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How to Stop a Puppy from Biting
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Puppies love to bite and sure it can be cute when your puppy dog is 8 weeks old and
only 4 pounds, but what happens when that puppy reaches adulthood and
his bites are no longer cute? You will need to learn how to stop a puppy from biting.
Learning
how to stop a puppy from biting or nipping can be a challenge for
all dog owners. Puppies love to sink their teeth into
anything
they can get their mouth on, especially while they are teething.
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As a responsible dog owner who wants only the best for your puppy, you
must train your puppy not to bite as soon as
possible. If you follow a few
guidelines, you can learn how to make a puppy stop biting. Keep in mind
that you can also learn how how to make a dog stop biting by following
the same guidelines outlined below.
How
to Stop a Puppy from Biting
Follow
these general rules while training your puppy not to bite:
- Never hit
your puppy. Hitting or slapping your puppy simply doesn’t
work. The puppy may
think that you are playing. Worse
yet, your puppy can become afraid of you which will lead to much bigger
problems than a puppy biting.
- When you are
trying to make a puppy stop biting , always encourage acceptable
behavior such as when she bites and chews on her chew toys. Discourage
unacceptable behavior such as biting and nipping on your hands and feet.
- During the
early month of your puppy’s life when you are training him
not to bite, don’t play rough games such as tug of war, or
wrestling type games. When
your puppy gets too excited while playing these games, she might end up
biting.
- Don’t expect your puppy not to bite. Biting is normal behavior and
your puppy doesn’t know that it’s wrong. If the puppy was with her
litter mates, she would have learned to inhibit biting from her mom and
brothers and sister
- Enroll your puppy in socialization class.
Puppies need to play with each other because when they play they bit
each other. When they are too rough, the other dogs will react in a
certain way and your puppy will learn to control herself and inhibit
their biting. This is something that humans cannot accomplish!
- Other
than teething, a young puppy might bite to try to assert dominance over
you. When this does occur, you must stop it immediately in order to
prevent other dominant behavior later on.
How to Stop a Puppy from Biting
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