Help

[Sue Kondra]

Hi,
I'm new to Doggie Bag.
We rescued a 1 1/2 yr old lab/bordie collie (Ellie) a couple of Months ago and she is driving me nuts.
I have 2 major problems. I can not keep her from jumping up on the counters in the kitchen. So everything I have is pushed as far back as possible and she can still get at them. I always tell her down and she does right away but she keeps on doing it. Does anyone have any suggestions.
Also she has a tendancy to grab my wrists and chew at them causing bruising to me she can be such a sweetheart and almost instantly she can turn into a jumping biting barking maniac. I found myself yelling at her quite a bit so I start to talking calmly to her saying No. Doesn't always work. I am getting very frustrated with the whole thing. I just don't know what to do?
Can anyone give me any suggestions. She plays great for a while then starts her aggresiveness.
thanks

[Rebekah Hartman]

Hi - I just posted some similar questions under "Clicker & Obedience Training" - I think "Doggie Chat" is more reserved for just general talk about dogs. I'm not much help since I'm having the same issues, but my post is called "Help! My puppy has turned into an adolescent!" or something like that. I'll be watching your post, too - hopefully someone will have some good suggestions. If I come up with anything from the books I have, I'll post that, too.