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Stop Your Puppy From Biting - 7 Golden Rules

By Hannah Clapham

Teaching you new puppy not to bite is one of the most important first steps you will need to take. This behaviour if not stopped can become an act of aggression in your adult dog, possibly leading to a situation where he would seriously injure a child, even if unintentionally.

Be Consistent

It is important that everyone trains the puppy in the same way. Teach your children to treat your puppy exactly as you do. Biting is a natural act in a puppy. It is natural for them to bite their litter mates as an act of playing and so they will want to do exactly the same with you or you children.

Act Just Like A Puppy

It is easy to stop them when you understand how they behave with their brothers and sisters. They stop if one of their litter mates yelps, so any time he nibbles on your fingers all you have to do is yelp just like him. He will stop and you can move your hand away. Don't play with him for a while after he bit you. When you playing with him and he doesn't bite, reward him with a few treats.

Keep Your Training Sessions Short

It's important that your training sessions don't go on for too long. Puppies don't have a long attention span. Do keep the training positive and your voice happy. Give lots of praise. Pet the puppy when he pays attention to what you are saying.

Plenty Of Toys

Whenever you are working on the way to train a new puppy not to bite make certain the puppy is provided with toys to bite and chew on. Should your dog bites your hand say ouch or yelp. Stay consistent in this. Should your puppy backs off let him know this pleases you.

Give Plenty Of Love And Attention

Your puppy naturally requires lots of love and attention. They also enjoy plenty of play time with the correct toys. Puppies do like playing with different textures. It's a good idea therefore to keep plenty of different types of toys on hand. He will tend to select his favourite one. You can use this one when teaching him not to bite.

Don't Give Your Puppy Old Shoes And Clothes

Nonetheless, do not provide your old boots and shoes or clothes to the puppy to have fun with. He has no understanding what is new and what is not. He might believe this indicates it is Acceptable to chew up all your clothing and footwear. Puppies can become confused very easily. He needs to realize that your things are not his playthings.

Stick To The Routine

Ensure everybody sticks with the program. Don't have the kids let your puppy nip or hurt them in play, this will confuse your puppy. Teach them to yelp and stop playing too. Make sure your puppy is provided rewards for good behaviour and not for bad.

Don't forget, it is a natural thing for puppies to bite as well as nip at their playmates therefore it usually takes a bit of time to unlearn the behaviour. No one would like a dog that is aggressive towards anyone so it is well worth putting into practice these suggestions on the way to teach a puppy not to bite. - 32167

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