Growling

On Friday night willow started growling when she was being told not biting!
The vet has said that nibbling is fine for this age but biting is a no no we have told her all along NO when biting happens but on Friday afternoon she started to growl when told no - it is rather scary to see this lovable little thing growl at you! Apparently it is normal but it’s something we are going to nip it in the bud as Willow will be around children and if nothing else she needs to learn appropriate behaviour!

She did it a few times today, so she gets a time out! she also if its continues i.e. more than two growls we are to hold her on her back for a few seconds and say NO GROWLING to show her who is the boss as she thinks she is.

Found an interesting article on Bite Inhibition (http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/teaching-bite-inhibition) but have also found that labs are bad for biting and growling initially but I think we will still mention it to the vet on Friday!