My puppy is about 5 months and just lost his last baby tooth yesterday. His "big boy" teeth are still coming in, so I know if must feel good to him to bite my hands. Do I need to train him to stop doing this? Or will he just stop on his own as he gets older and the teeth are fully grown? Any suggestions on how to teach him?
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tell him its bad to bite, tap the end of the pups nose.its all about disapline, buy the pup some toys and kongs
yes, dont worry. but i would reccomend getting him into the habit of getting used to the word no. every time he bites your hand say NO!!! repeatedly, he'll stop.
You should buy him tons of chewing toys, and yes. You need to teach him not to bite you. Say "OW!" or "STOP!" if he stop or backs off. Then praise him.
Will not stop on it's own, you need to train your dog that that behavior is not acceptable.
Next time he starts to bite on your hand, say No! firmly and offer him something he is allowed to bite/chew.
Make sure you are not playing with him with your hands - otherwise he'll just think he's horsing around and playing with your hand like it's a littermate.
Be consistent. If you don't want him to bite hands, you need to say No! everytime he does it and when he stops say Good Boy -- and praise praise praise.
Good luck!
Yes, puppies sure do bite, dont they? I have always heard the best thing to do is to get a rope chew toy or a rag, run it under water, and stick it in the freezer, give it to them to chew on and that helps them when they are teething. He should grow out of the biting.
I would suggest you start training him not to bite you now or he will continue as he gets older. Both our Boxers were really mouthy when they were teething. Everytime they would start nipping at us I would say "no" and give them an appropriate toy (something hard like a Kong) to chew on. DO NOT give them anything like a shoe because they will not be able to tell the difference between their shoe and your good shoes. Nothing with pieces they can chew off (like teddy bear eyes, etc.) and watch for furniture legs, ours liked to try and gnaw on those.
this is normal for all puppies. i just got a dark gray american pitbull terrier pup and he's been bitting me a lot and imagine the fact that he's a pitbull. so he kinda bites strong for a pup. but not to the point whre it will peirce my skin. but the way i see it pups bite and stop biting less as they grow just like babies bite everything they see until they get old enough to realize they shouldnt bite just anything cuz its very unhealthy and dangerous.
p.s. - and no im not training my pit for dog fighting. im not that kind of person. i love dogs to death and never a day in my life i didnt have a dog. i grew up loving dogs. i just got a pitbull because its a strong corageous and handsome dog just like im a srong corageous handsome guy. haha.
Puppies always bite less and less while playing once they get old enough. But you DEFINITELY have to start training him early that you don't like being bitten! Mother dogs will scold them if they get too out of hand with this, and owners shouldn't be any different in this training method.
With my dogs, I've always said, 'OW, don't bite' and that was my little cue that they're biting too much. The 'ow' is pretty universal, I noticed that they understood it pretty well from the first time I said it. haha Certainly start teaching him right away that biting isn't necessary, or else you may soon have an adult dog that chomps on people as he plays!
Sometimes they might be over playful and ignore you, so the best thing to do is just get up and stop playing with them altogether. Don't be frustrated, but be firm when you train. Good luck! :]
Get you a spray bottle of water and spray him when he bites! Only use it for when he bites so when he sees you go for the bottle he will stop and then give him a treat..Chris
Whenever your puppy tries chewing on you or anything in your house, replace it with toy for him to chew on. If the puppy still tries chewing on you, tell the puppy "off" and then leave the room for a couple minutes. The puppy will then realize it'll lose it's playmate whenever it bites.
it might. but u never know. when he does just tell him NO BITE and ewhen he stops praise him!
Whenever the puppy bites you can put a drop of lemon on their tongue and tell them no. make sure you have plenty of chew toys and rawhides. Every time our dog bites a household object we immediately switch it with a chew toy.
You should never have allowed the hand mouth contact or encouraged it. You have taught him that chewing on you is a good thing and no, it probably won't stop now that the teething has stopped. This is the type of dog that comes to boarding school at a year old, costs the owner lots of money to have retrained to learn not to make contact in that manner.
Your best bet is to find a local, reputable training school and attend Basic Obedience classes so that you can regain control of your dog.
In the meantime when he goes to grab your hand, move them out of his reach with a sharp, deep-voiced 'NO'. If he is persistent then stand up and look down at him and again, keeping your hands out of his reach repeat the 'NO'. If he catches hold of your hand, fold the captured hand into a fist,(while it is in his mouth) as you grab hold of his collar and looking him in the eyes again the command is the hard, deep-voiced 'NO'. The reason for the fist is that he can't bite down if the back of his jaw is impeded. Do not hit, smack, swat, squeal like a captured mouse or whine at him, all of the these sounds will be interpreted as submissive. This is the quickest method of stopping the biting but this type of behavior is caused by a number of things that a qualified trainer can help you set to rights.
Good Luck.
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