how do you get your dog from biteing you?

Question

how do you get your dog from biteing you

Answer 1

My dog has always been a stubborn one, he likes to play, and sometimes gets carried away. He's a 35 pound german shepherd mix, we're thinking, but more and more people are telling me that he looks like he's part coyote, I don't believe that. A tap on the nose didn't work with him, nor did much of anything else, so someone suggested that I try doing what I would do to my ferrets when they would bite, scruff them. It's just pinning them to the floor by the scruff (loose skin on the back of the neck) until they surrender, basically you are declaring your dominance. I do not reccomend this with most medium dogs and totally do not reccomend this with large dogs, or dogs that are bully breeds as you can get hurt.

Answer 2

First off a tap on the nose means more than a board across his ***. If you grab a dog by the lower jaw with your thumb inside will cause the dog to repel that action, which kind of gags him or try sum of that "stop thumb sucking ointment they have for babies" (it is like finger nail polish and has Cayenne pepper in it) and put some on you where he bites. He won't keep it up believe me. I had a child(15years old) that kept biting the remote, the antenna on the phone and corner of pillows. He stopped. Complained his mouth was burning.Ha Ha Good luck!

Answer 3

A dog? Or a young puppy playing? If its a puppy a stern NO and a toy to distract him will do to start.

With older dogs, as long as it is not a mean bite, Put your hand around your dogs muzzle. Squeeze SLIGHTLY! just a little pressure. Your dog will squirm and try to get away. But DO NOT let go untill the squirming has stopped or he will have won.
**BE CAREFUL doing this tho. It is possible for your dog to break capillaries in its chest if he/she is trying to breathe in really hard when you do this. Try to breathe with out letting any air in your mouth or nose...if he/she does that more than once or twice release your grip immediately.

Another option is a training collar (commonly known as choke chain) When your dog bites, give the chain a quick tug and release. It may be easier to do with a SHORT leash attached, or a regular leash being left on your dog (when supervised!!) for the first little while.

If your dog is biting out of fear or aggression, or you do not know haw to properly use a choke chain, the best and safest thing to do is have one on one sessions with an experienced trainer.

**NOTE** when grabbing their muzzle, if your dog puts up a fight, you may need to "pin" him/her on the ground on their back for a few seconds. It is kind of a dominating pose. Works pretty well with puppies. But careful. Their limbs do not move the same as ours do. And it depends on your situation.

AND PLEASE! NEVER HIT YOUR DOG. No spankings or beatings. A tap on the nose will work well with some as a reminder. Not a hit, but a SLIGHT tap.

Answer 4

1. When the dog puts his mouth around your arm, DO NOT PULL YOUR ARM OUT! If you do, your dog thinks it's a game.
2. Put your hand (attached to your free arm) on the back of the dog's skull, as if you were palming a basketball.
3. While holding pressure on the back of the dog's head, force your arm (or hand, or fist) further back into the dog's mouth.
4. Hold your arm/hand/fist in the back of the dog's mouth for about 3 seconds. The dog will be pretty uncomfortable (although probably less than he would at the pop on the nose) and will try to squirm away or spit out your arm.
5. After about 3 seconds or after you feel the dog trying to "get rid of" your arm, release the pressure. The dog will immediately remove his mouth from your arm.

Answer 5

Yelp really loudly and high pitched as possible every time they put their mouths on you, when they stop or back away IMMEDIATELY tell them what good dogs they are and hug on them. My rescue dog was not taught any bite inhibition as a puppy and mouths you constantly, it hurts, especially when she gets excited and hits you in the face with her teeth. She will actually bite your face and doesn't realize it hurts or that she shouldn't do that.

Answer 6

Usually dogs need only a tap on the nose or a SLIGHT tap on the butt to correct there behavior, but why IS he biting you? NEVER,EVER hit your dog out of anger or malice, its rotten and carrries a stiff penalty in jail. I am sure you are not but just a little information for dog enthusiats as myself..

Answer 7

i kind of yell NO, NO BITING NO BITING, BAD DOG. but i dont yell at the top of my lungs, i just raise my voice. it works well for me but then again my dog rarely bites me hard enough to even hurt and the only time she ever bites is if we are playing which is pretty much every day. so... ya..

Answer 8

If you don't want your dog to bite you then you should either but it a toy it can chew on or clench a fist each time it bites you and put it in its mouth and shout 'stop' at it

Answer 9

Do you have a dog? I make sure that I have lots of chew toys and pig ears for my dogs to chew on. If you even have a dog, is your dog is a pup, if so, it's teething.

Answer 10

tell them no, and then when they bit you tap them on there nose, and if they are teething get them a chewing toy. But when they bit tap them hard enought to get there attention and then say no loudly. That usually works for me, with all dogs.