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Got a 9 week old parson Russell puppy, it's nuts and obviously very playful but my 6 & 2 year old girls keep getting hurt when they are playing with him. His bites are innocent enough and just down to playful exuberance but how do I get him to stop?
Keep them apart?
http://canineconcepts.co.uk/en/blog/9-learning-bite-inhibition-within-dogs-and-puppies
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Squirty water bottle?
Common technique, look it up.
It is part of puppy play and quite natural. The best way to stop it is to try and get the kids to stand up and stop playing and ignore the puppy. Not easy to do with youngsters I know but worth trying.
You can also intervene when it starts to get excited and give it a chew toy instead.
It will grow out of it.
You don't. Massive mistake to make a puppy stop biting. Nature programs puppy's to bite so they learn the most important skill in all of dogdom - bit inhabition. You need to provide feedback to do around what level of force is inappropriate. This way, the dog learns to control its jaws. This is why good puppy classes let puppy's wrestle and play fight. It's the most important training they will ever do.
Teach a puppy to stop biting and you will have a dog that has no control over the force of its jaws and when it bites one day, as all dogs have the potential to, it will be a severe bite. I the dog learns bite inhabition, future bites will likely do no damage at all.
It's not dominance as many well meanining but inorant people will tell you it is. It's behaviour honed by evolution.
Check out dogstardaily.com or anything by dr Ian Dunbar.
Future bites?
Try explaining that the the childface's mother. "It's ok love, I taught him to just bite softly, honest."
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Normal puppy behavior.
Teeth like needles at that age!!!!!!!!
Squeaking when bitten worked for us.
A firm "No" at first bite.
Then an "Ow" and put him in the kitchen for a minute or so lifted by the scruff of his neck.
Keep doing it consistently and he'll learn eventually.
All this is hard with kids - but it's really important that he learns not to bite humans.
The best way to stop it is to try and get the kids to stand up and stop playing and ignore the puppy.
This, it is what other puppies in the family would do if nipped during play. Only when it is too hard, that way, as above puppy learns to modulate mouth play. He is just giddy, and young, and needs this feedback from his other 'pack' members at this stage in his development. When they get up they should also turn their back on him. Domesticated dogs look to human eyes and face for attention feedback. Turning away is also good when he gets bigger and starts to jump up. I would not go for the firm no at a young age, as it is still a form of attention. But later [6 months on-ish] the dog will have learn to recognise disapproval, but it is a more sophisticated concept for them to understand.
In short, if he nips, it is the end of the game and the end of puppy attention, probably for at least 15-20 minutes.
as above. Get everyone to act really hurt when the puppy nips them and stop playing. You need to over-act ie big "ouch" and hold where it bit and look sad etc.
bite him back
Have a rope toy or similar to hand all the time, when he bites shove it in his mouth and play with tha
Bite him back!
Man 14 posts and no pictures of puppy's
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as above. Get everyone to act really hurt when the puppy nips them and stop playing. You need to over-act ie big "ouch" and hold where it bit and look sad etc.
Plus 1 to this. It's what puppies do to each other and how they learn. Making a high-pitched Ow, stopping play and getting up and moving away and ignoring him sends out a really strong physical message that biting and nipping stops fun and nice things from happening.
Make sure he's got lot of things that he CAN chew and teethe though - tuggy toys etc. As his teeth will be itchy and when he does bite and knaw at those things you can reward him with 'good boy' type encouragement which will make the little chap happy too.