Comments on: What are some tips for controlling a biting puppy?

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:59:00 +0000

First pick up all the stuff that puppy is not to chew on… Get a spray bottle and put a viginar and water. When he is messing up. No vocal command. Just spray .. Affter a while every time you reach for the spray he will stop. Same with barking… Your house will smell like a salad for a while.. Cure the puppy… Keep the spray at you side–you have to spray innediately when he needs it…

By: Mike R

Mike R — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:29:17 +0000

I got my puppy to stop biting by holding her head, looking at her straight in the eyes, and firmly saying “No bite!”. The command will take time to enforce, but as your dog gets it all you should have to do is say “No bite”. I was dealing with a golden retriever so depending on the breed this may take more time to develop. I’m not a big fan of “slap disipline” (there are times when you need to) because over time your dog will associate that with its behavior. I just don’t want my dog to shy away when I reach over to pet them behind the ears. So I don’t like to hit on the nose. I have heard that you should come from underneath the chin. Just to get the pets attention.

By: Cindy H

Cindy H — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:22:21 +0000

I don’t usually believe in hitting dogs but in this instance i would say i would smack it under the yaw. Sometimes convention ways don’t work and it sounds like your doing everything right. This puppy just doesn’t get it…so help him get it.. The next time he chews on something other than what he is sup post to smack him and drag his *** to his crate and leave him there for a time out (15-20 min). Every time he is caught doing something he is not sup post to you smack him and say no and drag his *** to the crate. Eventually you will only have to say no because the dog will not want the consequences….its as easy as that. Give the dog a consequence for its actions and it will think before it does things.

By: Ash

Ash — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:03:24 +0000

They should teach him what is his and what isn’t – by getting him a chew toy. When he chews the toy, let him.

When he chews or bites something else, get a little ****** bottle and spray him in the face. They don’t like it, but it is effective. The puppy will start to associate chewing other objects in the house with being ******** in the face so they will stop chewing things.

Biting the owner is a big no-no. Either use the spray bottle or hit them lightly on the nose. Dogs don’t like being bopped in the nose so that is another gentle way to discipline them.

If he bites the owner, the owner needs to show dominance over the puppy. When I had a little rottweiler puppy we had to roll him on his back and growl at him, showing him who was boss; he turned out to be the sweetest dog ever – never bite anyone, never growled.

By: Alley

Alley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:27:18 +0000

you might try a dog school but there pretty expensive . i would say put a cover over all your furniture and plastic Gard’s on all the corners so hes not chewing on the furniture he’ll chewing on plastic also after a while he learn to chew on plastic and will chew on his toys . for your wires i would put them behind the TV and see if threes a case of something to protected them .

By: tasha blahdeblah

tasha blahdeblah — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:08:52 +0000

my dog is the same way
cute n sweet n calm in the morning but turns into an evil ******* at night lol
gets all this energy n wants to play n destroy stuff
to be honest i dont think theres much u can do but wait till he/she grows out of it
and try and keep anything u dont want destroyed out of the way where he cant get it
and dont leave him alone. like u wouldnt leave a young child alone would u?
n yea my dog dos the biting thing too
not aggresive, just playing but it is anoying. lol me n my mom have a plastic stick that we whack him with when he starts biting us. dosnt hurt him but he gets the msg
its a hollow plastic pipe. dosnt hurt him at all

By: alex

alex — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:40:20 +0000

its the time when his teeth are groing and he needs to chew something to destress himself cause its painfull procces so ill sugest a tennis ball or som doggy toy