12 wks & still grabbing at pant leg

[salnmystique]

Help. My boxer girl is always grabbing at my pant leg. Depending on her mood, if I say "no" or "no bite" she lets go. Other times she just growls at me & keeps coming at me. I've done the turn around & ignore her, but she just keeps coming. She's ripped one of my pants already & the sneakers are needing new laces. Will she grow out of this or is this a forever thing? She grabs my pant leg at all times of the day. Especially when she needs a nap, she becomes demon dog at that time. Any advice is greatly appreciate. She is 12 wks & my first boxer. I want to do good for her.

 

[gmacleod]

You need to teach her bite inhibition. But that's a process - not something you're going to tell once and have this baby understand LOL. Generally, it's something that takes a few months for pups to gradually understand.

Here is a short article that sets out why teaching this is so incredibly important (rather than just detering the dog from using her mouth at all), along with how to go about it: http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitestop.htm There are also many previous threads on this topic that you'd find with a search - lots of good information in those that you could put to good use