Posted: 9/15/2014 10:40:34 PM EDT
| First off overall he is an awesome dog. One thing concerns me though. Sometimes when he plays he gets so wound up and I think is not thinking straight. He gets a bit aggressive with his mouth. He doesn't clamp down tight like a full on bite but sometimes it hurts a little. Especially with the kids. I am trying to break that behavior by grabbing his muzzle and telling him no. I know he is not purposely hurting anyone. Ideas on breaking this behavior? FTW I don't think he is even a year old. |
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I had a rottie once that used his mouth better than I use my hands, he didn't bite aggressively but would bite hard when playing
so one time I was standing by an electric fence for horses, cows, etc anyway I stood there and waited for the bite and sure enough here it came and when he bit I grabbed the fence and we both screamed like a couple of 2 year olds with a nasty diaper rash that just had some salt rubbed in it but it worked, he never bit my hand again |
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Dog teeth on human skin = immediate cessation of play time. Dont shout, Dont hit him, dont do anything other than turn you back and leave the room for a few minutes. He'll learn quick. The worst punishment in the world for a family dog is to be ignored. |
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Quoted: I had a rottie once that used his mouth better than I use my hands, he didn't bite aggressively but would bite hard when playing so one time I was standing by an electric fence for horses, cows, etc anyway I stood there and waited for the bite and sure enough here it came and when he bit I grabbed the fence and we both screamed like a couple of 2 year olds with a nasty diaper rash that just had some salt rubbed in it but it worked, he never bit my hand again  Well that's one way to do it.
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Bite Inhibition Training. Put a treat in your mostly-closed hand, and let him try to get it. If his teeth touch your skin AT ALL, immediately say "OW!", and pull your hand back. He will learn quickly to not let his teeth touch you... and as long as his teeth don't touch you, let him get the treat. As he gets better, make it a little harder and a little harder. Keep it possible for him to get the treat, but as he gets better, don't be afraid to make him work more for it. They need to learn it early, and learn it consistently. They have a jaw full of carpet knives, and huge masseter muscles, they need to learn to keep them under control. The good news is that this method can work awfully quickly. Do it for five or ten minutes at a time, a couple of times per day. Teach your kids how to do it with the dog, too. Don't say "no" or "stop", or anything but "OW!". Because later, if the dog does do something to someone... they'll probably say "ow!", and you want the dog to know that they just did something wrong, and should stop. |
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First off overall he is an awesome dog. One thing concerns me though. Sometimes when he plays he gets so wound up and I think is not thinking straight. He gets a bit aggressive with his mouth. He doesn't clamp down tight like a full on bite but sometimes it hurts a little. Especially with the kids. I am trying to break that behavior by grabbing his muzzle and telling him no. I know he is not purposely hurting anyone. Ideas on breaking this behavior? FTW I don't think he is even a year old. It's a dominance thing. When I adopted a 1.5 year old lab who was like that, I kept a Real Lemon squeeze bottle around and when he would grab my hand with his mouth, I would squirt some of the juice in his mouth with my free hand. Don't spray his eyes - just in the mouth. Stopped the mouthing very quickly 
DV is a good looking dog. |
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Quoted: Dog teeth on human skin = immediate cessation of play time. Dont shout, Dont hit him, dont do anything other than turn you back and leave the room for a few minutes. He'll learn quick. The worst punishment in the world for a family dog is to be ignored. ^^^ This And say Ow! |
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If Bimba misbehaves, I send her to the brig. The "brig" is my walk-in closet. I point to the closet and I tell her, "Go to the brig" I close the door and leave her inside alone for about two or three minutes. And then when I open the door, I tell her not to be a communist. She hangs her head in shame and then I tell her to be good. |
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First off overall he is an awesome dog. One thing concerns me though. Sometimes when he plays he gets so wound up and I think is not thinking straight. He gets a bit aggressive with his mouth. He doesn't clamp down tight like a full on bite but sometimes it hurts a little. Especially with the kids. I am trying to break that behavior by grabbing his muzzle and telling him no. I know he is not purposely hurting anyone. Ideas on breaking this behavior? FTW I don't think he is even a year old. Send him to the new Ray Rice Obedience School for Dags and Ho's. |
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Dog teeth on human skin = immediate cessation of play time. Dont shout, Dont hit him, dont do anything other than turn you back and leave the room for a few minutes. He'll learn quick. The worst punishment in the world for a family dog is to be ignored. This, sounds like he is just getting himself to worked up. Some dogs tend to just snap or light bite to release stress/excitedness ETA: My buddies breeds Mali's and has about 5 in his house. When the get excited, that just start biting air. It's the weirdest thing but its just their coping mechanism. |
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Dog teeth on human skin = immediate cessation of play time. Dont shout, Dont hit him, dont do anything other than turn you back and leave the room for a few minutes. He'll learn quick. The worst punishment in the world for a family dog is to be ignored. Yup. Most puppies are pretty mouthy, and retrievers especially so. They need to learn that dog teeth on human skin means no more play. This is called negative reinforcement, as in you are taking away something desirable. He is smart and will learn this quickly. Additionally, when you see him starting to reach that threshold, intervene and calm things down before he can start chomping. A few simple, stationary obedience commands (sit, down, stay) or a quick time out in his crate would work well. |
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<a href="http://s1127.photobucket.com/user/fourinchespyle/media/image-109.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l635/fourinchespyle/image-109.jpg</a> Thanks I needed a good laugh. |
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Had same issue with my dog. Every time it happened I would Loudly say OW! and then stop play immediately, put the toy up and not play again for at least an hour
After the third or fourth time he stopped nipping and started licking and soft mouthing the hand with the toy. |