Hi all!
I'm new to the forum. I just bought a 10 week old beagle puppy, a female. We are calling her Peanut (we have a food name theme going with our dogs, Oreo, Popcorn, and now Peanut). Anyway, we've never had a beagle before. I kind of made an impulse buy, and saw her and her littermates for sale in the newspaper and went and bought her. We are experienced dog owners, though.
So, it's been a long time since we've had a puppy and she kind of seems like a mean little thing. When we're holding her and she wants down she growls, barks, and bites, and today my mom caught her in the bag of dog food and pulled her away and Peanut growled and lunged at her arm and bit her (mom was not phased, but I wasn't happy). She is teething and sinks her teeth into anything she can, but is this normal puppy beagle behavior, to be kind of mean?
Also, how old are they when they lose these sharp little baby teeth? We do love her, but gosh I hope I don't have a mean dog-to-be on my hands! I'm a college student and am moving into a house next year and got her to be my companion as I venture into my grown-up life, haha!
Ok, thanks all!
I'm new to the forum. I just bought a 10 week old beagle puppy, a female. We are calling her Peanut (we have a food name theme going with our dogs, Oreo, Popcorn, and now Peanut). Anyway, we've never had a beagle before. I kind of made an impulse buy, and saw her and her littermates for sale in the newspaper and went and bought her. We are experienced dog owners, though.
So, it's been a long time since we've had a puppy and she kind of seems like a mean little thing. When we're holding her and she wants down she growls, barks, and bites, and today my mom caught her in the bag of dog food and pulled her away and Peanut growled and lunged at her arm and bit her (mom was not phased, but I wasn't happy). She is teething and sinks her teeth into anything she can, but is this normal puppy beagle behavior, to be kind of mean?
Also, how old are they when they lose these sharp little baby teeth? We do love her, but gosh I hope I don't have a mean dog-to-be on my hands! I'm a college student and am moving into a house next year and got her to be my companion as I venture into my grown-up life, haha!
Ok, thanks all!