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Thanks for the advice! We'll cut down on his walk duration and try to increase the frequency. Also stepping up with the time we spend training him, but once the treats are gone and training ends, he usually goes back to mouthing if he's really active. He was relatively obedient in puppy school and picked up the commands pretty fast, however had problems keeping still during theory parts of the class and gets really whiney. Puppy school was great though, we had Stuart from underdog take the class. Thanks Cosmolo! We will try to review our approach with him in the coming weeks and will certainly get a trainer if the issue persists. :) My partner started teaching the kiss command, hopefully it works for us too! Thanks!

Maybe that explains why he has more energy after his walks, we thought we were possibly feeding him too much. Thanks for the tip denali, will certainly step up the training with more tricks! :) We use a crate but he doesn't like it in there, he prefers to sleep on the kitchen tiles. We think it's a ventilation / too warm issue, as he only sleeps in there on colder days. We don't use it for timeouts though, we tend to tether him somewhere or remove ourselves from sight. Thanks for the suggestions Nekhbet! Unfortunately, we've tried the both the scruffing and thumb-under-tongue methods. I usually hold/press on until the biting stops and he calms down. However, once I've release him he would usually go in for another bite or start his barking fit. Also tried a bitter spray, he loves it. His front baby teeth are all off, with the adult teeth out about a week ago. Canines and molars are all still puppy teeth and not yet shakey. Not sure if the mouthing is due to them because he takes deeper, more painful bites (not to the extent of drawing blood).

Hi all! I'm also having mouthing issues with my 4 month old samoyed. Thought I'd ask for advice here instead of creating a new thread, hope it's ok OP. :) I've tried a number of methods (eg yelping, timeout, holding him until he calms down, redirecting to toy) but none seem to help. The mouthing used to occur when he gets really excited, but he recently started coming up to us for a quick bite (on painful meaty areas like the thigh) every now and then. Not sure why it got worse as we've made sure to avoid any behaviour in response to his mouthing that may seem like a reward to him. Also, a firm no or pushing him away before he goes in for the bite often ends up with a crazy barking fit. Don't think it's an excess energy issue as it happens after his hour-long walk too. Anyone has any other alternative approach to recommend?

Hi guys, thought I would just add on to the info here. Went down for a short trip last week and the snow coverage was good, didn't have to head as far up into the spot shown above (There was a pretty big fallen tree on the way there though). I would think snow chains are a must-have, as even with it my little city car was sliding around a bit. Also, do note that your GPS may route the shortest route via Buxton (recommended by some sites when I was searching online as well). I tried that way but it was not passable, as a portion of the road was just really bumpy dried up mud. So you may want to avoid it if you are not driving a 4WD and stick to the route suggested by Leah above. Great thread btw! :)

Although unlikely based on the conversation I overheard downstairs, I think this is an interesting perspective. Regardless, we were also at fault in being too complacent and have certainly learned our lesson!

Thanks, we certainly will before we let him out unsupervised, if ever again. He still loves going out to do some people watching so I think he should be alright now, fingers crossed!

Thanks all for the responses, really appreciate it. My mind is more at ease now with your comments, also, puppy seems ok and back to his normal self. Will continue to monitor him and definitely only letting him out at night with supervision. Will also seek body corp opinion on the privacy fence, otherwise I'd probably just lay some transparent film to block the gaps off.

I just jumped out of bed awhile ago to screams from my 3 month old puppy, seriously loud screams which I've never heard from him or any other dog before. I live in an apartment and my puppy sleeps indoors, with access to the balcony (which we assessed to be safe for him) overnight where his pet loo is for when he needs to go. Apparently, a bunch of teenagers were walking along the street at this hour thinking it would be fun to flash their laser pointer into the apartments and it probably got my pup's attention. I saw the beam flashing around as I ran out to investigate what was happening. I found my puppy outside, with his front-right paw stuck under one of the small gaps beneath the balcony panels, he was squealing in fear/pain, and he had a massive diarrhoea from the situation. I freed his paw immediately and inspected him, thankfully he is fine. I suspect that those idiots were luring him to "catch" the laser dot through the small gap. It was when I turned the lights on and looked outside that I found two of the kids hastily walking off while one kept calling out to my pup, she (still having some form of a conscience) sounded worried that something happened to him. After spending some time cleaning him up after the diarrhoea, he seemed alright, playing with his toys and all for awhile as though nothing happened and now he is fast asleep. My partner and I decided to make the balcony off limits for now, for fear that those troublemakers were to come back, and we will return to pottying him at fixed intervals. I will probably also get a privacy fence set up soon... Apologies for the long post... Should I be concerned with my puppy being traumatised from this episode? What should I do if so? Thus far, we have done our best in providing him with largely positive experiences and avoided stressful or traumatising situations that may affect him during such an impressionable stage of his puppyhood. It is frustrating to think that these kids could've ruined it all . Are there any recommended course of action that I should take against those idiots?

Hi again. Just an update for future reference, the vet was alright with us attending puppy class the next day. We were a little hesitant still, but we've signed up for the class which was postponed to a later date fortunately. Thanks for all your input once again, can't wait for classes to start next week. :)

I'm located in Carlton, not too sure about the parvo situation here yet, will check with the vet next week. I'm also worried if it's too soon for my pup to be out when his immune system is down, as he'll only be vaccinated the day before the class. Any opinions on that? Thanks again guys.

Thanks for the response guys! They don't sell puppies, it's actually at a local Petstock which is convenient for me. I guess I'll probably look elsewhere than take the risk then. Cheers!

Hi all! I intend to attend puppy school with my 10 week old Samoyed at a nearby pet shop. However, classes start next saturday, which is only a day after his second vaccination scheduled next friday. I am worried that my pup's health will be more vulnerable at that point in time. The staff told me that it will be alright, but I hope to get a second opinion on this. Thanks in advance!