Stop Puppy Biting
The best way to stop puppy biting is to treat him like his mother would do. The reason why puppy’s bite is because they are getting used to their mouth and they use their mouth to get used to their surroundings, biting, mouthing, nipping and chewing are the only ways a puppy can discover all about their surroundings and all four of these traits are normal for any puppy. But too much puppy biting can be bad and can lead to a dangerous dog when they are older; this is how a lot of dog biting problems and issues with aggression can emanate from.
So to stop puppy biting using the techniques his mother would of used is really easy to do but you must first learn what happens to a puppy when he is with his pack. For about the first six weeks of your puppy’s life whilst with his mother and litter he will learn that too much biting won’t be tolerated and if he continues there will be negative consequences from his actions. This is why a puppy shouldn’t be taken from his litter within the first six to eight weeks because this whole process is need to properly get a puppy ready for the outside world.
If you get your puppy home before this eight week milestone then you as the owner will need to take over the responsibility from the mother of puppy training biting. You do this by not allowing your puppy to excessively bite in the first place and you do this by not encouraging him to bite even if you are only playing with him. It might be just playing now but your puppy is learning that its ok to bite and he will continue to use this as a form of playing with anyone or any dog he meets. And the results can be catastrophic because it’s the dog who will end up paying the ultimate price. I strongly believe that any dog who has been put dog because of a dog biting incident, the owner of the dog should receive a harsh punishment also for mis-raising the dog in the first place.
How To Stop Puppies From Biting
There is a process you can follow to stop puppy biting excessively and to make sure you don’t have a problem with biting dogs later in your his life.
1) When you play with your puppy make sure that you don’t do anything to make him think biting is ok. Avoid encouraging him to bite and don’t place things in his mouth and start to play ‘tug of war’ with him. Encourage him to play with a toy in his mouth but he uses his mouth to pick the toy up and not to attack the toy or to try to snatch it from your hands.
2) If your puppy does bite you (this can be an actual bite that hurts you or that your skin touches his teeth) let out a very very loud, short scream and then stop playing with your puppy for a few minutes. Then return to him after this short time. You control the play time, rinse and repeat this every time your puppy’s teeth touches your skin.
3) To stop puppy biting you could also try a physical grab of the scruff of your puppies neck and with a raised, firm voice say “NO” or some other short sharp command you feel comfortable with (don’t shout or ball at your puppy).
Seek advice from a professional dog trainer if you’re unsure about applying the third method but your puppies mother would normally pick up or bite a puppy on the neck as this is a sign of dominance. Some dogs show dominance over another dog by placing their chin on another dogs neck.
Follow these tips and you should successfully stop puppy biting fairly quickly.
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