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02-16-2013, 01:11 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Grafenwoehr Germany
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| My Little Biter Angelo will not stop biting our feet and ankles. It's painful and annoying. How do I stop that? |
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02-16-2013, 01:53 AM | #2 |
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| Gentle discipline (Ah! Ah! or No no!) then redirect his attention to a toy... and don't let him play with your feet when you're chillin on the couch.
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02-16-2013, 05:59 AM | #3 |
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| Simple, play and play with him but the very instant you feel a hard mouth, a sharp bite, all activity ends with the words "uh oh", get up and leave the room. Play stops. You have to be quick on the draw and make it final - puppy bites down equals no more playing and everybody gets up and leaves. It will take a puppy a while to glom onto the fact that his biting is behind it but eventually they connect it and you will see they start to govern themselves, though being puppies, they forget from time to time. Still, with puppies and how often you play with them, you can get this lesson across several times a day very quickly. But you don't forget or let puppy get by with it once. You leave the room the moment they hurt. Some say squeal really loud when he bites but some dogs are only further excited by this and keep on biting after they put their ears back and look at you but others stop biting from the squeal. Some squeal and stop playing, leave. Others will push the body part being bitten, like the side of the finger, further back into the dogs mouth, forcing the mouth to stay open an uncomfortably long time and taking control away from the pup. Others recommend spraying them with water and such but I don't like to work with a dog that way - I just prefer repetition and after it has learned a lesson, then I will discipline or use the word "No" after a dog has learned and knows better, though I don't tap their noses or spray or surprise them with things. Those things can make some nervous dogs hesitant to play hard or get too excited as they are so unsure they might get some unpleasant happening any moment. Puppies usually aren't that way but a highly strung, nervous or unstable one can be.
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