I wanted to let everyone know that offered suggestions for Uschi's mouthiness. It has been well over a week and she has not gripped my arm during play.
What I think has worked is to stop play. Twice I had to peel her mouth off my arm with a strong verbal correction and stopped the play. We then go inside and I let her have some quiet time. No more play seems to get the message to her.
When she was younger it was easy to distract her when she was mouthy on me with fun toys or treats, so she was not given any real corrections for this behavior....I was pleased her behavior could be easily diverted into something more fun for me. We are also working on the out command with suitable toys/tugs and she is doing very well, she seems to like this game more than arm grips on me during play.
I wanted to let everyone know that offered suggestions for Uschi's mouthiness. It has been well over a week and she has not gripped my arm during play.
What I think has worked is to stop play. Twice I had to peel her mouth off my arm with a strong verbal correction and stopped the play. We then go inside and I let her have some quiet time. No more play seems to get the message to her.
When she was younger it was easy to distract her when she was mouthy on me with fun toys or treats, so she was not given any real corrections for this behavior....I was pleased her behavior could be easily diverted into something more fun for me. We are also working on the out command with suitable toys/tugs and she is doing very well, she seems to like this game more than arm grips on me during play.
Dave Morris, you said:
"The dog needs to respect you and should never think its ok to bite you. Whatever you decide to do Id make sure the next time the dog puts its mouth on you the whole world comes to a halt and that its the end of anything enjoyable for awhile.The dog needs to learn what NO means and react to it. It becomes very helpful later in social situations and in training."
My pup is 11 weeks & my hands are scared from his playfull biting! im fed up. what do you suggest i do, regarding "world come to a halt"? please can you be more specific on what to do?
Thank you,
Nick
Gerlert's master, returned to find his son gone & his crib bathed in blood. Seeing Gerlert's bloody mouth he stabbed and killed the dog. The noise woke the baby,hidden in the blankets. Under the bed,was a dead wolf. It's throat had been torn out.
When Uschi was 11 weeks old, she was very mouthy. I always kept small treats or a favorite toy to distract her when she started to go after my arm or hands. It worked until she got older and she started a new game with me and didn't want to let go of my arm...the distractions I used in the past didn't work any longer.
After taking the advice from some of the posts, I found that the abrupt stop play really got her attention. Several times I had to pry her mouth off me, I walked away and kind of ignored her. This has worked for us and she is no longer going after my arm during play, she now focuses on the toy.
In hindsight I wonder if when she was a younger pup and liked to playbite, if I should have stopped play instead of the distraction with a treat or toy?
evette, this is what i just did with my pup & it has worked great. not 100% yet but we are getting there.
thnaks,
Nick
Gerlert's master, returned to find his son gone & his crib bathed in blood. Seeing Gerlert's bloody mouth he stabbed and killed the dog. The noise woke the baby,hidden in the blankets. Under the bed,was a dead wolf. It's throat had been torn out.
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