biting issues

[kalina82]

Originally Posted by Magnus

I just posted something about biting on another post but this method's working for me.

Puppy Play Biting vs. Aggressive Biting: Basic Puppy Care | eHow.com

I've been using that method for the past 1-2 weeks now and I'm seeing good results. It's still "work in process" but Magnus's biting issues are definitely better. Good luck!

While this may be what you do i would not recommend anyone else doing this with any breed puppy. Biting can be fixing by other methods that do not involve hitting. Even though your actually hitting your hand, your dog is still feeling the smack. I think its confusing for the puppy because your offering him your hand then if he bites it you use that same hand to grab him and smack it creating a loud noise and a little bump against his muzzle which scares him, and then you offer him the hand again. it may end up making him hand shy and afraid of your hands instead.

Positive re-enforcement training and ignoring bad behavior is a better more humane training method.

[shoefelmeyer]

When I was having this problem, I sprayed scented body spray on myself. This actually worked! Stopped the biting.

[LoALAnna]

I'm able to handle Connor's play biting on MY hands, but it gets really rough sometimes when he plays with Neo. At 13 weeks Conner is really aggressive and gets the better of Neo, who is so gentle with him as a rule. We regularly have to pull the little one off and reprimand him! Any suggestions ?