The Bert Show. Angie Woods is here, the dog whisperer. How are you today? I'm fantastic. Good morning.

Phone lines, as always, lit up for you. But I'm going to butt in here on the first one.

And that's the most important one. I've got this new puppy, and he really is fantastic. But I think we've got a whole alpha dog thing going on right now. And everybody's trying to figure out exactly who he's on the hierarchy and all that.

And he's having a problem with the kids. I see him nipping at the kids all the time. I think he and I haven't understand it. But he's nipping at the kids all the time. And I've got a two-year-old and a seven-year-old and they're not real aggressive about telling him to stop. And even when they say no, it's in such a high voice.

The dog's like, that's laughable.

What do you mean?

No. Well, you have a bulldog, right? Stubborn. Stubborn. Yep. Yeah. He's not nipping at you. Not nipping at mom. No. No, just the kids. Just the kids. He knows the kids are kids. You know, they're really, really young. And a couple of things, you guys are going to have to step up to the plate and do it for the kids. Okay. So he knows the kids are kids, you know, they're really, really young. And a couple of things,

you guys are going to have to step up to the plate and do it for the kids, okay? So if you kind of think about, um, mama dog and her puppies, I mean, she does things for them, right? So you needed to kind of do it by proxy. And so how does the dog correct a dog? Um, usually like, Yelp barks or snaps?

They kind of snap.

Yeah, actually the yelping one is the weak one.

Okay. dog correct to dog um usually like yelp barks or snaps they kind of snap yeah actually actually the

yelping one is the weak one okay okay because a lot of people will tell you like if the dog nips you to kind

to yelp yourself and turn away that would make you weak so i'm a big believer and kind of give

him like the little bump with your fingertips now a bulldog how, how old are we now? About 12, 13 weeks.

He's like almost, you know, he's 25 pounds, 26 pounds. He's going to be a big bulldog. Yeah. So, you're going to have to kind of step in. You have to kind of throw a brick in his thought. You know, you've got to be able to like bump him and kind of like that. Or literally throw a brick at him. No, no, no, no, no.

We don't ever want to hurt the baby.

But you do kind of want to snap him out of it.

Like, adult dog would snap at him.

You're just... throw a brick at him. No, no, no, no. We don't ever want to hurt the baby. But you do kind of

want to snap him out of it. Like, adult dog would snap at him. You're just going to emulate that snap. Should I bite him? Should I literally just, wait on there? Show your gums. I'm not going to use my teeth. Describe what that action is. You said, like, poking him with your fingers? With your Fingertips only, because you'll never hurt him with your fingertips.

Never a closed fist, never an open hand, but just a nice sharp little bump with your fingertips. And somewhere that, you know, for a bulldog, like his neck is not going to matter. Probably, you know, over his shoulders, maybe, you know, that little ribby area, but not hurtful, just enough to break his thought. And then he ought to turn around and look at you, and then you hold your eye contact. That means, don't do that to my babies. Does that mean that he'll continue to screw with him when I'm not around eventually? Eventually, he'll learn don't do it at all. But then training the kids, like, not to scream, not to yell and things like that, because I mean, it's normal when a puppy is nipping on you and hanging from your skin.

But it actually excites him. So you always have to think about what kind of energy you're bringing to a situation. And for the kids to be yipping and yapping, you know, that makes him more and more excited. So teaching them to calm down while you guys handle it, the puppy will learn be submissive to the kids. And Hayden could learn it.

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