Comments on: We Have a Biter.

By: Mollybrown

Mollybrown — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:55:46 +0000

In reply to DogMom. This is what we did with my dog and she is amazing when it comes to being gentle with her mouth.

Basically when she bit us, we would yelp loudly and leave the room for 30 seconds to 1 minute. There were baby gates keeping her in the room by herself so she couldnt see us. She would cry, but then wag her tail and be so happy to see us when we returned. I can open her mouth and take out food that she is chewing now because she is so gentle.

By: Kasey Spain

Kasey Spain — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:31 +0000

Martha Stewart says if your dog bites you, you bite him back. then they get that it hurts and they stop. apparently thats what the mother to the puppy does when they bite and it teaches them who the parent is too. sounds crazy but it might work! What I did with my dog is every time she bit, I would thump her in the mouth and say “NO bites!” then turn over the back of my hand and she would lick it. eventually she stopped bitting but now sometimes she just licks feverishly! haha now I have to say, no licks!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:30:24 +0000

We had a playful biter, and we learned this trick from a dog trainer. Buy one of those fake lemons with the lemon juice in it. Every time they bite, you squirt a little in their mouth! We did that and she stopped within a couple of days! Worked perfectly! Good luck!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:31:52 +0000

In reply to sturdydesign. This is what we learned at puppy obedience as well! It works... but takes consistency.

By: Lo

Lo — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:13:43 +0000

When our puppy was in the biting stage, we made sure we had a toy that was appropriate for him to bite around at all times, and would swap it with our body parts. He learned quickly what was ok to chew on, and what wasn’t. Also the yip/shrill ouch sound and ignore works well too! Good luck! Wallace is adorable!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:15 +0000

Our puppy used to nip too. She would follow behind you when you were walking and nip at your calves.

We started doing a little yelp when she did it, to let her know it hurt us (puppy skin is much tougher so she didn't know it was hurting us and yelping is how dogs let each other know they were just hurt. And then we'd hand her something she was allowed to chew on (bacon flavored nylabones are my favorite they last forever and dogs love them). And then when she would sit down and chew on her bone, we would give her tons of praise. It only took about 2 weeks with our dog to break her of it.

By: Janae @ The Urbanstead

Janae @ The Urbanstead — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:19:39 +0000

Love your chair and new puppy! I follow a gal called kikopup on YouTube. She is a dog trainer and has some fun videos. One of her vids focuses on puppy biting and chewing. We are dealing with the same thing with our Doberman pup. Fun stuff!

By: Julia Konya

Julia Konya — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:11:00 +0000

He is so sweet. What great shots. When our dogs were puppies we used to have old boxing gloves on to play with them. The minute they saw the gloves come out they knew they good get rough and bite the gloves. It was fun playing with them that way 😉

By: abi

abi — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:55:34 +0000

We have been considering a Boston Terrier puppy but I don’t know anybody who has one. Is it true what they say about them being farters? Do they snort and grunt like bulldogs? Obviously they’re freakin adorable, but other than that how do you like the breed?

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:58:47 +0000

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