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kimmy pletz asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

Help I have a puppy who is a lab, and he bits me until I am bruised. ?

I give him a toy to bite or a bone or i will yelp but none of it is working. What can i do?

Update:

Thanks everyone for your answers!! He is 13 weeks old.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If you have already tried yelping, or giving a toy in place of your arm, as funny as it might sound, if he bites, get up and walk away. He should soon associate the biting with you not wanting to be around him. Hopefully that will help. If not, you can go to petsmart, or any other pet store and get a bottle of bitter apple spray. If he bites you, spray a squirt in his mouth. It is harmless, but the dogs can't stand the bitter taste. We had a foster dog, and that worked wonders with her!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I agree that he's probably teething. I have had 2 labs myself and when they were going through that stage i gave them ice cube to chew on. It kind of helps relieve the pain from the teething. So i would try that but if he still goes for your arm try rolling up a news paper and smack him lightly on the butt, not too hard but hard enough that he knows he shouldn't be doing that. Rawhides are a good teething toy too. Hope this helps!

  • 1 decade ago

    Yell at him and discipline him push him on to the ground and roll him over on his back as to say i am dominant i do it to my dog and he doesn't bite me on purpose any more you may also want to close his mouth it works but be careful he may bite u when u let go

  • 1 decade ago

    Its probably teething my dog did it a lot when he was a puppy

    You should buy his a chew tog

    Hope it helps

    Source(s): personal experience
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Grab his moulth (not too hard) then pull it away and stick a toy in his mouth, I hope that works, it's how I taught my dogs.

  • how old is the puppy?

    he could be teething. Just push him off.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    WHEN HE TRIES TO BITE YA .......SMACKEM ON THE NOSE AND SAY PLAY NICE KEEP REPEATING IT TILL HE LEARNS

  • 1 decade ago

    How old is the pup? NMI

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