Cassie

Cassie never realy listened to me when off the lead or when i told her to leave something but since she has had her pups it has gone ten times worse she pulls on the lead and doesn't follow direction on the lead like i walk one way she'll walk the other and she doesn't listen at all in the house.
I heard females were more difficult to dominate than males (Taz has become brilliant)
I also got told that after having pups the female will be ruined when it comes to listening and playing up becomes a proper bi*ch not a girl dog bi*ch but just a pain in the ar* bi*ch. Its like training her all over again but its even harder she wont even listen for treats. I have this water proof sheet out in the passage so if the dogs need to go they go on there mainly for the puppies, but she will comes and pee on the carpet right infront me instead and it'll only be a little bit so i know she was not desperate the puppies at 11 weeks now are more behaved than her and i am getting so frustrated.the last weak iv been really ill and she is soaking it up like heaven because i can not react as fast etc.

well yea its true that if people are thinking of breeding a bitch then they need to be prepared for possibly the bitch to turn into a bitch lol i no sometimes they get better again with time but sometimes they dont and your stuck with it cant give much advice though having never bred a bitch myself.....

They can sometimes be a pain in the a**e for a couple of months after a litter's born - don't forget they've probably been spoiled rotten for 4 or 5 months & they soon get used to it!

If you go back to basics with training & try to keep calm she'll come right again, I'm sure.

And yes, she's probably picked up on you not being well (hope you're feeling a lot better by the way) and is taking advantage. Bitches, especially, seem to know when you're at your lowest & milk it for all it's worth. Again, if you go back to basics she'll cotton on soon enough.

In the meantime - deep breath, swallow the cursing, smile & carry on! What else can you do when you've got a stafford?

Caryll wrote:They can sometimes be a pain in the a**e for a couple of months after a litter's born - don't forget they've probably been spoiled rotten for 4 or 5 months & they soon get used to it!

If you go back to basics with training & try to keep calm she'll come right again, I'm sure.

And yes, she's probably picked up on you not being well (hope you're feeling a lot better by the way) and is taking advantage. Bitches, especially, seem to know when you're at your lowest & milk it for all it's worth. Again, if you go back to basics she'll cotton on soon enough.

In the meantime - deep breath, swallow the cursing, smile & carry on! What else can you do when you've got a stafford?

Thats what i intend to do, don't blame her only myself also i'v not been able to go for a run either so that doesn't help.