oh dear... mum thinks doris will grow up viscous

mum thinks doris is going to be nasty and viscous when she is an adult because she is biting our hands alot now. try telling her its what pups do. grrr

I'm sure she'll be able to prove your mum wrong when she grows up! Is that her in your avatar? She's adorable!

Oh, dear!

Tell her it isn't just staffords that nip when they're pups; even little fluff balls do it!

It gets a bit better when they lose those awful needle puppy teeth.

Eleanor wrote:I'm sure she'll be able to prove your mum wrong when she grows up! Is that her in your avatar? She's adorable!

yes thats doris in my picture

Caryll wrote:Oh, dear!

Tell her it isn't just staffords that nip when they're pups; even little fluff balls do it!

It gets a bit better when they lose those awful needle puppy teeth.

yes the puppy teeth are like needles bless little doris . when she is playing with toys she growls alot and sounds so viscious x

I had a hamster, it bit my fingers to start with, drew blood the bugger, trained it out of it

janey wrote:
I had a hamster, it bit my fingers to start with, drew blood the bugger, trained it out of it

ohh bet that hurt doris is going puppy classes a week on wednesday she has her 2nd vaccination a week tomorrow, so any rough play and the other pups will nip back, my 4 other dogs dont nip back when doris gets rough

Try telling her thay human babies do the same thing. She is simply exploring the world with her mouth. She will continue through the teething phase and than it will be over with. Just a part of growing up

Awww Bring her onto the forum I'm sure she will change her mind when she see's how loving these doggies are And they were ALL biters as puppies

All puppies do it. I mean, even babies put everything in their mouth, but especially puppies because they don't have hands like we do to pick things up and whatever. Playing for them largely involves their teeth, and she is basically still a baby. As long as you keep up with the training every time she does it, she'll grow out of it. She just doesn't know humans don't like it yet. As for her sounding vicious...apparently Staffs like to make terrible sounds when they're just playing

Show your mum the replies if you want, hopefully it'll put her mind at rest to know that everyone else's dogs have been through the same phase but turn out great

Would not worry about it as said already they all do it

My mum said this when sky was little...Now she cant have her enough! Im getting her ready for a day at nannys now whilst i go to work!

Infact, i had to find another staffy owner to have sky whilst we went away for a week, Something happened so my mum and sisters needed to have sky back at my house ( other staffy was poorly) And we left with them being scared of sky, came back and they had all fallen in love with her and didnt want her to leave them!