Every time I hold the flat collar, or the choker (All I have for now) He wants to bite, or does bite. this is also true, at taking it off. Understandably, it will happen going in the crate, if I did not use clicker training, He is still somewhat slow on the crate thing but, I get it done. Chico is an import from the line of V Troll, Father SCHH3 (V-BSP, SG-WUSV-WM), LG-FCI, BUNDESSIEGER 08 Kkl 1 . I now he is a hard dog. How do I get this corrected? Now that he is a pup? Dan

Is he biting you or mouthing you? Semantics, I know, since it's technically a bite anytime teeth touch skin. It's more the intent.

Scott, mouthing, more accurate. Dan

My dog's 19mos. old and still mouths me. He seems to enjoy few things more than putting my entire hand in his mouth.

It's just what drivey dogs do and, more so, how puppies communicate with one another. What I would do is teach him what a negative marker is (not "no", just something to tell the dog it doesn't it right; I use an "aaaah", from the back of the throat, sound), use it, say "good stop" after he stops mouthing, and then shove a toy in his mouth for redirection/reward. He'll eventually learn that "stop" means, well, stop doing what you're doing. After you're confident that he knows "stop" you can start telling him "no" when doesn't stop.

It works well with my dog. He enjoys mouthing me and he's extremely gentle about it so I don't really care as long as he does stop when told to.

Ack, a Troll puppy!

Just kidding.

Keep the pup's mouth busy, and it can't bite your hand. Give him something else to bite.

Scott, your are right, But at time is facial expression is like a challenge. (LET GO OF ME) I understand that is a way to communicate and look for rank. He is OK, Just that I am looking maybe for more than is expected. I use that shuu sound from Cesar, and it works depending on the distrcactions. I took him outside on the ramp, and gently rub his throat and went up to his flat collar using the marker training, letting he see there were no harm on my part. oh, it works, I will keep on it. I was a hard a-- for twenty two years. Jump I want the person to say how high? Old timer in me. Dan

Aaron,Aaron it is AKC, (LOL) yea, We will be alright. Just continue training my new partner. Dan

If your dog is calmer while holding a toy, then try that quick fix first. My male was much calmer in any situation as a puppy/young dog when he had a toy in his mouth. He would never drop it. It was like magic for his mouthiness.

My female however is much more food motivated and isn't content to just hold a toy. She'd rather mouth the thing moving close to her face - my hand! How old is your pup? If he knows a few basic commands what helped me was first requiring a calm, attentive sit. With attention if your dog knows a "look" or "watch me" command. Then I would reach for the collar and leash and bend down to begin fastening it. If she sprang up or got playful I would do the discouragement noise and ask for a sit again. This gets boring quick for them and it only took a few times for her to get the picture that I was not going to play with her. Of course reward when they do it! Also I do tolerate a little sniffing/licking and leaning the head back if they stay seated calmly. And of course YOU should be demonstrating the nice, calm, non-emotional vibe too. No intimidation/threatening. Just matter of fact.
If he's too little to give a nice sit for more than a moment then I guess I would not pick that battle. He's only wearing a flat collar so just grab him as he walks by and snap the leash on - not making it a big deal.
Good luck!

Danilo,
Something came to mind in reading this thread, don't know why, but it did.

One of the things we human do is we seem to have a tendency to center our attention of rewards during 'training' time only. The rest of the day we focus more on correction of unwanted behavior.
See the distinction?

What we tend to forget or take for granted is all the things the dog does right and good throughout the day. With no praise or feed back from us. We kinda go, (shrug) well that's what he's suppose to do.
We don't praise for the good things in every day life. Not even a, 'good boy' or a scratch behind the ear. It means a lot to a dog to know he/she is doing good and pleasing you.
Lack of a correction is not the same thing as praise.

If I take your description of the situation right, the dog is more like mouthing you? Rather more of a caress or handshake then a bite?
Me? I probably allow my dogs more leeway than most, but it all comes down to your individual proclivities. You don't find it particularly endearing, then say 'yes, hello I like you too', give him a scratch behind the ear.......and then 'enough.'
He'll out grow it soon.

If it's a matter of pushy 'I want to play' behavior. Then keep something handy so you can make him do some push ups before he gets the tug, the toy, the etc. Me, I've always have a baseball cap on my head, very handy thing that.
Anyways after a few pushups....enough. 'Good boy!'
He'll out grow it.

Don't forget, every day is a new day for the dog. He's always looking (learning) for a way to belong and fit into your world. So make sure you always let him know when he's doing/done good. We have a tendency to forget those little everyday things that mean so much for the dog.

If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing something wrong.
Randy

That's a good point. I remember reading that in the first dog book I got. Something along the lines of "praise your dog anytime he's doing something you like, even if it's just laying calmly at your feet". Duke appreciates it and Rasta did, too.