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How do we stop our Schnoodle puppy from biting?

December 17, 2015 By Marc Morrone   petexpert2@aol.com

Pets columnist Marc Morrone and his pit bull, Pets columnist Marc Morrone and his pit bull, "Chief." (Credit: Bruce Gilbert)

Q We have a year-old male Schnoodle (schnauzer poodle) that bites. We do not hit him. We got him at age 8 weeks from a family breeder upstate. We can’t remove anything from his mouth or groom him without concern. If we pet him he can snap. He growls and attacks at times. He also barks in an attack stance at any dogs and people walking by. I think it is the breed mixture of the dog and my husband thinks he was traumatized. What’s your thought?

Susan Glodstein,

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A You had him since he was 8 weeks old so he was obviously not traumatized. He is just not quite right in the head. I never can understand how one individual dog will never, ever bite no matter what the circumstances and yet another will bite without any hesitation and then expect you to forget all about it. I have had both kinds of dogs. The problem here is that you can change the way the dog acts but you cannot change the way it thinks. If you want to teach a dog like yours not to be possessive about things in his mouth then you have to show him that when you ask him to drop an object it will be replaced with something better.

Go to the fridge and take out a piece of deli chicken or cheese and offer it to the dog while giving it some kind of command such as “trade.” In most cases the dog will drop whatever it is carrying and run to you for the treat. You then tell the dog to sit and give it the treat from your hand. Pick up the object in question and in no time he will be bringing you all sorts of items to trade with you willingly.

However, even though you may have changed the dog’s behavior you have not changed the way he thinks. He would still bite you if he thought it was justified or to his advantage. However, if you work on using positive reinforcement/reward training with him as I described briefly here then things will be a lot better.



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That' aint no schnoodle, that's a pit bull in the pic.

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If the dog is continuously biting for no reason - that is a huge red flag and that dog needs to be put down.

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Lawyerlady wrote:

If the dog is continuously biting for no reason - that is a huge red flag and that dog needs to be put down.

   If you put that on Facebook, people would FREAK.  But, i agree with you.



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I've had poodles. Sweetest dogs ever.

But they can be territorial.

I don't think the picture is the dog in question.

You have to make sure the dog knows you are the leader. Not him.

The first time this happened was the time to stop it.

If he doesn't respond to reconditioning, he needs to be put down.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

That' aint no schnoodle, that's a pit bull in the pic.

Yes, the caption of the photo says it's the columnist and his pit bull, not the dog in the letter. 



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The columnist only responded to the issue about not being able to take anything from his mouth. He completely ignored the " If we pet him he can snap. He growls and attacks at times."



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There are very sick people in the world that cannot be fixed. The same is true for dogs. Maybe the dog was deprived oxygen during birth and has brain damage. Maybe the mother lapped up poison while she was pregnant. The plain fact is that even a dog lover should not ignore the warnings signs of a dog that is violent and aggressive without provocation.

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We had a poodle when I was a kid. He snapped unprovoked. He bit my brother for no reason one evening & my mom had to stop my dad from beating it to death with a golf club. The dog was put down the next day.

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A dog that bites in discriminately is plain no good. You have to watch them like a hawk, lock them away when company comes over, and have your lawyer on retainer.

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We had ours put down.

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My parents had a part skipperke part poodle. It was a small dog but it was mean. After about a year of her nastyness she was put down. We found out later that all the dogs in the litter were put down. Some breeds just don't mix.

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