Or any hand feeding tips in general. Mine has a pretty good puppy bite, and I'd like to soften his bite response some. I've read that hand feeding a puppy can help this. My dog has a voracious appetite and devours his food normally in about 60 seconds. Any resources would be greatly appreciated.
2007-02-19 12:53:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I;m not sure I understand your question. But if your pup is gobbling down his food at meal time leave him along. He's a puppy and he's hungry. All of my Goldens did this until they realized that all the food was theirs and that they didn't have to compete for food with their litter mates.
Now if your talking about when you give him a treat or training him with treats then thats when you need to teach him that snaping at the treat is not allowed. Then you can teach him that a more gently approach to the treat is called for.
As far as his meals leave him alone he'll slow down on his own.
If you interfere with his meals he may become food agressive because of you.
2007-02-19 13:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Golden gal♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it easily relies upon on her weight. it is going to allow you to understand on the packet how a lot you need to feed her in accordance to her weight.. At 8 weeks she ought to weigh aboiut 9/10 pounds so examine on the bag how a lot you need to be giving a Golden Retriever of this weight. do not ignore to keep increasing the quantity as she grows. Goldens have an outstanding boom spurt between the gage of four - 7 months and on the instantaneous they are going to wish about 900 gms. in line with day, divided into 3 food of three hundred gms. at the same time as they attain 6 months you are able to supply her 2 food in line with day, i.e. an similar volume divided into 2. My 2 Golden pups at the instantaneous are 4 months previous and they are dealing with a very leggy degree. they have 3 food in line with day at present,. i'd say what you're giving her is basically no longer sufficient for a turning out to be puppy. I feed technology Plan and in accordance to the Bag she must be having two times the quantity you're feeding her at present. she will continually go away what she would not want. you need to soak her food initially till her teeth come through. Then they prefer the 'crunch'. solid success and revel on your puppy.
2016-12-04 09:47:49 · answer #2 · answered by butlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dogs are trained with the word 'gentle', so get your puppy to sit and stay. Hold it around the collar if its too eager for the food, and slowly put your hand closer to its mouth, saying 'gentle'. If it takes a snap at it, take it back, say 'no!' and try again, more slowly. Its surprising how easily they pick things like that.
The other one i use is 'sit', 'wait', so you can fill their bowl without having the food devoured literally out of your hands. You just gently push the dogs nose away from the food when they go for it, saying 'wait'. Say 'ok' when they're allowed to eat. When they get good at it, try sitting food on its paws and say 'wait'. Those puppy dog eyes are so cute :)
2007-02-19 16:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by Embrisa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are not talking about feeding him his whole meal this way. But you can slow him down some and feed him his treats as follows:
Just take a handful of kibble and close your fist. Let him nose around your hand while you slowly open your fingers letting him get a few kibbles at a time. If he starts getting too aggresive say NO and close your fist and start again. Dogs should never snap anything out of your hand
2007-02-19 13:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by Lucy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
had feed is not the answer to the problem. when you feed him a treat from your hand, hold on to the treat do not let the puppy grab the treat. when he goes to grab the treat push your hand further into his mouth. and tell him no bite. find a dog trainer in your area to help you with other problems.
2007-02-19 13:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Skyhoss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in training my dogs even those of mine that hunt, we have always pressed there tunge down to the bottom of there mouth and hold it there for a few seconds, when they bite or nip. and responde with a stern no bite commande. I have six dogs myself who are all well trained they still play bite but never close down to hard when doing so.
2007-02-19 13:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by Sgarrison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Retrievers are very gentle mouth.
Put some food in your hand if he chomps at it yell (like he hurt you) (watch his reaction).
Also put the food in your hand and as he goes to take it pull it back and yell easy. He will associate your yelling with what he shouldn't do.
2007-02-19 12:58:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my golden had a pretty good bite too. i taught her the words, "no bites" and i would lightly smack her nose or her teeth so she knew. now, she recognizes "no bites" and whenever she does bite, she just kind of grazes you with her teeth. doesnt bite down anymore.
its just a puppy thing. get him a rawhide bone, that will get some of it out of his system.
2007-02-19 12:59:11 · answer #8 · answered by Erin P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋