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Biting! Help please please help! My little Benji is about 10 weeks and i dont know what to do to get him to stop biting. Is this normal? |
OK, as a puppy it is so cute for them to lunge at us and bite our fingers, but as time goes on, it gets old and hurts more as their jaws get stronger and teeth sharper... When the new baby comes home, the first time he does this, I tap him/her on the nose and say in a firm voice say NO.....do this each time it happens, and on the days they are going to rule the house and just keeps coming back with another nibble. The tap gets a little firmer and the no a little louder... if they persist, they go to the kennel,with a finger wag and a bad,bad, boy... after a very short time. They come out with hugs and kisses....Then I offer them a chew, so they can learn to go for the chew the next time they want to attack.....lol. I never give the chew to them when they bite me, only after I have gone thru the no and time out, so they don't associate the biteing with getting something they like...Good luck because these little stinkers are so headstrong....like my vet says... hence the word TERRORS..... |
im for sure going to try that. Yeah he jaw is getting stonger and the nibble is getting a harder. Im going to see how the tap on the nose and no works. Thanks for the great advice!! |
I don't remember Sammy biting that much as a puppy. But my beagle, Benji, used to bite as a puppy. Once he caught me by surprise and I yelled, Ouch that hurt!! and he didn't bite anymore after that! Good luck!! |
When he does it, yell OUCH! and he'll start understanding that it hurts. They learn this in their litter and stop when a sibling yelps. When my pup does it and I say Ouch!, he backs up and then licks my finger. So cute. |
For lucy, I would get her to play with her ball instead of bitting me :) After a while doing this, she just played with her ball. :aimeeyork |
I'm dealing with exactly the same thing. My Louie is 11 weeks old and we cannot even enjoy him at all due to the biting. I've tried the yelping ouch and filling an aluminum can with pennies and shaking it when he bites. It starts the minute we get him from his crate and doesn't stop until I put him away. I've been reading everything I possibly can to try to stop it but nothing is working. I'm feeling like a failure as a puppy mommy because neither of us is happy. |
Hi, Dont feel like a failure. These are sometimes stubborn little dogs, partly because they are so smart and partly because they are so cute that we tend to spoil them. The real solution is what their mother would do if they bite her... bite them back. I know I will probably get lots of flack, but this really works. You bite his ear from behind, and give a low growl if he bites you. His mom would correct him like this and they really learn quickly from it. It often only takes one time of doing it, but even if it takes two or more, its still worth it to change his bad habit. |
Thank you so much for the reply. I agree with the spoiling thing for sure! He is just so precious that I find it hard to scold the little guy. He is such a doll and so so smart but stubborn. We've had him 3 weeks and he has already won us over all the way. I know he will be much happier (as will I:p) if he doesn't bite non stop so I will do whatever it takes to make that happen! |
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So many very young puppies and under socialized lacking bite inhibitions from leaving their momma too early. :( What's done is done so now you need to deal with breeders who do not car enough to keep these babies longer. :( I am going to suggest something that I saw on TV just last night and found it very interesting and I am going to guess it really will work. This trainer suggested using a frozen stick of butter and put it onto your hand. When the puppy tries to bite it will lick you instead. I'm not sure what else would work if you tried all of the other suggestions. Let us know how or if it works for you, Good luck :) |
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I too received my pup very young (although some older pups just naturally have more of a biting tendency too). After two weeks of working on it, ZoE now has great bite inhibition. She "mouthed" my hand from the very beginning and as long as it was soft, I was ok with it, but as soon as she started to exert too much pressure with her teeth, I would yelp loudly & immediately stop playing with her and ignore for for about 30 seconds. Then I'd play with her again, giving her toys that she could bite, but as soon as she moved to my fingers, arms, whatever.... and exerted too much pressure (biting), then I'd repeat the yelping & ignoring. I did this over & over again each time we played. At the beginning of the second week, as soon as I'd yelp, she'd immediately stop biting & start licking me. After a full two weeks, she doesn't bite me at all any more :) But be sure that you do provide Benji with things he can bite, chew & tug on. ZoE loves a long old sock tied in a knot, her stuffed bear & her nylabone blue nubby gel bone. |
I'm going through the same thing with my Kody. Good advice all around. Good luck to you. My sleepers and pajama pants are taking a beating as well - I can't take a step without him there tugging and pulling. He does this with me and not my husband. My husband says one word "NO" or "STOP" and he stops immediately. I have to say it several times for him to listen. |
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