u/Ok_Big_6216

I expected chewing, potty accidents, barking... our 12 week old basset is a biting terror. Growing up, our family dog would mouth but never bite hard or chomp on me. I was not prepared for this. He jumps and bites at me all the time. When he can't get to me to bite, he barks at me. My husband adores him and thinks it is all normal puppy behavior but when he "play growls" and nips it makes me jump. He is very noisy/vocal when playing. We can't give him rawhide or smelly chews or he resource guards (just growling, but no doubt he would bite eventually). Thank God he has not resource guarded his kibble or toys yet. Breeder was little to no help (bad advice like to swat him) so we have a consult with a trainer Thursday. Maybe a couple hours out the day he is so sweet. He rolls over and shows his belly and gives kisses. He is also so adorable.

But it has gotten to where I am scared of him sometimes. I am terrified if I were to rehome, I'd regret it forever and wouldn't be able to get him back. When I think about rehoming I cry and cry for hours. I want to think maybe this crazy biting and puppy attacks will get better but I worry it's a sign he has bad temperament. He is so wonderful and friendly with strangers. I just don't get it. Has anyone dealt with this kind of thing? It almost feels like we got scammed because everything I was told about his breed was that they were docile and gentle. I have cried more the past few days than I have in years. Worrying shelling out money for a trainer is just a waste because he is a mean bad dog.

I was groomed in a relationship online for over six years by an older guy online, 11F and 17M by the end of it I was 18 but he was still talking to me as an adult. The actual grooming was pretty horrific and involved some awful sexual fetishes and kinks of his-- he was also quite emotionally abusive and cruel at times. He expressed interested in young girls, babies, toddlers and lolicon. All of it. He even got caught talking to other underage girls during our "relationship"

At 16 I told his girlfriend (who he essentially "broke up" with me for) what had happened to me and that he was still contacting me and offering money for photos, sending me videos of them having sex ETC. She blew me off and told me to block him if he kept contacting me.

After talking about my abuse to a therapist and being diagnosed with PTSD, reported him and turned over every single piece of evidence (discord logs, financial transactions, screenshots, anything I could find when I was 21. It took about 3 years for him to be arrested since it was an international investigation. The kicker, they told me nothing was found on any of his devices. No evidence, they said he didn't even have discord installed even though he had been using discord during that time. I waited three years for the abuse I endured to just be gone like that.

They got a guilty confession out of him off the screenshots/logs alone, and a guilty plea which is awaiting sentencing, and I will be giving a victim impact reading. But them finding "nothing" on him has made me feel like I made a mistake reporting him. I do not know if he knew the cops were looking for him somehow, because they were looking for his address for months before they could locate him, if the cops are just lazy or what.

I found out he is now married to the girlfriend, (and was lying about this recently) however his wife bailed him, has been letting him use her discord account (he cannot use his or he will be offending again) and it just makes me feel like I am crazy and I am the bad guy for turning him in, like he just made a young mistake. His friends also know and are still hanging with him like it's no big deal.

He has, up until his arrest contacted me asking for nudes, telling me I still look so young.. the whole thing is so confusing and mind boggling I just need support and to vent because I feel so alone.

Hello, we recently got our little boy about 3 weeks ago. Up until last week he had been angel. He is about 10 weeks now, and we got him at 8 weeks from a good breeder. I am wondering if this behavior he has is normal. He doesn't show any signs of issues with food or being touched (I can stick my hand in his food.. take it away etc) however he has been getting this "fits" essentially where he gets very bitey. He bites HARD and latches on like a crocodile. He also is very growly when is doing this. Correction works briefly but it doesn't take long for him to start again. He has drawn blood twice. We have a 3 year old and he is terrified of him because he chases him and latches on to his legs, arms, etc. he has all the chew toys and chew treats in the world and I'm just at a loss of what to do. I have tried the OUCH, ignoring, putting him in time out, reinforced naps.. everything.

This is my first time raising a puppy so I guess my concern is that he is going to grow up aggressive and a biter. He is sweet when sleepy or relaxed but whenever he is fully awake he is a biting barking growling machine. We got a basset because I was told they are supposed to be great family dogs, and good with kids and it's hard to feel that way when he is biting all of us so aggressively. I guess I'm looking for reassurance that he's not gonna grow up and maul my son.

We do have him scheduled for puppy classes/puppy playdate starting this weekend so hoping that will help.

EDIT: I want to reiterate that he's not really showing aggression in normal circumstances like food or being touched. My son can lay next to him and put his arm around him and he'll just lay there happily or if I put him in timeout he immediately starts whining and then wagging his tail. It's like he gets rabies or something and just gets super aggressive for no reason.