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Posted by rachael on March 05, 2003 at 15:17:42:
We (Me, my mom and dad and 2 sisters, 9 and 12) have a new golden retriever puppy who is now about 12 weeks old. We've had her since 9 weeks, and she has always been very good. She is mostly pretty mellow, although she does love to play! We haven't really had any problems with excessive play biting, although she does get excited sometimes. Today when I walked into the room where she was chewing on her Jumbone she started growling and protecting the Jumbone from me. Me and my mom were both very surprised and I quickly grabbed her by her lead and gave her a sharp tug while saying "No, drop it!" and I took the Jumbone. I held it, then gave it back, then said drop it and took it again. We repeated it about 4 times and there were no problems. About 2 minutes later though, mom shifted in her chair and Lola started growling again so we did the "excercise" again, but with mom this time taking it. I'm wondering if we reacted appropriately and if there is anything else we should do to more firmly establish her as *not* being the boss.
I'm afraid that we undermine our authority because she free feeds (she is a healthy weight, and it is working fine so far) and because she is basically always with someone, although we do have a kennel for her when we go out. Do we need to maintain more active NILIF "program"?