How do I get my puppy to stop biting?

Answer 1

Puppies will bite because they are teething. The key is to ensure they bite their toys and not you!

Give him plenty of chewies in toy or food form (sometimes you can even put the chewies in the freezer so they are cold and soothing for him). Then whenever he bites you, shout 'ah-ah' and turn away from him. This is giving him the idea that it hurts and you won't interact with him when he bites you. You need to be consistant.

Most pups will out-grow this habit by the time they are about four to five months old but ones who continue might need to be introduce to Mr Muzzle, putting it on for a few minutes whenever they bite, as well as puppy training classes.

Answer 2

Tabasco is a good idea, but don't get carried away with it, you can make them sick with it. Also, tap the nose, use voice commands over and over to reinforce the behavior you want the puppy to use. Too many people calling commands is not a good idea, let the person the puppy is biting use the preferred command. Don't spank, not necessary. You could roll up a newspaper and smack it against your leg and get a bigger effect than using it on the puppy. But fear isn't bad to use with an animal, just use lots of love to let the puppy know when he/she uses good behavior. Reward good behavior. Don't just punish bad behavior, because this will cause the puppy to do what is bad, just to get any attention. Get it? And get the dear a few chew toys.

Answer 3

I'm dealing with this right now too, with my three month old pup, Bear.

What seems to be working for us is a combination approach. When he bites at a person or the furniture or some shoes or something that he shouldn't, we give a sharp and loud order of "Bear! No Bite!" This grabs his attention and diverts it. Then we give him his rawhide chew toy after a couple of minutes have passed by, so that he has something that it is allowable for him to bite.

Hitting him is a bad idea, it teaches him to fear you instead of love you.

Answer 4

well im sure he's teething. getting him chew toys, bones, pig ears, stuffed animals will def help. but when he starts biting something hes not supposed to make sure you say no in a very stern voice and slap his snout lightly with your fingers. by saying no he will learn that what he is doing is wrong. and whenever he is doing something wrong you can say no in the same voice and he will stop. dont give in when he cries, make sure he knows YOU are the boss. after a while he will just stop when you just say no. then before you know it. he wont do it at all. it just takes sometime and so willpower not to give in to their adorable faces!!

Answer 5

I have the exact same problem. My dog is a year old, but he is small. he bites A LOT. It's mostly play biting though. Once, I tried a spray bottle whenever he bit, and it helped. I don't know why, but whenever he is being aggressive, I blow on his nose and he stops.

Answer 6

It's natural that your pup needs to bite something, because he is teething (trying out his new teeth)..
You need to give him chewable toys that you can get from friskies in any supermarket, and arm yourself with a lot of patience and comprehension!

Answer 7

Use a small amount of Tabasco where the dog is biting. He/She will learn very quick to stop that behavior.

Answer 8

you can get a zapper every time he bites warn him he does it again zap him low voltage shock it is a pet trainer around $100 at a pet store no where else or
you can bite him back in the ear

Answer 9

With Training of course!

Answer 10

take out his teeth.