My furry baby has a bite worse than his bark

[JudyN]

Two steps forward one step back is good progress! Like children, they'll have days when they're good and days when they're downright horrible.

 

[VizMum]

He’s still mummy’s little boy even when he sinks his teeth in!

 

[merlina]

You'll get there.

 

[VizMum]

Thanks, merlina - I hope it’s sooner rather than later!

 

[Caro Perry]

That said, now he is getting bigger he can lunge over the gates and therefore get to us to resume the biting. Unfortunately the openings are big & we’ve not seen any higher ones on line that will fit. Not sure if buying around 3 and putting them next to each will be safe?

We do training with him in the evening but after about 5 mins he gets bored and starts biting.

We had to make our own - a commercial stairgate that would fit our spiral staircase ( wrought iron and round posts) doesn't exist. It's a piece of timber attached to the post with cable ties and a hinged piece of ply cut to size attached to the wood. We initially had a wire catch but Harri learned how to open that so it had to be upgraded. We now have a small bolt at the top which goes behind some of the decorate scrolls.



I'm sure you could come up with a similar plan to make a gate to fit Could you attach some ply to the existing ones?

 

[Breed Lead]

Do you take him out to a field or a big park? He is a hunting dog and he needs to run around a lot and look for new smells. We had a vizsla long time ago and I remember they are hard work but you got to do the kind of exercise/activity that the dog requires. If you take him to a big open space and play fetch that might wear him out and won't do the biting.

 

[VizMum]

Yes, he goes to a country park but had yet to be let off lead. Not sure we’d get him back at the moment!

 

[Violet Turner]

@VizMum its all progress