BlaiddBach wrote:Being 5 months now he's possibly becoming a teenager and is pushing his boundaries... you're right you want to stop this kind of behaviour before it gets out of hand... if it's really concerning you it might be worth getting a behaviourist involved because you really don't want a dog that bites!
Just something to be aware of though... had he got a toy/bone etc under the bed because if so it could be related to the resource guarding issue and him feeling trapped when you tried to get him out...
Regardless I can suggest a couple of things worth trying...
Firstly "set him up for success" - basically meaning if you know there is a problem area (under the bed for instance) make sure he doesn't have access to that area, this way he can't get into trouble for not coming out of there because he can't get there in the first place... I did this with our kitchen cos I didn't want the dog underfoot while handling hot pans etc so I got a dog gate to go across the doorway (our kitchen is 'open plan' to the hall) meaning that he couldn't get into trouble for being there since he couldn't get in any more.
Secondly try putting a "house-line" on him - this is a very light weight long lead that you attach to his collar and it will trail round the house behind him... this way if he does go somewhere you don't want/can't reach him you have a way of getting control of him without having to reach under things/grab at him directly. It may take a little bit of training to get him to accept the house-line but if he's used to a long-line at all being used outside then it should be relatively straight forwards.
Hopefully it's just a teenage phase but definatly work on it so it doesn't become habitual!
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