Just bought a new male pup............ Took advice and was advised when our bitch Chloe was approx 18 months, it would be right time to introduce a new pup

All  he does is chew!! when people walk, he's chewing there feet, chewing wires, everything that comes to contact with him, he chews!!!  It is not normal puppy chew.. this is CHEWING.

Also if we have a cup of tea or coffee in our hand, he jumps so fast and runs to you, and sticks his head in your tea, if you pull it away he's jumping all over to get it, also if we have a cup on the coffee table, hes jumpin on there too and drinkiing our cuppas!
More serious though, he keeps on nibbling chloe aswell, she is a fiesty dog, and sometimes puts him under her bits, and he bites them, and tries to suck milk out of her nipples, it hurts her. he is latching onto her mouth/neck aswell, and pulling hard and hurting her.
he is biting people to the extent were they bleed.

any advice he is 9 weeks old tomorrow.

thanks

weeay haaay new pup!!

I'm sure you remember your first dog Chloe was chewing a lot ( as normal staffie pup) so he does the same. chew chew chew chew and chew.

but to have a time off for Chloe, you better separate the dogs sometime. and give them attention separately.

I've got 3 staffies at home ( Sasha - 6 , Max- nearly 2  and Poppy_9 months) and had same experience every time when we added new staffie , so I feel for you and your Chloe.

When he start chew the thing, stick with one command to let him no its unwanted behavior, no or ah-ah. and give them something he is allow to chew. and if he chew it tell him good boy.

I know it will take a little while like till he changes his milk teeth to adult one, at least till he's 4-5 months old.

In my thoughts, correcting toddlers and puppies works same method, ( I've got 8 and 5 years old boy and they growing up with my dogs) - if you keep telling them "NO" they get used to it and they wouldn't take notice. so like you teach the toddler teach them " not to touch that thing", you have to be active. Before they reach the things shouldn't chew, remove it, cover it, or don't show it.

I know its tiring job, but I'm sure you'll get through this and in 6 month you'd be smiling with nice cup of tea in your hand patting both dogs on your sides with satisfaction

AWWW puppies..there just like having kids some are worse than others and training starts from when you bring them home and if your lucky you will get through it with not much damage. We puppy proof our house just as we have had to do this week with the arrival of hudson but i can tell allready that he is going to be a good puppy and we wont have to much trub... with him. Now maya on the other hand has gotten into everything its not that she is bad she just loves getting into everything and having loads of fun.we try to go through a check list when we leave her home so that she and the house is safe including not leaving chairs around so that we dont find her on the tables or kitchen sink and believe me this dont always work. We have learned to just keep smiling give them lots of love and know that it does get better as time goes on and enjoy every bit of it as they dont stay little for long.
good luck with your puppy.vicki.xxxx

Thanx guys, I just worry bout Chloe............ Shes the most patient, sweetest thing, and I would hate anything to upset her..... We have kongs & paste stuff, balls and tug toys, thing is Chloe is guarding her favorite ball if littlun tries to touch it she barks, growls etc.

All in all they are doing okay, and Chloe seems to be happy to have him around so far lol

Oh bless Chloe, give her big hug from me

Ahhh, We recued Tia (3yrs) and brought her home to crazy Sonny, he makes so much noise around her, he sort of shows all teeth and makes a cat like noise whilst biting and nipping her ears face legs etc. She takes so much then tells him, he does listen but if he is too excited we pop him in the crate to give ti ti a break. Sonny chews EVERYTHING too. Shoes slippers carpets clothes teddies hose pipes lol. The play biting was awful, if we tried to correct him he turned into devil puppy proper snarling and I was scared at times he was really nasty. Its all calming down now though, he has two wobbly teeth still and has a tendancy to play bite but he's much much better. There is light but I have found it a long haul with Sonny boy, Keeping him well excercised has helped massively but I know there are limits with puppies. I avoided all tug or rough games as he just got far too excited and bit chunks out of us. We had a fenced place in the kitchen we nick named Cell block H where we put him if he was uncontrollable, we didn't want to use the crate as a time out place. We no longer need cell block so deep breath in and get ready for 5 months of Puppy madness, we'll be here when you need us hun. x

aaaaahhhhhh staffy pups dont you just love em??!!! i got two 6 and 7 weeks at the moment and two adult staffs too so i can sympathise. Unfortunatley you will just have to keep on top of them with the rules!! 'a a' and 'leave' are the most frequently used words in my house at the moment lol. I have just rehomed 7 staffy puppies and have had five of them ringing me for advice on nipping and rough play issues! its all part of a puppy learning about play and acceptable behaviour. If you dont want to get bitten then dont roll around on the floor with your pup. if you do get nipped then make sure the pup is told in a suitable way that this is not acceptable. but always remember they are puppies and it is part of growing up! My bitch lily has still got a little milk left in her teats and the puppies will try to feed but she tells them no with a little growl and nudges them away. Do you have a cage? good idea for a time out and calm down area but never to punish! I have rules for the kids with the doga and the dogs with the kids and of course the hubby knows his rules haha. plenty of great advice on this site and all of us will sympathise and help where we can.

Good luck it will all be worth it in the end!!

Deb x

looks like you got a bonafide staffie puppy then. he will soon stop chewing your favorite shoes, then maybe start licking your armani jeans, then the burbing/snoring/farting/slurping/ watching tv etc all to come and all quite normal for a sbt

Hi guys ~ bit of a follow on, seems like problems to us.

Our dogs sleep on our bed, we know they shouldn't, anyway last night we took them both to bed all was well.............. When we woke up Kobi the pup pee'd all over the bed, Chloe didn't react but has since scratched at it etc...

Brought them down for breakky, out for potty, and alls well......... They then have a bit of play fight on the floor....

Hubby was just about to put Kobi in his crate for Chloes time-out, and catches Kobi peeing in his crate................. He told him off, and got him out to clean up......... As he is getting him out Chloe pulls Kobi out of hubbies hand by the head and starts swinging him about like a ragdoll. Chloe is growling, and Kobi screaming, his full head in her mouth, after a few seconds she's got him pinned to the floor with her mouth.. Really nasty loud growling. Hubby had to smack Chloes bum to stop it, Kobi ran off screaming, he's not hurt at all just shocked. Chloe seems to have forgotten the incident....... Is this normal? and if not what do we do?

Chloe is 19 month bitch.................... Kobi 10 week dog

very normal  not to worry. plenty of those would come.

Thanx for that, it terrifies me, she just went mad............ So she was just tellin him off staffy style then?