Puppy Bites!!?

Question

Any ideas for my friend on how to train a puppy not to bite w/o expensive classes? ( in VT)

Lab, taken from mother at 8 weeks

Answer 1

Hi there, I am a Veterinarian Technician and a Dog Obediance Instructor specializing in puppies. I hope I can help you! First of all, congratulations to your friend on her new puppy! How exciting! Secondly, I do have two suggestions/strategies to help your friend stop her puppy from nipping! There are two different types of biting, agressive and play. It sounds as though the puppy is play biting. Please be aware if play biting is not stopped, it can lead to agressive/territorial biting even over something as silly as a sock they want to play with. I am also wondering if it is a quick bite or a clenched on bite, there are different ways to go about those. Anyways, luckily for you, it is not too late!! The first strategy I would like you to try is something littermates would teach each other when they were very young pups still with mom: Each time your puppy bites you I want you to let out that loud, earpiercing, yelp that I know you have heard from other dogs. That is how other dogs communicate to each other that the behavior is not acceptable. It is important that you don't yell, hit, or bite your puppy back (trust me, I have seen EVERYTHING!), instead let out a loud yelp. It might take a few times for your puppy to realize what your message is, but remember it is so so important to remain consistant! Don't yelp every other time she bites, yelp each and every time or you will leave your puppy confused as to why sometimes she can bite, and sometimes she can't. If that doesn't work (it really should if done consistantly!) then you can try to associate a word with a behavior and a consequence. Think when you try to teach your puppy to sit. You associate a word ("Sit!") with a behavior (when they actually it) with a consequence (a cookie, praise, rubs, etc. remember... consequences are not always bad! they are just a result o a choosed behavior!). So apply the whole sit concept to the biting. Your word could be as simple as "Ouch!" (say it sternly, you can use a louder voice, but don't yell) when she bites (behavior) and the consequence (as SOON as your puppy releases from the bite reward them with a cookie, praise, rub, etc. Again, it might take a few tries (ok, maybe a week, so again, stay consistant. If you feel like the cookies, praise, etc. are not working you could absolutely still use your word "Ouch!" and then immediately pick your puppy up (not in an angry way, just sternly) and put her into her crate for 1 minute. Go on doing your business as she is crated, ignore any barking, crying, eye contact. Then after the minute is up let her out and praise her! Each time you say "Ouch!" and place her in her crate she will associate the behavior (biting) with the consequence (crate). Dogs are smart and want to please, she will catch on! Just remember to stay calm and assertive!

Answer 2

Dogs are pack animals, and she is it's pack. In a pack there is a "top dog", and she is either the top dog or the dog is. She must enforce the point that she is the dominate one, or the dog will rule her life.
How to do that? She must not tolerate the puppy's biting. It may not be painful now, but as the dog gets older, there could be trouble. She can push the puppy away firmly, behaps forcing it to sit, while saying NO in a firm and snapping voice. Do not allow the dog to play bite, or snap at her. She will have to be persistant.
Having said that, puppies need to chew, so make sure it has a chewing toy or something that it gets to know is alright for it to use.
Also if the puppy can have tug of war type toys, then it gets to learn that certain surfaces/materials are ok to bite on to. Make sure the toys are puppy safe.
She should socialise her puppy. She should get other people to pat and hold her dog (Keeping in mind the rules about biting) so the dog learns that other people are higher in the pack order than its self. Go to a puppy group so it can play with other pups too. A dog that is socialised early will be less trouble later on.
She should make sure that it gets enough exercise, and that it doesn't get bored.
Something that is too late to do now is the choice of breed. Some dogs are more inclined to biting.
Hope this helps and tell her good luck with the puppy. Well trained it can be a joy for years to come.

Answer 3

A nine week historic puppy has ZERO proposal of what's right conduct. NONE This is an child with tooth. Her breed has not anything to do with this conduct. It's a dog studying to be a dog and gambling the one means she is aware of how. Buy a well guide approximately elevating a doggy. Read it. When she will get mouthy, inform her no and provide her some thing right to bite on - a nylabone or a kong. Praise her while she performs along with her toys. Tell her no while she is biting whatever else. She'll be trained. It takes time. You must instruct her. She's now not going to determine it out via doing all that submissive Cesar Milan rubbish. Consistency and endurance gets her to act herself. Keep your face clear of her while she's going for walks aroun and burning off that power. Seriously, discover a well guide and skim it. You'll be trained extra from a well how to elevate a dog guide than what we will inform you in a couple of strains on YA.

Answer 4

How old is the puppy? A firm "no no" is a good place to start. If that doesn't work, holding the puppie's jaws together for a second in conjuction with "no no" might give it the idea. Or if you can see the puppy is going to bite, move out of the way and tell it "no no" in a firm voice. Puppy will get the idea eventually.

Answer 5

Puppies can have a problem with biting. If the pup was taken from its mother too early, then it might not have learned how to not bite too hard. I think that depending on the breed, expensive classes could be a real necessity. I mean, if it is a doberman or a german shepard or other big breed, then learning not to bite and not to bite too hard would be VERY important. Maybe your friend's family could help her with the expense???

Answer 6

This is a simple question! usually I answer really hard ones.
Anyway, When the puppy bites your friend, she should let out a loud screech and walk away and ignore him/her.

This will take some time so be patient. It will take as much time as any other manner to teach would.

Good Luck!

Answer 7

Every time the puppy bites say "no" firmly. Its still in the puppy age so its the best time to teach it that.

Answer 8

do not hit your dog w/ a newspaper or flick it as hard as you can. Fill a spray bottle w/ water and then spray it in the face and firmly say NO!. after a while this should stop otherwise it'll suck to be u.

Answer 9

Get a book from the library. It's free!
"Puppy Preschool" is a good one.
So is "Dog Tricks for Dummies"

Answer 10

Flick the puppy on the nose as hard as you can every time he bites. Get the puppy to associate biting with pain (to him).