Our 12 week old pup is great (if it wasn't for his incessant biting). He doesn't just nip, he BITES. I've read many places where it's said to calmly, but firmly say "No biting" and walk away for 30 seconds. My first question is-how do you do that when he is literally attached to your leg by either his teeth or paws? When we try to push him off, he latches on even harder! Secondly, when we do manage to get away, he just trots off and chews the carpeting or molding!
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sounds like you have a nice puppy.
I've never done the walk away thing because all it does is encourage the behavior. First off, wear a good pair of jeans and shoes before you deal with your puppy. Have a normal puppy interaction and then when he latches onto your leg you need to redirect him to a toy or a rag. I prefer rags because I can have a half dozen of them in a pocket and they're of no real monetary loss.
Take the rag out of your pocket and give it a shake. Most of my pups redirected rather quickly and usually at this point I just have to play a game of tug with it for about a minute and the pants leg is forgotten.
Redirect... redirect... and redirect some more if you value your relationship and your stuff. He will grow out of being a land shark eventually.
We have no idea what he is...People have guessed anything from Pug to St. Bernard and anything in between! He's a total mutt! It is my husband, myself, and our 12 year old daughter. He can be a wonderful dog. Very smart. He just can't shake the biting and chewing, although the chewing isn't as bad as the biting. One minute he can be incredibly well behaved, then BAM!
The reason you toss the toy and it's suddenly not interesting is because you have to get him interested in the ball before you throw it. Doing it with a rag,stuffed animal, or rope toy is much easier because it moves... it looks interesting to a dog.
It goes away. Keep toys around and stick them in his mouth. If he wants to play tug go ahead it's fun. My mother just got the mouthiest golden and she went the route of grabbing it's cheeks and telling it "NO", it worked, the pup just chews on everyone but her! When he comes after me i run away screaming till he takes me down, just trying to help mom.........
We have a pup exactly the same age, an australian cattle dog x (I thought it was a pedigree dog, but have since learned otherwise). I have been doing the techniques suggested here and he is getting better -- not great yet, but better. We can actually pet him a little bit.
I bought a ton of chewies, recreational bones, tons of toys, and this week we started to not tolerate "teeth on us" any more. If he can't control himself he has to go out for a time out or go in his crate for a little while. He's at his worst when he is both rested and hungry.
Have patience, I think it gets better with time and work.
And it won't be like we're rewarding him for biting?
It is rewarding him for biting......a toy, not you.:wink:
Just keep reminding yourself that you are dealing with an animal, that uses its mouth like you use your hands, that has only been on earth for 12 weeks.
Just to echo what everyone else is saying.....It will go away.:smile:
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