Good afternoon everyone,
So on Thursday I took my puppy (12 weeks old) to get his ears cropped (breeder did not do this) and went to pick him up on Friday. My husband, who is active duty military, rode with me to pick up our puppy. I've had my puppy for a month now but my husband has only spent about two days with him because of work. The puppy did well on the car ride home and I cuddled him the whole time while my husband drove. However, a few hours after we got home my puppy starting trying to rip apart his bed so I firmly told him "no" and took it away. For some reason this made my puppy so mad to the point where he started growling and barking at me. Once again, I told him "no" but he continued to growl at me. He has never behaved like this before so it really took me by surprise. He is usually very good about what "no" means. He has been getting along great with my husband and listens to him, but when I try to redirect or correct any bad behavior (chewing on carpet, jumping up on furniture, etc) he growls and tries to lunge forward to bite me. He does not behave this way when my husband corrects him so it's making me upset that he is behaving this way towards me. Any ideas why he has had such a sudden change towards me or how I can get him to listen to me without the aggressive behavior?? Any advice will be much appreciated
So on Thursday I took my puppy (12 weeks old) to get his ears cropped (breeder did not do this) and went to pick him up on Friday. My husband, who is active duty military, rode with me to pick up our puppy. I've had my puppy for a month now but my husband has only spent about two days with him because of work. The puppy did well on the car ride home and I cuddled him the whole time while my husband drove. However, a few hours after we got home my puppy starting trying to rip apart his bed so I firmly told him "no" and took it away. For some reason this made my puppy so mad to the point where he started growling and barking at me. Once again, I told him "no" but he continued to growl at me. He has never behaved like this before so it really took me by surprise. He is usually very good about what "no" means. He has been getting along great with my husband and listens to him, but when I try to redirect or correct any bad behavior (chewing on carpet, jumping up on furniture, etc) he growls and tries to lunge forward to bite me. He does not behave this way when my husband corrects him so it's making me upset that he is behaving this way towards me. Any ideas why he has had such a sudden change towards me or how I can get him to listen to me without the aggressive behavior?? Any advice will be much appreciated
