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He bit my nephew in the face.
I have an almost 1 year old long haired Chihuahua, with the possibility that he's mixed. (I think he's mixed because he's WAY too big to be a pure bred chihuahua). The first few months we've had him there have been no problems (I've had him since the middle of June). But recently he's been jumping up alot and biting people. He's drawn blood on two people so far, including my nephew whom he bit in the lip today.
We punish him whenever he does this but to no avail. My mom said that if he bites another person and draws blood that we have to put him down. Obviously I don't want to put him down, he's my baby and I love him but this is getting way out of hand.
So far my options are to muzzle him or put him down. For now, until we can figure out something else to do we're going to muzzle him. But I don't want to keep my dog in a muzzle all the time.
What else can I do? I don't want to put my dog down...
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I've never heard of spraying bitter apple in a dogs mouth when they do something bad. Bitter apple is a Chewing Prohibitive Spray that honestly doesn't work on most dogs. Labs especially seem to be fond of the taste and chew more. Muzzling him for now is the best thing you can do because you don't want him to seriously hurt anyone. Read up on training and dog psychology, you need to learn to be the Alpha dog, the leader of the pack, because right now your dog thinks he IS the top dog. Keeping him away from people seems like a good idea however working with him in an enviroment that you can correct the bad behavior and show him who is boss sounds like an even better one.
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Hey, I also have a chihuahua and he's probably mixed with something too. My dog is also mean and he can't be around other people that he doesn't know. You should probably keep your dog away from other people and if you have to try a muzzle. Possibly if the dog bites another person they will call the animal police and take your dog away and that happened to my dog even though he didn't bite the girl. Since the dog has already bit 2 people before and if it bites another person they will probably call the animal police and your dog will likely be put down to sleep. If you dont want that to happen, then keep your dog away from strangers or people that he doesn't like and if that don't work then you should put him in a muzzle. Hope I helped.
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you could also just keep him in a seperate room when you have people come over, my friend does this with her huge german shepard who will attack anyone who isn't family
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I know you don't want to hear this, but you NEED to muzzle him. Once an animal has tasted human blood, it wants more, and your dog has tasted it twice. It would be best to put him down, but if you absolutely must keep him alive, a muzzle is necessary and needs to be on him at all times.
You never know what he could do the next time he comes in contact with someone else. He could bite off someone's finger or break a vein, and if that happens, you're dog would have to be killed and you would be sued. Or imagine if he somehow runs away. He could harm a little girl walking to school or an old man waiting for a bus.
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ask your mom if you can give him to an animal shelter, explain to her that maybe they can train your dog, and that way you didnt have to put him down, and that it would break your heart if you did
hope i helped :)
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There is this stuff called Bitter Apple Spray. You can get it at Petco or somewhere like that. When the dog does something bad you spray the stuff into its mouth.
Or if you dont want your dog to have to taste that stuff you can get a little watergun and spray the dog with water when it does something bad.
I know people that do both of those and it seems to work.
good luck
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