Timeouts do not work for dogs. In order for a time out to work, you have to be able to explain to the child/dog what they did wrong and have them understand. That is not going to happen with dog.
Since he was taken from his mother before he was properly socialized, you have to act as his mother.
Never walk away from the puppy when he is chewing on you, that just puts him in control and teaches him that if he wants you to move he should bite you.
Dogs live in the moment, Corrections have to be instantanious or they will not work. If he bites you and youm pick him up to put him in timeout, he relates the being picked up to the biting, and the being put in timeout to having been picked up.
You need to correct him as his mother would with a dog's snapping sound and a pinch to his neck. Not a hard pinch. Just a sudden pinch. If he does not stop, it needs to get harder and the snapping sound needs to get louder and more serious sounding. if he is persistent than 2 or three snaps and pinches in a row. If still persistent then pin him down. keep doing it until he stops.
Picture the way a mother dog would do it and do the same. You are not hurting him, you are just letting him know that this behavior is not allowed. |