This is exactly what I do... When your baby bites on your finger, with your finger still in his mouth; say "OUCH!" and immediately remove your finger.
When he accidently bites my finger too hard, I just go "OUCH!" and Teddy actually looks at me like "Oh, Mom, I'm sorry!" then he licks my finger and we go on with our playing.
I've only had one dog that this didn't work with (a Great Dane) and after over a thousand dollars worth of training she still turned out to be too aggressive to keep/trust around my skin kids. Not that I am an expert by any means, but this was before I knew much about dogs and/or choosing a puppy... Long story short, the breeder sold me the Alpha dog of the litter knowing that I had a 3 year old and a 15 month old. She later said that she regretted selling me the Alpha female. DUHHH!!!! |