how to get a puppy to stop nipping?

Get the puppy a chew toy.

When she nips or bites...ignore her, don't give her any contact. It also helps to get up and leave the room. Unfortunately this is not a quick fix and will take time to correct. To temporarily stop her spray and if practical, spray the areas she's nipping or biting with vinegar. It won't hurt you, your baby, the dog or your furniture. But it will deter her. My husband and I have to continually spray our feet and sometimes our hands because or puppy would not leave them alone. It works....try it.

Puppies nip and bite when they want to play...they chew when they are teething or bored. Give her rawhide to chew and remember to spray all the other things she has an interest in chewing. A paste made with Alum and applied to furniture also deters chewing.

My husband and I have used these practices and they work. We have not lost one single thing in the house due to chewing.

seeing as how you already had the 2 year old, then why did you get a new puppy? puppies need training. and you need money to take care of the puppy. when the puppy nips, hold it's mouth closed, gently, and say NO. other than that, take it to training, and think before you buy a new animal next time. poor kid AND puppy.

Look, you have a new puppy, and he needs obedience class. Unless you know how to train him, he need obedience class. Trust me, it will make a huge difference later. When he nips, bop him on the nose and firmly tell him "no."

Good luck with the puppy!!!

you definitely need to take care of that asap with the baby around... here's what i did... it may sound cruel, but it worked... whenever our dog would open her mouth to nip or nip us, i would hold her mouth shut until she yelped and i would say "no bite". this showed her that if she did the unwanted action, she would have to face the consequences. it took a few times, but after that, she wouldn't open her mouth to us at all. now (5 years later), she won't even play bite. it is important for you, as the owner, not to let her play bite. don't make it a game. it's not fun. don't snuggle with her after you punish her... just let her be.

hope this helps and good luck.

what we did with my puppy (which we learned in our obedince class) is to bop him on the nose and say so then give him an appropriate tiy to chew on...hope it works for u! good luck!

why not get those pigs ears?

Smack that little jerk when he bites you, its as simple as that.