Next instalment of Rocky the puppy

He is adorable

Do you mean he is nipping at ankles or at Toffee or at wrists ?
He looks lovely...
... if you don't get enough answers re. the nipping, send me a pm. explaining in more detail, and I'll try to help... :o)

Rocky is soo cute, theres nothing like the joy of watching a dog running around on his walks, ----I miss that!

He is just gorgeous.

very cute!~
ours is now 16 weeks and went out for his first night time walk last night and coped very well it's great watching them in new situations and giving reassurance when scary things happen...
lots of us got new puppies at the moment!

Oh Rocky! What fun you are going to have - you look like a little bundle of trouble. Adorable. Will you take him to dog training?

He's lovely! Alfie, our 5 month old Rottweiler pup, is still nipping (and his teeth are so sharp). We try to deflect him by giving him a toy to chew on and, as you are already doing, we walk away. I think it's just a matter of perseverence and hope he gets the message. Please let me know if anyone gives you any helpful tips before we run out of elastoplast....:o)

penny nips a lot and im distracting her with chewies(not working)we had our first night walk last night and she didnt like it,barked at anything that moved,cats,grass,moths,me,im told by the vet the nipping should stop as she gets older as puppys like to mouth everything

He is such a cutie, SK, love that photo of him sitting looking out at the 'big wide world'! I always found that 'yelping' (or saying Argh with a suitably pained expression!) when nipped and then turning away, hands tucked under arms out of sight, worked for me. Millie is not a pup but I am attending pup training classes (for socialisation) and have found them very helpful. TT has given me some useful tips too. One idea that I hadn't heard of, for when pups are teething, is to give them ice cubes (sometimes with a treat frozen inside or made with gravy) or to pop their chewy toys into the freezer. Apparently it helps them as they go through the losing milk teeth stage.

thanks everyone, will just have to persevere! Will try the ice cubes Gee am looking into classes haven't found one yet but a lady i rang last night comes to the house to get the pup trained on a lead etc., so you have some control when starting a class am debating wether to give that a go, although i have started training and he sits, gives paw and has just learnt down, tried him on the lead (hates it) but am persevering, i must admit i get frustrated sometimes but try and not show it, as Ceaser Milan says....Calm and Assertive, :o)

I'm sure it will all come together, SK, and it seems Rocky is very willing to learn. Perhaps he might prefer a harness rather than a collar when walking. My daughter's dog was 8 months old when she adopted him and he had never walked on a lead. It was a nightmare but the harness proved more acceptable to him. Good luck :)

What a lovely boy you have there another goy boxer pup just adore them. They bring back happy memories for me, your first picture is so cute, so boxer!
I hope Rocky's nipping soon stops for you :o)

No not a boxer Neellan! lol he is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, i can see why you think he's a boxer they do look alike when young.

Oh wow I can see now on one of your other blogs there is a closer shot of his face.........well he is lovely anyway and has a boxer's name too....lol

I hope he wasn't offended by my gaffe :o)

Oh no he took it all in good part :o)

Pleased to hear it SK I wouldn't want to hurt a chaps feelings :o)

He's a beauty Skilla...and look at Toffee....are they good friends? I'm sure the nipping chewing thing will settle down as he gets older......:o)

he`s a lovely pup so cute ;o))