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Friday, December 08, 2006

 

How to Stop Puppies from Biting

For starters, avoid letting a puppy play with your hands or feet – nomatter how cute it seems. This teaches him that it is okay to biteskin. Even though tiny puppies playing tug-of-war with your bigfinger or toes or socks is cute, it is teaching a very bad habit. Itis far easier to prevent bad habits from developing that it is toretrain an older puppy or adult dog. Here are two techniques to teacha puppy not to bite. Try technique #1 first. It may take a few daysor so for him to catch on.

Technique #1 – yelp and walk away:

Puppies are very social creatures and refusing to engage in play canbe an effective training technique. As soon as puppy starts to biteor nip, give a loud, yelping OUCH!!! Glare at the pup, get up andmove away. After a minute or so, get a toy and return to puppy. Encourage him to play with the toy. If he goes for you with a nip,repeat yelping and walking away.

Technique #2 – shake down:

Start with a loud yelping OUCH; at the same time as you grasp theloose skin on puppy’s neck. Give a firm but gentle shake and firmlysay “NO BITE!” Release puppy, wait a second for the correction tosink in, then involve him with a good toy. After a while, stop theshake and just use the verbal. The instant he repeats the sameplayful action without biting, praise him and say, “Good “no bite!”

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