JPsMOM
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Need some serious help with this one...I have no idea what to do. I have 3 kids, the oldest being 12 and the youngest is 7. As a recap we got Jasper at about 10 weeks old. He has been great, no signs of aggression toward anyone or anything. He is now about 17 weeks old, and is starting to show aggression toward my 7 year old. It started with him lightly nipping almost every time my son went to touch him. We are still working on him not being "mouthy" so I didn't think much of it. Then I saw him just walk by my son and nip his leg. My son was just standing there talking to me. I started watching more carefully and realized that Jasper does not act like that toward any of the other kids or adults in the house. Only if he is wound up playing will he get carried away and nip anyone else. I realized Jasper actually wants nothing at all to do with my son. He will get all kinds of excited to see everyone else after school or work, but he couldn't care less when my son walks in the room. When I take Jasper in to give "goodnight kisses" to the girls, he is happy and loving on them...when I take him to my son, he wants nothing to do with it. Tonight he gave him a pretty good nip when he walked over and sat down to pet him. I KNOW my son has not done anything to purposely hurt him or anything like that. He loves animals, especially dogs. We had a boxer a few years ago that was his best friend in the whole wide world, and when we finally got another dog, Jasper, he thought he finally had a new bestie...and he doesn't. I started having my son give him his breakfast to see if that would help, but it doesn't seem to be making any difference at all.
I don't know what to do about this situation. I can't have an animal that bites my children, obviously, no matter how much I love him. I need to know what to do to fix this so we can all be happy, safe, and together! I am willing to do the work, I just don't have any clue what to do.
Thanks in advance....
I don't know what to do about this situation. I can't have an animal that bites my children, obviously, no matter how much I love him. I need to know what to do to fix this so we can all be happy, safe, and together! I am willing to do the work, I just don't have any clue what to do.
Thanks in advance....
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