Why does our new puppy bite and growl viciously?
Looks like you have your hands full with the puppy. Seriously you need to find a qualified trainer to come out to your house. I wouldn’t go to PetSmart as they are not allowed to take on behaviors like this. You actually need someone to come in home to work with you. It’s alot different working in a store envioroment vs in home. I was a PS trainer for many many years. You need to set up rules for this puppy. You have to learn how to be safe with this puppy. We are going to be a large dog and if you don’t get this puppy under control now, its going to exculate into more problems than you want to deal with. I maybe wrong by the way you wrote your question, but I think there is too much babying. Bonding and babying are two different things. I did not get my rottie until he was 10 weeks old. But the thing is, after I got him, I found out that these breeders took the puppies away from mom at 4 weeks. I wouldn’t have the problems with him if they had them with mom until they were 8 weeks. I
