how do i get my 6 month old puppy to stop biting me?

Question

i have friend who had to fet rid of her dog because itt bit ot much and i don't want that to happen to mine! how do i get him to stop?

Answer 1

get it a toy and teach it to chew on it and not you

Answer 2

He may still be teething and/or losing his baby teeth. He needs things to chew on as that relieves the desire to chew.

As far as play, never use your hand as a play device. Do not get down on the floor and wrestle with the dog as the only way a dog can "fight back" is with their teeth. When they play with each other, they bite. You do not want this behavior carried over to people...

Always use some sort of toy when playing with him. He will quickly learn "toy = play" and will start bringing you a toy to play with. It does not matter what it is, you want him to learn that the only time he gets to play with you is when a toy is involved. He may start carrying around the toy all the time, just in case you decide to play. With a toy in the mouth, he will be unable to bite. (Plus it is kind of cute.)

If he is just coming up and biting, that is a different problem. He needs to learn that biting causes painful responses. Two ways to do it. First, hot sauce. REAL hot sauce. (*** Kicking Hot Sauce is one of the best as it just takes a few drops.) Put it on your hand where his tongue usually ends up when he bites and then let him bite. If it works, he will learn quickly hands taste really bad. If it does not work, try method #2.

Get a remote controlled electric shock collar. Put it on the dog (turned off) for 3-4 days so he gets use to it. Then turn it on. Have the remote ready. Every time he goes for the hand, yell "NO" and shock him. If he gets the hand and bites, yell "NO NO NO" and shock him each time you say "NO". Besides learning not to bite, he will take your "NO" very seriously in the future.

If money is a problem, use a rolled up magazine or newspaper (so it is a hollow tube) and swat him HARD on the butt every time he bites. You want it to make noise as it hits him. It must come quickly and hard. At the same time, yell "NO" loudly. You want him to associate the bite with the whack and the sound of the whack and the yell "NO". You must be consistent. Bite= whack + NO...... Do not do this sometimes and sometimes not. That will only confuse him and he will not learn very quickly.

If all else fails, get a muzzle or get rid of the dog. There is no worse liability to have around kids than a dog that bites.

Answer 3

Is it actually hurting you? I mean, if it's just play biting, it's not doing any harm. But if he bites you, and it hurts, stop playing, look him straight in the eyes, make sure he's looking at you, and give him a firm "No!" and then ignore him for a bit. In 15 minutes come back and play with him, or if he feels guilty, and comes running to you, and wants to play, then you can play with him. But do not give him a second chance, if he bites you again, you do the exact same thing, and, in fact, do ignore him for 10-15 minutes.

Answer 4

Your puppy is teething. Dogs explore everything with their teeth, and he's young and is just trying to play and explore.

You have to give him some toys and teach him to chew on those instead of you. He doesn't know he's hurting you, and you need to let him know that. Have you ever seen puppies play and when one hurts the other, the puppy will screech and turn away and the game will stop? You need to do this with your puppy. When he hurts you, schreech and turn over and don't look at him. He'll realize he hurt you, and he'll eventually stop.

Answer 5

Tell the dog no.
I used this bitter apple spray (pet stores)when my puppy bit me. I would spray it on my hands (where ever she is biting), and she would get that taste in her mouth. Sometimes I sprayed it in her mouth. (Don't worry it isn't dangerous. Some of my smarter friends tasted it) Also, ignoring the behavior and not giving her attention when she bit helped. My other dog was more stubborn, and when he chewed on me I would pinch his tongue to the bottom of his mouth with enough pressure to get the point. I would then give him a toy to chew on, so he knew what was okay to chew on. Both stopped biting me eventually. Remember your dog is probably teething too, so toys to help the pain may help too.

Answer 6

every time he bites u say no and put him in his kennel or out side with out toys it will take a month but hill stop.....if he is still teething hill keep doing it for a while ...and thats simply how dogs show love they dont know any better but just let him know that if he bites he gets to be alone for a good 15-20 minutes . hill stop

Answer 7

Most puppies are like that, give them some toys to chew on this will help them. I have a new puppy that is the same way so I give her chew toys and then she dont bite.

Answer 8

This worked with my dog. Get one of those long balloons that you make balloon animals with. Blow it up and let your dog play with it. Dog will bite, it'll pop, and it'll get too scared to bite anything soft too hard. But be sure to stay around to throw away the balloon pieces as soon as it pops!! I realize there is a small choke hazard, but I've never heard any dogs getting choked with these. Even kids play with balloons so...

Answer 9

You have to be very consistent in telling him no. Use a phrase that he can learn to recongnise with the command, we used "No Bites" with our dogs. The key is to be consistent though, you literally have to say it all the time till your blue in the face so they can learn it. You can also, while saying No Bites, hold the bottom of their mouth, they won't be able to close their mouth and they won't like it. Do that at the same times as saying No Bites and say it firmly and loudly so they know you don't like it.

Answer 10

Some Dogs need a lot of exercise. It could be your dogs has some energy that he or she needs to burn and is taking out some frustration on you. You can try walking your dog for at least an hour eaqch day. During that period make your dog walk at your speed, be very firm about that. Your dogs behavior will improve. You will be very surprised. Don't give in to your dogs, make your dog give in to you. Remember, your the boss. Dogs respond very well to structure.

Answer 11

They sell a product in pet stores called Bitter Apple. I would do the "Ouch" approach first, but if that doesn't work, put a little of this product on your hands. When the dog tastes it, it is an aversive taste and they will want to avoid it. Encourage others in your household, or visitors to do this in the early socialization with the pup.
Be careful not to pet the dog with the hand that has this on it. It could get on its coat and the pup would taste it when grooming itself.