Whats the best way to stop a puppy from biting you every time you try to touch him?

Answer 1

Firmly grasp its lower jaw and say NO! Hold till dog wimpers slightly.

Answer 2

If it is a small puppy (and not sick) and just scared you might try putting a towel around it and holding it gently, letting it know you aren't going to hurt it. Talk in a soft voice, and hold it firmly but gently, away from your face and let it know that you are a safe person that is not going to hurt it. Later, put it down and offer it some food. Don't hit it or yell at it! The puppy will have to decide for itself that you are not a bad person and come to you.

If it is mostly a nice puppy and just chews on your fingers - it may be hungry or teething. Find a toy like a rubber pull toy to play with the puppy. Every time it tries to bite your fingers say 'No bite' - and put it down. Offer it a toy or food after a few minutes.

If it is very violent maybe the puppy is sick and needs to see a vet. You can get it into a cat carrier or kennel carrier also by putting a towel over it to confuse it - and then removing the towel before you shut the door.

Answer 3

There are 2 great ways I know of.

One is to yelp loudly just like one of his littermates would do when they are roughhousing. This is how the puppies learn when they have gone too far and keeps them from injuring each other when they are playing, but it also works when people do it!

If this does not work hold the sides of his mouth in, so that when he tries to bite down he will bite his own skin. He will learn that biting hurts (him) - so consistantly do that and he should stop!

Answer 4

How old is the dog? If it's between 3-6 months, it's teething, and it going to chew on something, no matter what you try to do. Give it something like a washcloth that's been wet and put in the freezer for a half hour. It will sooth it's gums. You can also hold it in yourlap, and let it "mouth" on your hands, and if it starts to get to hard, just say "No biting", but not in a mad way. Just in a calm talking tone. For an older dog try this:
STOP BITING: If your Dog has the habit of biting you or other members of your family, you can use some of the following techniques to stop it from doing so: One good tool to utilize in teaching your Dog not to bite is to not use toys and activities that encourage biting. A perfect example of this is tug of war. Although a popular playtime activity for an owner and his/her Dog, it encourages the Dog to bite leading to unwanted behavior problems. Once your Dog is trained and fully understands the "Off" command, you may tug-of-war with your pet. Until then, it is best to put the rope away. Another common mistake made by Dog owners that encourages biting is rough housing. How many of us have either seen, or participated ourselves, in growling at our Dog and letting it grab our hands in its mouth during play. Then, when the Dog bites too hard, we scold it and tell it "no bite". We are completely confusing our Dog by doing this if it has not yet been trained to understand hard bites from soft bites. If your Dog has a great propensity to bite when playing, it is a good idea to keep your hands away from its face when playing or petting. This will discourage the biting by removing the item it is trying to bite. Never reward mouthing, snapping or grabbing types of behavior. An example would be playing with your Dog even after it has grabbed a toy from your hand. In this instance, you should stop playing and ignore your Dog. Continuing to play will enable it to think the grabbing behavior was acceptable and it will continue in the future. This could result in it later grabbing food or other items, unintentionally injuring someone or another animal. Once your Dog has established that mouthing or biting is not the appropriate response in most instances, it is important you teach it when it IS an appropriate response. Retrieving would be an example of a time that it is appropriate for your Dog to mouth or bite. You can teach your Dog to retrieve on command. This enables you to offer something different for your Dog to mouth when biting by distracting it with an appropriate toy to bite. Another approach to stop the unwanted biting behavior is to simply stop interacting with the Dog and ignore it for a period of time.

Answer 5

Puppies bite when they're playing..and they quit biting when the other puppy yelps loudly. So if you "yelp" and quit playing with him, he'll get the idea that biting is a bad thing. Or if you say to him "Max, NO BITE" and then walk away, they get the idea that it's not much fun to bite humans because we don't play back.
It couldn't hurt to get him a good chewy toy and encourage him to chew on that instead.

Answer 6

well, if it is puppy then the puppy is probaly teething. but if it is an older puppy and you pet the dog around the mouthe a lot then you proberly might want to stop doing that. and if the dog is still biting you, then hold the dogs collar with on hand and hold the other hand around the dogs above the snout and under the dogs mouth.

Answer 7

Keep a chew toy handy. Whenever the puppy starts to bite you, pull your hand back and say "NO" very firmly, then put the chew toy in his mouth. After a while, the puppy will begin to distinguish chewable toys from non-chewable humans. It worked for me with two dogs!

Answer 8

When your dog bites you grab him by the muzzle and hold it shut and say in a angry tone of voice no bight. Then release if he bites again do the same till he learns the command no bite

Answer 9

get him a toy (stuffed animal) for him to chew on. he is probably teething and he needs to have something to bite and play with. but disciplining him gently and not too violently could also be an effective way to teach him.

Answer 10

if hes biting out of aggresion you need to do things to show dominance over it such as eat b4 him or dont let it sleep on the bed and give him eye contact until he loox away dont pet him evry time he wants.
If hes biting out of fear let him learn to trust you he'll realize that you feed it and care for him and w/out you he would die.