Any tips to stop my puppy biting?

he needs a sin bin !!!

you need to stop this behaviour and the easiest way is to every time he comes to you or your partner and sits quietly without biting give lots of praise

when he starts biting you need to put him out of the room for a couple of minutes without speaking to him then let him back in and when he does it again repeat the process

he will learn very quickly not to bite the most effective punishment for a puppy is being ignored completly but iot is very important to reinforce positive behaviours

The best thing to do when a puppy bites-- I have seen it work, you do this, the puppy will stop biting.

When she bites you make a loud noise, as another puppy would if it were hurt. You can yell out OW! or say YIP!!! if you're up for it. She will look scared because she knows her biting has hurt you. Guaranteed, she won't try it again. Be consistent.

And if you have a chew toy handy, give it to her! This way she has something to bite instead. Praise her for being a good girl who bites toys instead of people.

She's still very young and biting is normal. It's up to the owner to teah bite inhibition, which is basically that it's OK to mouth people's hands but not to bear down with the teeth. A high pitched "pained" yelp will sometimes be all that's needed, but with my puppy, taking his "toy" (ie, me) away was more effective. I'd let him gnaw a little on my hands, but any hard bite to my hands or any bite at all in the neighborhood of my face or on my clothes resulted in me getting up, moving away from him and ignoring him. You my have to go through this routine now and then again later when the pup is getting her adult teeth. Do make sure to allow her a lot of chew toys; part of the reason that biting is natural play behavior is because it's necessary for the development of their teeth. Don't hit her or yell at her, though, unless you want to teach her to be aggressive.

Monika I saw that you said yelping as a puppy would will help the puppy to stop biting but I have tried this and it does not work for me. I have tried alot of different approaches and the best thing to do is offering the puppy an alternate toy to chew on other than my arm and then praise her when she continues to play with the toy. She is also a rat terrier and very hyper when we are playing outside she likes to nip at toes when that happens I walk out of her reach until she settles down.

I had the same problem but with a 10 month old German Shepherd that I adopted from the humane society. After working for several weeks with a trainer we finally broke him of the biting habit. When he went to gnaw on my hand I would take and fold his cheeks in with my fingers so he was actually biting down on himself. After only a few times he gave up the habit. He is now 7 has never it anyone ever again even when kids pull on his tail or ears he responds with a simple lick of the hand. Try this, I hope it works.

Two things - firstly when he bites you make sure you let out a loud yelp such as a dog would do if it were hurt. It may shock him but he will begin to learn that he is hurting you.

Secondly, find him alternatives. At his age his teeth will be irritating him and he will want to chew to relieve the irritation. As well as the toys, get him some air dried natural chewy snacks such as paddiwack, tripe sticks, pigs ears etc. They taste great and he can chew away to his hearts content.

Try not to exclude the little chap for the family environment at this early stage in his development. His mind isn't developed enough at 11 weeks to be able to reason and he will experience nothing but meaningless distress and upset if excluded.

Exclusion is a good punishment for later on but not just yet.

Hi,

This may sound a bit harsh, and I understand why the pup is doing it, but a gentle whack across the muzzle with a rolled-up newspaper, with a firm "NO" seems to put a stop to it.

You can soon then just say NO without the newspaper.

It's best to train in this manner as a pup, to avoid aggresive behaviour in the future.

I'm sure that all will be well, and temperaments of course vary from breed to breed, but all dogs will get the messages as they grow up, much like us humans !

Bob.

Hello.

Don't let him bite you both thats a no no,if there's a training class in your town join

get him some hide chews to bite on and plenty of ex cerise,I had a retriever pup I took him to dog training and it was the best

money I ever spent,hope this as been a help

to you good luck.

There is a product that I purchased for our dog called "Bitter bite". It's harmless, but tastes disgusting to dogs (not humans). If you put some on your hands then let the dog out, he might bite you, but then stop because of the bitter taste. You should do this when you have time to train him because 'Bitter Bite" is sticky after awhile.

Also the "ignoring the dog" technique actually works also! I would've put that too, but someone did and I didn't want it to seem like I stole their idea....

Good luck!

He's teething, look at this website below - it is your new bible. Follow it & make sure everyone else who meets your puppy does too. It works!

http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitesto...

I swear they should hand this out with each puppy that goes to a new home.