Quick Methods to Stop Biting Puppies

If you are looking to dealing with a puppy addicted to nipping at your fingers, hands, or ankles, nothing could be simpler than trying out the following. Experts suggest trying out a technique where the offending dog is surprised. Then just as the puppy begins to bite, let out a loud, quick, and high-pitched noise. Now this noise is quite similar to what another puppy would produce if its littermate were to hurt it.

How do you know if you did it right? You would know if the dog immediately withdraws its mouth, and is gaping at you in confusion. Divert the dog’s attention by offering it a toy or ball it can play with. These steps will help your dog realize that there is no fun at all in biting you, but there is praise from you if it takes the ball instead.

Be ready to give the puppy some allowance of time before it catches on to your point. Aside from this, you will need to control your emotions too; your puppy would improve more rapidly if it does not see you in a fit just because it is slow to pick up. But the above steps would create an impact because they seek to tell your dog to stop doing something that hurts. Correction is never for scaring, but for shaping the dog’s behavior so it gets used to doing what is acceptable in society. Your efforts to stop biting puppies is just a case in point.

The problem with not taking action soon is that it simply paves the way to yet more bad manners. Puppies have a poor memory of things (even if only five minutes passed!), puppies are deprived of learning that nipping is not good. At the roots of puppy biting is instinct, and if this is left unchecked, a puppy starts nurturing a crude habit. So start stopping puppy biting as soon as you can!

The same idea of correction can get applied to other undesirable behavior. One worthwhile mentioning here is some dogs’ tendency to jump on people. Nothing could possibly be cuter than a puppy jumping to reach your leg; but it is not, in the case of a playful Great Dane, or a Pyrenees! So get your act together and just walk past the puppy or dog trying to rest its weight on you. This will encourage the desirable behavior, and teach the dog to wait for you to express your greeting.