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Originally Posted by Jaspermom

Wosie is also 5 months, and we have had her since she was 8 weeks. She has chewed on finger, arms, legs, anything she can get her teeth on since she came home. We have been working on "no bite" and also holding her mouth closed if she really hurts us while saying firmly "no bite". She is very much starting to get it, and no longer hurts us. Her bites are more just putting flesh in her mouth and then licking. I know it's a puppy thing, and try to be patient. And I try to never yell, just be firm.

I have always thought that the problem with just saying the word "no" without the "bite" is you need to be consistent with a behavior. If you don't say no to them for any other reason than biting, then you are OK! Saying "no bite" singles out the behavior. However, I am leaning on the hope that they understand human speech with repetition, lol!! I am probably way off base here, and won't mind if someone wants to correct me on this!

No we always said no bite rather than no for the same reason. We also say bad potty and good potty. I dont know if it makes a difference but my dogs do seem to know what I am talking about.