How to stop puppies biting

No matter how cute your puppy is it is never a good idea to allow them to play with your hands and feet. This only teaches them that biting skin is ok and part of playing. Even though it can be very cute having a little puppy playing tug of war with your fingers, you are teaching them very bad habits and it wont be so cute in the future when they are fully grown. As a rule of thumb never let a puppy do something once that you don't want to become a habit. It is much easier to teach a puppy the right habits now then to try and retrain a grown up dog. Here are some techniques that show you how to stop puppies biting.

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Because puppies are very sociable you can train them by refusing to engage in play with them. As soon as the puppy bites or nips part of your body give a loud yelp and an angry look and then walk away. After a little break, get a toy and begin playing with the puppy again. If he tries to bite your hand repeat the process again.

If this doesn't seem to be training the puppy very fast you can add a more physical element to the training to speed up the process. For example when you are playing with the puppy and he nips your fingers use the same steps as above but also take something noisy and shake it or drop in on the floor next to the puppy. The idea is for this to scare the puppy a little bit and he will begin to associate biting with this and will avoid biting to avoid this thing he dislikes.

If after this you are still having problems you may have to introduce a physical action such as tapping the dog on the nose or the legs as well as the other things above. Whatever it is that you decide to do, the most important thing is that the puppy recognises that your reaction to him biting you is bad so that he will want to avoid making you have that reaction. As he begins to learn you can reduce the reaction that you have, eventually bringing it down to a simple "no".

You also need to be aware of the games that you play with your puppy may actually encourage him to bite you and send him the wrong signals which will slow down the whole training process. Make sure that any games you do play with him such as tug of war and jumping for toys don't involve him making contact with your skin.

Unfortunately if you thought that was it, problem solved .......... not quite. You see training a dog is extremely important and can be complicated, unless you know how. And if you get any of the aspects of dog training wrong it can have long term negative effects and make it difficult to stop a puppy biting. If you want peace of mind that you are training your puppy in the right way and find a long term solution to stop your puppy biting, check out Secrets to Dog Training. It only takes a minute and could make your life so much easier for years to come.

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