When I pet my chocolate lab he bites my arm. How can I get him to stop it?

Question

Its not a hard bite, but a big slobbery one and he is being affectionate and wagging his tail as he is sticking my whole forearm in his mouth. He gets so happy when I pet him and I am sure he is trying to show his happiness with me, but I wish he would quit going for my arms.

Answer 1

Once I had a dog like this, so I started keeping a snack on my left hand and then use my right hand to pet her head. She loves her treat so she keep the eyes on the treat rather gave me love bite. So you can reward him soon he let you pet him without biting.

Answer 2

How to Discourage a Dog From Biting
This article describes best way to teach your canine to stop biting.

Steps
When your puppy or dog bites you, scream in agony! (Explosive technique... a big bangs work best with dogs.)
Look deeply offended/wounded/hurt/sad.
Immediately stop playing.
Try replacing whatever your dog is biting with a chew toy.
Wait at least five minutes before resuming the play activity.
If your pet cannot even stop for five minutes, put your dog in timeout. Back in the crate if you're crate training, or in the bathroom.
Remember to reward good behaviors with positive reinforcements, like petting, or verbal cues.
Make sure that you are consistent. If it is not ok to bite your fingers, it is not ok to bite your toes, now, or ever. Make sure that you let visitors know the behavior you are trying to instill in your dog.



Tips
As you progress with your dog's "no bite" training, she will gradually learn an important doggy skill known as "soft mouth". This is how you want your dog to put her mouth on things he brings you! (slippers, newspaper, bottle of beer!)
With a stubborn breed (like a beagle), sometimes you must resort to negative reinforcement such as gripping the dog's muzzle and asserting, "NO BITE!" firmly.
With dogs, it's important to assert dominance. Sometimes this requires that you turn a dog over on its side with its head against the floor. This will sometimes calm dogs down and reassert your position.



Warnings
Do not spray anything into your dog's eyes.
Do not hit your dog! She will grow fearful of you and over time you will push her "spooky factor" to a level where she may lash out and hurt you or someone else!
Hitting your dog when they do something bad might give them the impression that the only way to get someone to do something is with force, and you don't want that!



Things You'll Need
An agonized yell
Patience
Chew toy
More patience
Time-out spot

Answer 3

Honestly all these other ppl mean well by telling you to do all these crazy remedies with hot sauce etc, but biting is a bad behavoir its your dogs way of testing his/her level of dominace in your relationship. Biting is not a behavior you can allow even if it is soft as it may progress. You need to extinct it ASAP. If not sure of your dogs level of fear but each and every time your dog does this you need to correct it immediately. I'd suggest a loud scary voice if your dog isn't accustomed to hard correction and if that fails a tap on the nose (**notice I said TAP**) this simple tap accompanied but a stern voice should be enough to teach your dog that that behavior is unacceptable and will not be tollerated in your relationship.

Answer 4

You can fix this with a simple, regular training routine. Take him into a small room where the only distraction is you. Play with him. As soon as he gets over-excited and starts to bite, stop giving him ANY attention, turn around and everything. Once you take away his fun time with you, he feels punished. Soon, he'll realize that his biting is making you ignore him and he'll stop biting to keep the belly rubs and kisses coming. Do this on a regular basis, preferably daily for longer than ten minutes, and he'll learn. It's working for my dog.

Answer 5

When your dog does this you can tell him NO!! or say something like OUCH!!, say it loud enough to get your dogs attention, let him know that it hurts when he does this! Then you need to redirect his attention to something else like a chew toy that he can chew on instead. Leave the room, don't give your dog any attention for a few mins. Let your dog know that when he mouths you he don't get any lovins from you. And also make sure that you always reinforce your dogs good behavior!!

Answer 6

My Aussie does the exact same thing. Yes I get all slobbered up but it's a small price to pay. They're just showing us their playfulness and affection for us. I think it's cute. Why not just relax a bit and let your sweet dog show you how much he loves ya.

Answer 7

Give his snout a good squeeze & firmly tell him NO BITE. Do it every time he/she bites. If that doesn't work then repeat that & put him/her up on a time out until they get the hint. Repetition is very important

Answer 8

he is not trying to bite you to hurt you is he? they do it sometimes to get your attention but all you have to do is correct that behavior by saying no or making sound and when you do say his name and tell him no at the same time if he knows what no is and means it will get him to stop eventually. You just need to be aggressive when you do it you are the pack leader don't forget.

Answer 9

Use a spray bottle with water. Spray him with a gentle spray in the face every time he bites your arm. He will get the message from the wet face and unlike other methods, the water won't harm him. You will have to be diligent in always having the spray bottle in your hand before you pat him.

Answer 10

I had the same problem with a bulldog...get some BenGay and rub it on your forearm right before you start to play with him, they don't like the taste and your not hurting him. Good luck