ashieannie asked:
Our puppy is two months old and thinks our fingers and toys are chew toys. What are some tips to get our puppy to stop biting. And any other tips for a new puppy!
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Our puppy is two months old and thinks our fingers and toys are chew toys. What are some tips to get our puppy to stop biting. And any other tips for a new puppy!
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Tell him no and point to the place where he has been biting and gently hit him on the mouth. Or you can buy some spray that whenever he tries to bite something hes gunna have a sour taste in his mouth and stop biting.
With our puppy, when he bit us (playing) we would yelp. It is natural for puppies to bite when they play and they recognize the sound of a yelp as if they are biting (another puppy) to hard. It worked for my puppy!
Our MinPin tries that. I redirect him to acceptable chew toys. This has cut down on it immensely. Another trick is to yelp like his litter-mates would and then ignore him. Scolding him just gives him attention, which reinforces the behavior.
Also, tire him out. Take him for long walks and play with him tons – a tired dog is a well-behaved dog.
Also, the semi-flexible nylabones are good – they give enough for the pups, but are resilient enough that it takes some time for the pup to completely destroy it. You may also want to consider a kong.
Good luck!
take your hand away and ignore him until he starts to act right. spray apple bitter spray on your hands – he wont like the taste
another technique is to say OW and take your hand and put it where he cannot get to it and notplay with him until he is being nice again
he will get the message
MOST IMPORTANTLY – give him something he CAN chew on. puppies use their mouths to discover things and they aslo need chew toys for teething and to entertain themselves. so make sure he has things that he can chew on safely
Please no hitting, spanking, biting him back or general punishment. Your puppy is just trying to play. It would be like punishing a small toddler for tugging at your fingers – the only thing it would achieve is creating fear in the pup.
When he bites, yelp “Ow!” and act hurt. You need not be overtly exaggerating, but it should be clear that you are hurt. Then get up and leave. Ignore him completely, just pretend he’s not there. If he tries to follow and doesn’t get the message, time-out him in the room for a couple of minutes. If he throws a tantrum, rap on the door and say “No!” and wait for 30 seconds of silence before release, or else he will start learning that tantrums work.
The message/lesson is: when you bite me, it hurts, and I don’t want to play anymore. Biting = funtime is over.
This is known as bite-inhibition and it’s how puppies in litters teach each other not to bite too hard when playing. You can read more tips about it here: