Finnish Lapponian Dog: How can an owner handle puppy biting and over-arousal?
With a Finnish Lapponian Dog puppy, treat biting and over-arousal as a sign to lower the intensity and teach a calmer way back into play. Give Finnish Lapponian Dog a simple job—checking in, walking beside the handler, or returning to a mat—so the other pet is not the only focus. Interrupt calmly, offer an appropriate chew or rest period, and reinforce four paws down before resuming play. End the interaction while the puppy can still disengage, then offer rest before trying again.
What may be driving the arousal
Finnish Lapponian Dog's utilization is recorded as Originally a herder and watch dog used in work of keeping reindeer. Here, that matters because it points to the kind of outlet or task that may make the situation easier to understand.
How to bring play back down
- Interrupt calmly, offer an appropriate chew or rest period, and reinforce four paws down before resuming play.
- Use the recorded utilization (Originally a herder and watch dog used in work of keeping reindeer) to choose a relevant environment or task, then observe whether the individual dog can settle.
- End the interaction while the puppy can still disengage, then offer rest before trying again.
Pause home training if
Stop home correction if bites break skin, escalation is repeated, or the behaviour is accompanied by pain or fear.
References
Official FCI name: SUOMENLAPINKOIRA
FCI nomenclature page > breed name
FCI group: n°5 - Spitz and primitive types
FCI nomenclature page > Group
Country of origin: FINLAND
FCI nomenclature page > Country of origin of the breed
FCI standard date: 10/12/2016
FCI nomenclature page > English standard date
FCI standard PDF: https://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/189g05-en.pdf
FCI nomenclature page > English standard PDF link
Utilization: Originally a herder and watch dog used in work of keeping reindeer. Today also popular as a companion dog. FCI CLASSIFICATION: Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types. Section 3.4 Nordic Watchdogs and Herders. Without working trial
FCI standard PDF page text > utilization
General appearance: Powerful with strong bones. Viewed from the front straight and parallel. Shoulders: Slightly oblique. Upper arms : As long as the shoulder blades. The angle between shoulder and upper arm is rather open. Elbows: Approximately at the level of the lower edge of the ribcage, pointing straight backwards. Forearms: Rather strong, vertical. Carpus: Flexible.…
FCI standard PDF page text > general_appearance
Height: males 49 cm and females 44 cm with a tolerance of 3 cm. The type is more important than the size
FCI standard PDF page text > height
Historical summary: For hundreds of years the Sami people have used dogs of the same type as Finnish Lapponian Dog as reindeer herders and watchdogs in the northern parts of Fennoscandia and Russia. The first standard of the Lapponian Herder was establishe d by the Finnish Kennel Club in 1945. The breed´s name was changed into Lapponian Dog in 1967. In the 1970:s the type and…
FCI standard PDF page text > historical_summary
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