Any tips to stop shih tzu puppies biting?

Question

Puppie is 13 weeks old has made us bleed with her biting have tryed locking her in a room by herself when she gets agressive til she quietens down.

Answer 1

when your puppies bite hold their muzzles shut with our hand and say no bit in a angry tone of voice. release muzzle and tempt dog to bite again by holding hand near dogs mouth. repeat as above. your puppies will eentually learn the no bite command. Every one in your family must do this and no one should allow the dog to bite no matter how cute they think it is. consistancy is very important

Answer 2

It is natural for puppies to investigate the world with their mouths, however although puppy biting and nibbling is sometimes accepted at a young age, if they continue to do it it's not so acceptable in an adult dog. Also, if a young pupppy learns that they get their own way by using their teeth, this habit will continue and escalate into adulthood.

The first thing to stress is that you SHOULD NOT PUNISH OR HIT YOUR PUPPY. If you punish your puppy for biting you are more likely to end up with a nervous aggressive adult who will bite first and then ask questions later.

All play with your puppy should be directed towards a toy, never let them play with or chase hands, this will make them more likely to nibble hands. If you are playing with your puppy and it nibbles your hand, yelp as if she has hurt you, then turn away from the puppy and completely ignore her. By ignoring her I mean she doesn't exist - telling her off doesn't count! Don't look at her, don't speak to her until she's calmed down. This is the best way for her to realise that she's just behaved in a unacceptable way. Telling her off and wagging your finger at her turns yourself into a toy, it'll all be part of the game.

If your puppy gets really over the top then give her and yourself a 'time-out' - put her in her cage or bed for a while to chill. Don't do this to punish, it's time for you all to calm down!

It is important that everyone in the household is consistent with this, if you have one rule for adults and one for children she will get confused. Also make sure you establish ground rules early on - dogs operate in a pack system and her place is at the bottom. If you don't want an adult dog on sofas or beds, don't let puppies on sofas etc.

A very good book, which will explain this a lot better than I can, is 'The Perfect Puppy' by Gwen Bailey.

Answer 3

Basic Training of the Puppy - Read here https://tr.im/eNoWU

The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 4

We also have a puppy, and we broke her of bitting by, one buying bitter yuck and spraying on the whole families hands(by accident it also helped our little boy stop bitting his nails)any way the stuff tastes terrible to dogs and people and it is all natural, at the same time every time she would bite us we would all say no bitting, and whole family all said the same thing, then we gave her a chew toy, and told her good girl when she chewed the toy, she almost never bites us anymore and when she does it is very gentle now, but we still tell her no bitting and give her a toy.
By ALL of us doing and saying the same thing she learned in about a 2 weeks. Also this encouraged her to chew on her toys and she has even left our children's toys alone.
We bought the BITTER YUCK from Pet smart.

Answer 5

my sister has just bought a shih tzu puppy herself and we have the same problem.
We give him a chew and a toy to bite
Dont lock him away on his own, tell him sternly to stop and loudly
and ignore him whilst in your presence this makes them feel much worse than when they are left alone.
We've got ours to stop almost completely now he only does it very rarely now.
Hope this helps you.

Answer 6

Keep up the method of refusing to play with her when she gets too excited - all puppies face the challenge of learning not to nip people.
Also, don't play rough with her or games where she snaps or chases you as it brings out the biting instinct. Instead play safe games with balls and tug toys.
She will soon learn if you say NO! and just walk away ignoring her, that biting is not a good idea!

Answer 7

all puppies bite when she bites let out a loud yelp as another pup would when hurt and then totally ignore her avoid all eye contact. once she leaves you alone then praise her. (larger dogs tend to mouth to show dominance and this should not be allowed either) give her plenty of toys and hard chews to distract her this will also help with teething as the adult teeth come through. isolating her will lead to boredom and may cause more problems such as destructive habits.

Answer 8

Every time you guys are playing with her and she starts to bite, STOP PLAYING with her and say "NO!" in a firm and strong voice. Then leave her alone for a little while, and when you play with her again, repeat when she bites again.

Also keep a lot of chewy toys for her, she's teething!

Answer 9

When she bites you, say NO! And stop playing, walk away from her for a few minutes. This way she will learn that biting is not an approved way of playing.

Answer 10

The puppies are teething thats all,all puppies are like that,get them something to chew on and plenty of very hard chews.