She’s clearly having fun, running around in circles, chewing sticks, and finding and eating cat poop. And I don’t want to discourage her from having fun when I take her outside (except for the cat poop thing – that needs to stop).

But she seems to have the idea that jumping up and biting my wrists or my ankles is a fun game that we both enjoy, and she seems to be getting more agressive about it.

  • Pons_Aelius
    1•7 months ago

    Yep, the difference in that short time is pretty big. My parents bred dogs when I was a kid. My dad liked to keep them together for 16 weeks.

    taken at 8 weeks or sometimes even younger.

    The people who do this are arseholes running puppy mills in my opinion.

    • Devi
      1•7 months ago

      16 is even better. It’s difficult because you really want them to start socialisation by that point and breeders individually socialising a litter can be a challenge, but for those who can it’s a much more stable dog the owner is starting with.

      I do dog rescue and a lot of people got their first ever dog over covid and people who had no idea how to raise a pup raised some really messed up dogs. Starting with an older dog that is a bit more stable just makes all the difference.