Posted: 3/5/2013 12:24:54 PM EDT
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I have a 9 week old puppy who keeps biting me. We have given him bones, and chew toys.
How do I stop this from happening? |
| I am being serious on this post (not normal) but bite him back gently. Shows dominance and that's what the bitch would do if it was her pup. I know many handlers that will tell you this and I can snap my fingers and all dogs will go into their kennel when its time to put them up, I have never spanked them or treated them harshly, just a few ear bites when they were babies. |
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Put a treat in your hand, close your hand part way. Offer it to the pup. If you feel its teeth on you AT ALL, say "ouch", and pull your hand back, no treat for fido. Wait fifteen or twenty seconds, try again. He'll catch on quickly.
Keep it possible, but as he gets better, slowly make him work a little harder for it, he will get better QUICKLY. However, like everything else with a dog, consistency is key, keep doing it day after day after day. Make it not just a trick that he knows, but an instinctual habit. This way, he learns more than just "That dude doesn't like me to bite him". He learns that his teeth shouldn't touch people AT ALL, and that if he hears "ouch", he did something wrong, and needs to stop IMMEDIATELY. |
| With my beagle I would pull my hand away quickly and say, "Ow!" Then followed with "No biting" and so on. I also tried to substitute my hands for a toy at that moment. I even held his jaw a few times. But the "Ow!" cry and disengaging in playing with him worked. He's 4 now and responds well to "Ow!" for anything: rough mouth play, stepping across me (he's 50lbs of beagle!), jumping on me, etc. He eases up or stops altogether. I'm hoping he'll do this with young children. I figured they'd cry out "Ow!" if he started to accidentally hurt them....it's the intention anyway. |