Hi, we have an adorable little dachshund puppy (3months old) who is unfortunately being extremely aggressive :( and I don't know what to do!
The vet suggested we react aggressively and yell at him and bang on a surface near him to scare him, but from what I can see the more aggressive I get the worse he seems to get.
I've tried being really patient and loving while saying a firm 'no' but there are times when he just doesn't seem to listen to anything I say and he gets really really hyper and bites us really really hard (we feel bad for the poor little guy since we figured he is getting his teeth and that must probably hurt him a lot)
I don't know what to do! I've been reading about "establishing alpha position' but training a dachshund is like trying to train a fly :( all he listens to is 'come' and if he feels like it - 'no'
If I should at him he barks back and looks a bit crazy (demented eyes... mean of me but he REALLY bites HARD)
2 min later he'll come crying to be picked up to sit on the sofa with us and make really cute, sad faces :(
HELP please!
Oh also he pees and poops everywhere :( I've tried the puppy pads (he sits on them and tears them up) newspapers (pees on them sometimes)... he just seems to do whatever he feels like doing
If I take him for a walk he'll just run around eating everything he can find then come home and pee and poo!
Is it safe to take such a small puppy out?
(sorry everything is all mixed up I'm going a bit crazy trying to figure out what to do... plus he's giving me the emotional blackmail treatment at the moment because I'm not letting him sit on the sofa next to me)
Thanks for any help!