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Originally Posted by chloe'smom I will try to continue to use this technique. It just seemed to really make her upset, but I guess that is why I should do it to let her know that I mean business when I say NO BITE! Thanks everyone. I will definitely keep you all posted on her progress! |
Nooo, please please do not use this technique. The only thing you will accomplish by doing this is make resent you and bite you even more and harder. Some dogs it may work with, but I have seen ALOT of dogs that became aggressive using this technique.
When she bites you yelp like a wounded puppy (make sure it sounds like a puppy yelping, use a high pitch in your voice), saying ouch or no in a firm voice will not work, they don't understand this. You have to speak their language to get them to stop. If you have ever watched a group of puppies play, you will notice that if one puppy is being too rough and bites the other puppy too hard that the puppy will yelp and the one that is being rough will back off. The rough one soon realizes that if it wants to play with the other puppy that he has to be gentle, otherwise the other puppy wants nothing to do with him and will not play with him until he can learn to be gentle.
So everytime your pup bites you, yelp and move away from your puppy and ignore her for a few minutes. Then try again and if she bites you again repeat this method, with the yelping being dramatic and increase the amount of time that you move away from her and ignore her. You ever heard a small puppy yelp hysterically when it gets bit or scratched?? Try your best to make it sound like that. Your pup will soon realize that "wow humans are really sensitive" and that if she wants you to play with her or just be around her, that she has to be gentle and not bite you. It takes sometime, but they will pick it up real quickly and won't bite you anymore.
This is the most successful way of teaching her not to bite. I have trained all of my dogs on this concept and many other customer's dog this way and it is highly successful, more successful then any of the other techniques many people have tried. You are speaking her language and she will get the message that you are trying to tell her. I wish you the best of luck with your training!!!
Also, since she is probably teething, try having lots of things for her to chew on, they have teethers for dogs that you can stick in the freezer and the puppies love to chew on them and they probably feel good on their teeth and gums.
