Teaching a Puppy to Stop Biting

Bringing home a puppy is something that you will think of as an adventure but what you really need to realize is that it takes a lot of responsibility to take care of a puppy and to provide it with proper training. When you think you should be enjoying your puppy on day one, youre wrong ” training should already start the moment you take him home. Playing with your puppy, just remember that everything that you do with your puppy will instill behavior that will go on until your puppy becomes an adult.

Same with the other dog training, puppy training should have the consistency all throughout so that behaviors that are acceptable for you will also be acceptable for other people that will be coming into your home. Make sure that you do not confuse your dogs with the behaviors that he can or cant have with you and other people. Whatever behavior is unacceptable to other people should be the same with you.

Biting

One common issue that has to be stopped through training is biting. Puppies are likely to bite as they are exploring their world, and unfortunately, people sometimes get the brunt of that attention.

The puppy should never be hit or slapped when training it to stop biting since this can lead to the puppy thinking that the owner is playing with it, roughhousing like dogs will do with each other.

Another way to train a pup to stop biting is by not playing any aggressive games such as chasing, wrestling or tug of war. Even though some of these games can be fun for you and your dog, it will encourage an aggressive behavior which should not be acceptable especially when you have guests coming to your house.

One of the most ideal ways of training a puppy not to bite is by saying Ouch loudly whenever it tries to bite you, and then look away and turn your back away from it. This would just let them know that like dogs, it is a way of telling him that he is hurt and that he does not want to play that way.

This will make the puppy understand that he will be given a negative reinforcement whenever it bites and will not be given attention like he thinks it would. On the other hand, if your puppy calms down and does not try to bite, give him a treat of reward him with attention and praise so that the right behavior is reinforced.

If and when the puppy bites down on the hand, the owner should place a finger inside the mouth of the pup and let it stay under the tongue holding down the bottom jaw for about ten seconds. Make sure that the pressure is firm enough so that the pup cannot run away for the whole ten seconds. This will show the puppy that he will be given a negative reinforcement and that the behavior he did is unacceptable.

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1. Training a Puppy to Stop Biting
2. Stop Puppy Biting The Easy Way
3. How Can I Stop Puppy Biting?
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5. Stop Dog Biting Now

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