Dog jumps and bites my face!
Our 8 month old beagle/boston terrier mix is starting to calm down only slightly. She was spayed a few months ago. She's a VERY hyper dog, always has to be running around, can't just sit still. Anyway, for the most part she's well behaved. The biggest problem is that all of a sudden she can just lunge at your face and bite! She's only 25 pounds, but those jaws are powerful! And its so sudden. She can be laying down and having us pet her and all of a sudden she just lunges at your face and bites. She gets lips, noses, ears, whatever. She's drawn blood a few times. She's not necessarily angry when she does this, but every once in a while, she does get angry and has the whole teeth snarling thing and looks really mean, even for a little 25 pound dog, and then she bites at your hands and whatever else she can get. Its really frustrating because we want a nice, well-behaved dog (doesn't everyone? Lol) and for the most part she's doing well. We just don't know how to fix this part. We've heard the whole "ignore her, walk away" thing many times. But its so sudden that you can't just ignore it. And when you try to walk away she gets mad and runs after us and jumps and bites at your hands. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks!