We have a 9 week old Min Dachshund puppy who is beautiful. She does however have a tendency to bite, fingers toes, arms etc. We have lots of toys for her to chew and play with but she does still have a tendecny to bite whenever we play with her. I am assuming that she is still teething and once she develops her adult teeth she should get better. Any tips or advice would be appreciated.
2006-08-10 22:03:15 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
With my bulldog I bought this stuff called Bitter Apple it worked GREAT! Initially spray a bit in his mouth and he will not like it. Then You spray it on your hands or whatever he bites.. and when the dog does bite it tastes the bitter and they stop. I bought mine from my vets office but I've seen it at petco. Its like $12 but so worth it. I used it about 5 days and he stopped biting :) Good Luck!
2006-08-10 22:20:46 · answer #1 · answered by giggleglit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All puppies playbite. If your puppy had been left to grow up with her littermates they would have bitten each other all the time when playing.
When pups play together and one bites too hard, the puppy that has been bitten will make a high pitched yelping noise. The puppy who has just done the biting will back off looking slightly alarmed and the bitten puppy will glare at it - play will stop briefly.
The biting pup has just learned:-
oops! I hurt my brother
he was annoyed
play stopped.
As soon as play resumes the biting pup will probably bite again but he will be more careful and inhibit his bite. He might be the one that gets bitten too hard next and he will react in exactly the same way as his sibling did.
After lots of puppy play all the pups will learn 'bite inhibition'.
This is very important because when they are adult and they have a spat with another dog they will not bite as hard as they can and not do any real damage.
If you accidentally hurt a dog and it aims a bite at you it will not apply the full pressure of its jaws if it has learned to inhibit its bite as a puppy.
The way to deal with puppy biting is to let it know it has hurt you by imitating a puppy yelp, glaring at it and then ignoring it for a very short time. Then give it something appropriate to play with.
Do not yell at it or smack it - it isn't doing anything wrong - it just doesn't know that it is hurting you unless it hears a yelp.
This takes time and patience - it is not learned overnight but the pup will learn to be more gentle with you.
Adult teeth start to come in at about four months and the pup will need good chew toys especially when cutting her back teeth at about six months.
2006-08-12 12:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by DogDoc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never knew how needles felt jabbing into your toes before huh?
Amazing how that can make you laugh and shriek with pain at the same time.
Give your baby exercise to wear her out, she is full of energy and a no will suffice with the biting. She will try for a while as she is a puppy but you will win in the end.
Exercise is so important though, when dogs have less energy they are so much more ready to be trained.
Have fun with your new addition!
2006-08-11 05:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by cocoflorida2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just a puppy thing, I have a 6 month old puppy and he has got all his adult teeth now, he still chews on everything in his path, like you we have all the toys, chew sticks etc.. but he is just a puppy and will do it, I am afraid you will have to be patient and wait for her to grow a little older before she will stop doing it. Sorry, there are no miracle cures
2006-08-11 05:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by hotbabes_tracey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My vet suggested a couple of things:
1) Grab her by the scruff and pinch her. That's what her mother would do if she were biting in the litter.
2) Yell "ouch" and then ignore her for a little bit. If they were biting their littermates, they would get a yelp out of them and then be ignored. Puppies hate being ignored.
Make sure when she is being good to praise and play with her a lot. That way they know they're pleasing you and that's what they strive for.
2006-08-11 09:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my gsd puppy was teething OUCH. I still have the scars. Finally every time she bite us we said no sternly and put a toy in her mouth (always have one by you.) Also when she bites say no again and stand up fold arms, and dont look or talk to her. Eventually shell see she gets no attention when she does this. It actually worked for us. Good luck!
2006-08-11 10:08:11 · answer #6 · answered by misstikal311 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy there are some ignorant people on here ( bite her back,smack her on the nose ),i strongly suggest you do not do any of those,distraction methods such as a can with stones in are the best never scold or strike a puppy this can cause psychological harm.
2006-08-11 15:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by tonytucks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My chow puppy did that. Just tell her no in a firm tone.. If she continues fill a bottle with rocks and shake it when she does (they dont like the noise) and if yet again she persists im afraid you might need to take out the rolled up newspaper. Not very hard across the nose.
2006-08-11 05:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by schizoidrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they are teething, you will have to be patient - their gums itch and there is no way they will stop biting till their teeth is grown. get him a soft rubber ball or piece of rope to chew on..the best advice is to dip the rope into some nice gravy or meaty sauce and then get him to chew on it for hours..it works well - he will chew and chew till he gets tired. throw it away afterwards and get him a fresh one the next day..it will take about a week
2006-08-11 05:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by loungebrother 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This behavior is very easy to correct. All you have to do, is get the dog to realize that biting is causing you pain.
The best way of doing that is to shriek in pain every time the dog bites you (even when it doesn't hurt).
2006-08-11 05:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by tabs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋