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Socialization problem

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Question
Hi, i have a female boxer named Sasha and she is about 10 weeks old. i also have a pair of Alexandria and a cockatiel at home too. She finds them very tempting especially the cockatiel. How do i get Sasha to get along with them and keep her from harming them?
Another problem with Sasha is that she tries to bite my feet when i walk and my hands and face when i try to cuddle her. She doesn't do that much with my mother. She is well behaved with my mother but she tries to dominate over me most of the time.When my mom is around she leaves the birds alone and doesn't try to bite them nor does she jump at them. But when she does something wrong and i tell her 'no' she jumps at me and barks at me. But at the same time she doesn't leave me alone too. She follows me wherever i go. She walks along by my side for a few seconds and then she'll start jumping at my feet and try biting them and then run and bump into me. i know she is trying to play but it hurts when she bites and when i say 'no' she barks at me madly and wont listen to me. What should i do to stop her from doing this?
Thanks for any information you can give
Aiswariya

Answer
10 weeks old is extremely young.

She is playful as any puppy.

She views you as her play buddy and mother. The mama Boxer plays rough with her puppies, teaching them to bite, attack, jump and pounce, etc. and to be "big, bad Boxers." It's her job to teach them.

Since she is so young, she has substituted you as her mother and is playing like the big, bad, Boxer girl that her real mama taught her.

She follows you around because you are her guidance, her mamma, her keeper, feeder, play buddy-- her everything. She looks up to you. Just as a human child will push the envelop with its mom, but behave at other people's houses, so does the puppy.

Biting you feet is the most normal thing a puppy does. Your feet move, she catches. It's a game.

Your verbal "no" and her barking back at you is her assertion of being that big, bad, Boxer girl that momma taught. It's also a game, a game of assertion and playing rough.

Get a whistle. A loud, obnoxious whistle. Each and every time she does something that you want to break, blow it. Verbally reprimand her using easy to understand commands that you will use the rest of her life.

Be consistent.

She will soon associate the sound of the whistle and your repeated commands to the behavior at the time.

Give her a little treat when she minds and stops. Show her the positive.

Reinforce with the positive so she can associate the stopping the bad, unacceptable behavior, to getting a positive reward- a treat, and your love and praise.

Remember, she is like a 2-year old child.