Learning the Rules

today i was a bad boy, and mom had to teach me that jumping up and biting are very very bad. i bit her hard on the hand and it hurt. i didnt make any blood but she got mad and rolled me on my back on the ground and growled in my face! that scared me and i screamed so loud a lady peeked out of her door to see what was going on and laughed when she saw mom kneeling on the ground with her face right up next to mine. i was a good boy for the rest of the day! i guess im not very nice with food either cause i knocked the food bowl out of her hand yesterday cause i wanted that food really bad so now i have to eat my breakfast and supper one piece of kibble at a time and i cant grab it i have to take it nice. sigh.... its so hard to learn manners..

This morning when Cowboy went outside he showed some serious signs of aggression.  He ran up to me and instead of stopping he jumped up and grabbed my pant leg with his teeth, hitting my skin through the pajamas and scratching me.  I immediately rolled him and growled at him – and it didn’t even phase him!  OMG, I will not have an aggressive dog – this needs to stop NOW. 

He is also very intense with food – not so much aggressive, but maybe the “survival” instinct of having to deal with all of the other pups?  He plows into the food dish before I even set it down, and if I try to pick it up he jumps on it.  So last night and today he was fed by hand – one piece of kibble at a time, and he had to sit to be fed.  I hope this works.