Mabel is only three months old and already it’s a learned response on seeing feet – a habit. Particularly if they are moving of course. To her, feet in socks or soft slippers are probably like a couple of puppies to play with!
Sugar flies at people and bites shoes, but this is not the real problem. It’s a symptom. We need to work on the cause.
He welcomes the person at the door in a friendly manner. As soon as they sit down he jumps on their lap, seemingly demanding a fuss.
Then, after a few minutes he jumps off and goes to his bed, from where he watches. He doesn’t just watch – he stares. Poised and hard-eyed, he will attack feet if they move.
They tell her ‘no licking’, but with stress levels so high what else can she do to help herself? She spent her earlier days in the crate doing just this to gain some relief.
Why would an adolescent Bulldog become so over-excited that he jumps on people, grabs clothing and bites at their feet? Bentley was very excited when I arrived and his jumping up seemed to be relentless. This was my responsibility because I had asked the owners to leave the dogs alone Read more