Dog Health Questions: Help with my dog training?

My family adopted a dog in March of this year. She is a black lab/basset hound mix, and she is about nine or eight months old. Her name is Ruthie. I babysit two young boys a couple days a week, and her behavior is terrible around them and even around other people. She jumps, nips, and I'm pretty sure she is done with teething. I don't know how to discipline her because when I do she always fights back. I am pretty sure she is submissive, but I don't know. How should I correctly train her?

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If you adopted her from a rescue kennel she probably acting aggressive because she may have a bad history so its good your starting young. one option you can tie a leash (about 20 feet or longer outdoors) to your pet's collar so you can quickly grab the line when you need to stop the bitting. Be sure your supervising your dog while doing this.
More head strong puppies may require a leash and head halter for control. By leaving these attached when the pet is with the family, you can instantly stop mouthing and biting with a gentle pull on the leash. release tension the puppy stops bitting or mouthing stops. This give you, family, and even younger children control over the pet.
During play time try to play with a soft touch, rough playing can lead to an aggressive reaction. when ever your puppy bits you during play time yell a vary loud "OUCH!" then immediately stop playing this her.

These are just some helpful things you can do to train your puppy to stop the bitting, And remember to NEVER hit your dog really hard, this can just make things worst.

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• Tell her in a stern voice "No bad girl." and send to bed. I knock some people smack their dogs lightly to tell them. Once in her bed, make her stay there. Also you could point to the young boys and say sternly "what have you done!" When you say that to my dog she puts her tail between her legs and goes to her bed. Oh and make sure you're giving her enough attention as she might just want a cuddle. They treat family as their 'pack'
  Good luck xx


• hm, training can be tricky, but the key is patience. start to train her with one word commands: "sit," "stay," "heel," etc. try to avoid saying her name with the commands, i.e. "ruthie, sit" or "sit, ruthie," it tends to confuse the animal. dogs feed off the energy you give off, so if the two boys you babysit are energetic and rowdy, chances are your dog will be too. i would recommend putting your dog in a quiet place and train her one on one without the boys around until she starts to obey. again it will take time and patience, but she will learn. i recommend taking a dog training class or going to the library and taking out some books to gain a better idea of how to train your pooch.


• Try a basic Obedience class. Not only will it instill confidence in your dog but will create a better bond and you'll learn the proper way to correct her.
  (And by proper, I don't mean yelling or hitting.) And the great thing is, it last her lifetime! At this moment, she's the pack leader and you need to learn to be the pack leader. :)


• Keep a leash on her at all times. When my puppy starts acting up...jumping and stuff...I step on the leash, to where he can only sit/stand/lay down. You're not hurting her this way and the correction is technically not coming from you...she is just not able to jump or run around and she will probably not like it. I would keep standing on that leash until she calms down (couple of minutes)...Then say good girl and release her. If she does it again, do the same thing. If you're consistent, she should adjust her behavior.
  
  As for biting...I had a problem with it also. But we corrected it at 3 months, I'm not sure if it will be harder at 8-9. I had a dog trainer come to our house. My puppy starting biting her hands and legs immediatly (playing)...She took him by the scruff on the back of his neck (very calmly)...Said "No Bite" in a low firm voice. And with her hand on his nose, she pulled his lips right over his top teeth. Let's just say that he didnt particularly enjoy biting his own skin. That's all it took for him to stop biting...He'll still get carried away when he's playing but a firm "No Bite" does the trick.


• You could have confused submissiveness with playfulness, she sounds a tad bit hyper and most probably was jealous of you giving attention to the two boys. If that's the case you should probably spend more time with her and If that fails you could keep her in a leash when the two boys are around.


• Firstly congratulations on adopting a dog, I did the same thing a few years ago and we had trouble with training her at first but now she is an absolute angel. There is to much stuff to cover about dog training to put in this answer but when we were training our dog we used this blog http://doggytrainingonline.blogspot.com/ which has loads of free information.
  
  Good luck