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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  Someone else posted this one too. I think it's a bad idea because it could teach the pup to fear your hands. Even though your smacking your own hand, they feel it. It might encourage fear biting later on in life. Essentially, you are replacing one undesired behavior with another. Be careful. |
You don't want the pup to fear your hands or you. This method would get in the way of teaching bite inhibition, which means controlling the bite, not eliminating it.
See this article posted by Ladymom:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/tra...nhibition.html