How To Stop Your Puppy Nipping and Biting
Puppy nipping can be very annoying and can escalate into bigger problems when your puppy gets older. can help you control this behavior which, if you let them continue, can turn into a very nasty habit which they will think they can do whenever they please. 
You must continue with your training to stop puppy nipping habits from developing past the stage of harmless infant play to them becoming an aggressive puppy because if you don’t do something now then you’ll regret it when they are strong enough to cause some serious damage. Also if you don’t you will soon gain a reputation, in the area where you live, for not being able to control your dog!
A puppies biting can’t harm you as much as a fully grown dogs bite can however a puppies set of teeth can be very sharp, almost like needles. Unlike puppy biting older dogs have the power to clamp down their jaws which allows them the ability to really grab a hold of something causing puncture wounds and damage to whatever it is they do get a hold of.
Your puppy doesn’t understand that he or she is hurting you when they nip or bite, they merely think that they are playing. If you encourage puppy nipping and biting then you’re asking for trouble and the continuation of playing like this will lead them to perceive this as been normal and acceptable behavior.
With puppy obedience training when your he nips or bites again in the future you need to indicate to him that this is unacceptable and you must do this in a way that they will understand that their nipping or biting is wrong. To stop puppy biting and nipping you must set boundaries and rules around when they nip or bite too hard.
You need to let them know how much mouthing you’re willing to take when you’re playing with your puppy, too much too often is wrong and once you’ve set this bar, stick to it!
Again remember be consistent and don’t deviate from your rules. If your puppy or dog gets too excited and goes above this bar, the next time they nip or bite, at the very point when their teeth touches your skin, whether they hurt you or not you need to make a noise which will stop them in their tracks and make them think “what the…” I’ve found that the higher the pitch of noise the more elaborate the reaction.
At this point you then need to ignore your puppy or dog not making any kind of eye contact or touching them, no matter how hard this is to do. Your aim here is to make your puppy or dog feel like a social outcast and that their action creates a bad situation for them. This won’t stop the habit completely first time round however you’ll have to keep doing it.
Use this puppy obedience training strategy everyday and over time your puppy will learn that biting is wrong and they will eventually stop it which will mean they won’t take this habit into their adult life.
One Final Note:
Don’t make the mistake that if your puppy chews things a lot, puppy chewing problems must be dealt with in a different way to puppy nipping and biting. When your puppy is chewing up one of your items, like your shoes or a wooden table leg, it’s usually because of boredom or stress. For example when your puppy is teething he will chew anything to relieve himself of the itchiness or pain of his second set of teeth coming through.
So when applying puppy training; biting and puppy nipping problems only should be dealt with in this way.
Related posts:
- Where To Begin With Your Puppy Obedience Training Part One
- Stop Puppy Biting
- Stop Dog Biting
- How To Stop Puppy Biting
- Where To Begin With Your Puppy Obedience Training Part Two
