When Puppy Stop Biting
How to Stop Your Puppy Biting.
All puppies nip and chew on things to find out about their world. This is usually called play biting. It is important to teach your puppy what they are allowed to bite and chew, such as their toys, and there are things they are not allowed to bite, like people.
If you don’t teach your puppy early not to bite, dog aggression may be a problem later. There are one or two easy things you can do to stop your dog from biting but it does take a consistent effort. The earlier you start the simpler it will be.
Tap Technique.
When your puppy begins to try and play bite while you are patting them or playing with them, stop the activity, make your dog sit and them get their attention by holding their head or lower jaw with one hand.
Use one finger to very gently tap your puppy’s snout, it’s very important that you only lightly tap and don’t add any force as your dogs snout is very sensitive and a light tap is enough for them to feel.
You should not try and hurt your dog; this is just a light tap to get their attention and to appreciate the activity of biting isn’t tolerated. I would suggest an one finger tap for little dogs and puppies and a 2 finger tap for bigger dogs.
When you start the tap technique, add a command like “No”, “No biting” or “Stop that”. Speak the command in a low and serious voice and never yell at your dog. Yelling is absolutely unnecessary.
You are mearly telling you dog that biting is not OK and they can respond well if you habitually do this over 1 or 2 days every time they attempt to play bite.
Tongue Suppression Technique.
This method is a bit messier because you’ll need to physically touch your dogs tongue. You’ll also need to have the total trust of your dog before trying this.
When your dog is play biting you place your thumb or index finger on your dogs tongue and press softly down and back. This creates a reaction of the tongue and it’ll roll back in your dogs ‘ throat and will partially block your dogs ‘ airway.
It does not hurt your dog, it’s just a bit uncomfortable and your dog will quickly learn that biting means an unpleasant feeling. As with the tapping method, add a command to let your dog know you mean business.
If your dog gags or coughs immediately after, you have pushed their tongue back to far and you need reduce the amount of pressure you place on their tongue next time. A tiny push is all that’s required and it should last no more than a second.
Use these methods during play when your dog is play biting it will in turn teach your dog that any biting is inappropriate and isn’t acceptable.
Next, discover the different sorts of biting and how they’re managed to stop a dog from biting. Also learn if your dog is biting because other issues like dog separation anxiety and find out if your dog has dog anxiety symptoms by using the dog anxiety checklist.
