Are you currently at odds with your puppy that is clueless as to how annoying and painful it is to be nipped? Is your high-energy puppy treating your hand, leg or ankle as some sort of bite-bag (vis a vis punching bag)? Worry not, because we will go over some facts and advice below that will illustrate how to get a dog to give up nipping.
The first step in training puppy not to bite is to discourage it immediately. Your puppy needs to learn that putting its mouth on a human is not at all acceptable. And this does not only apply to puppies, but even adult dogs are capable of learning bite inhibition.
In dealing with more depth to puppy biting, experts suggest a method wherein the biting puppy is startled. Just as the puppy digs into your skin, surprise the puppy with a quick, high-pitched, and loud noise. This is an exact copy of the noise the dog would make if its littermate bit it. You would know if it was performed properly of the dog instantly withdraws its mouth with a bewildered look on its face. At this point, offer the dog a toy that it can chew on (then praise it if it takes the ball). The successive actions just described will make the dog realize that there is no approval from you for biting you, but there is for taking the ball. You may need to do this several times to get the dog to realize the bigger picture. If making the noise makes the dog more excited instead of stopped, try a different tack.
Aside from the strategy of showing the dog that being nipped is painful, another method you can use is to show the dog that it loses friends if it keeps behaving that way. The next time the dog bites, leave the dog immediately (some insist, “dramatically”), sweeping out of the room. Children being plagued by the dog may want to use this method. Soon enough, the dog realizes that it loses friends and playmates if it keeps on behaving as such.
As you help your puppy to see that biting is not an acceptable behavior, you will need to stop playing tug of war with it, or chase, wrestling, or other things that will excite the dog and make it go after you. As everybody knows, physical punishment does not add anything constructive to the solution of this behavior issue.
Following these steps in stopping puppy biting is quite a task, but thanks to hardwork, patience, consistency, and determination, the challenge may be shorter than you imagined!
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