have any accidents anywhere and so far hasn't destroyed anything or chewed any furniture when we have been out or asleep.
The only thing I am concerned about is I think she maybe showing signs of dominance? We let her on the sofa with us, as even though she has a nice big comfy soft bed, when we go to bed or out, she always gets up on the sofa and sleeps, which I don't mind, she hasn't ruined it, and she is behaved on there. But now, she never gets in her bed, she always has to lay with me and my partner, and when she does, she has to lay on top of me, or around my partners shoulders, she tries to get as high up as she possibly can.