AboutNicole Expertise I will offer assistance to anyone needing help with general Basset Hound care, health and behavior/training.
I do not, however, assist those who have bred their pet. If you are responsibly breeding, you shouldn't have simple questions as your mentor should be providing you all the instruction you need.
Experience I currently own a 5 year old Basset Hound and his 6 non-basset siblings...(a mutt and 5 Boxers). I have studied dog behavior and training extensively and train my own dogs.
Organizations Buckeye Boxer Rescue
Education/Credentials I was a certified obedience instructor and a certified potty-training instructor with Petsmart and studied under a canine behaviorist.
Question I adopted a very loving basset hound a year ago from the pound...he is two years old. My problem is when he is sleeping or napping and we go to pet him or move him to his bed he will snap or bite at us. Sometimes when he has a chewy or a shoe that he is not suppose to have he will growl and try to bite us if you go to take it from him. Most of the time he is very loving but when we yell at him for snapping of biting he then cowards from us. What is the best way of breaking him from doing this as he has broken the skin on everyone in the family.
Answer Hi Elaine,
The first problem is very easy :) Leave him alone when he's sleeping. Not all dogs like to be disturbed in their sleep.
Have you let this behavior go for a year or is it recent? As far as taking things away from him I mean. And is that the only method you've used thus far is yelling?
