Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Dog Health Questions: What are some tips for controlling a biting puppy?

My friend has a puppy (but old enough to know better by now I would think) who chews on everything when his owner is IN the house. He's in a crate during the day when his owner is at school. He gets taken on a 1-2 mile walk EVERY DAY. About an hour after he's recovered from the walk, he's regained all of his energy and goes a little crazy at night. His owner has tried all sorts of approaches to get him to stop chewing things. He has plenty of chew toys, and when he's told he can't chew on furniture and speaker wires and whatnot, he's given the chew toy instead. He plays with it for a minute then goes back to chewing on furniture. Sometimes he'll even bite the owner (hard), thinking it's a game. When he's put into submission, it takes a good 15-20 minutes to calm him down. I can't think of anymore tips for my friend because he seems to be doing everything consistently already. I'd love some dog training tips/suggestions to pass along.

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I don't usually believe in hitting dogs but in this instance i would say i would smack it under the yaw. Sometimes convention ways don't work and it sounds like your doing everything right. This puppy just doesn't get it...so help him get it.. The next time he chews on something other than what he is sup post to smack him and drag his *** to his crate and leave him there for a time out (15-20 min). Every time he is caught doing something he is not sup post to you smack him and say no and drag his *** to the crate. Eventually you will only have to say no because the dog will not want the consequences....its as easy as that. Give the dog a consequence for its actions and it will think before it does things.

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  • SAY NO!

  • Have a spray bottle full of water. Whenever he bites, or chews spray him, and say "no." He won't like this, and he will eventually stop.

  • watch the Dog Whisperer on the animal channel. The owner needs to claim the couch as his own and then the dog will stay away from it. You claim it by standing in front of it while the dog is trying to get near it, while projecting a calm assertive energy.

    as for the biting... you can take you fingers and tightly grab the back of the neck of the dog and releasing slowly once the dog has submitted to you. Basically it mimics a dog bite that the "pack leader" would give if another dog were to challenge his authority.

  • its the time when his teeth are groing and he needs to chew something to destress himself cause its painfull procces so ill sugest a tennis ball or som doggy toy

  • you might try a dog school but there pretty expensive . i would say put a cover over all your furniture and plastic Gard's on all the corners so hes not chewing on the furniture he'll chewing on plastic also after a while he learn to chew on plastic and will chew on his toys . for your wires i would put them behind the TV and see if threes a case of something to protected them .

  • First pick up all the stuff that puppy is not to chew on... Get a spray bottle and put a viginar and water. When he is messing up. No vocal command. Just spray .. Affter a while every time you reach for the spray he will stop. Same with barking... Your house will smell like a salad for a while.. Cure the puppy... Keep the spray at you side--you have to spray innediately when he needs it...

  • Smack there butt!!

  • They should teach him what is his and what isn't - by getting him a chew toy. When he chews the toy, let him.

    When he chews or bites something else, get a little squirt bottle and spray him in the face. They don't like it, but it is effective. The puppy will start to associate chewing other objects in the house with being squirted in the face so they will stop chewing things.

    Biting the owner is a big no-no. Either use the spray bottle or hit them lightly on the nose. Dogs don't like being bopped in the nose so that is another gentle way to discipline them.

    If he bites the owner, the owner needs to show dominance over the puppy. When I had a little rottweiler puppy we had to roll him on his back and growl at him, showing him who was boss; he turned out to be the sweetest dog ever - never bite anyone, never growled.

  • give puppy chew toys because maybe his teeth are just growing out. keep him away from furniture, and give him a bone to distract him, its just a phase that will pass soon, if not....MUZZLE!!! lol jk. take him on long, tiring walks and he wont have energy to do anything but sleep afterwards. also, make sure to show him who's boss!!!! just like a kid, he needs to be taught whats good and whats bad! dont let him get away with doing bad things (chewing up couch!)

  • did he get his rabies shot

  • pop their noses with a newpaper....it will discourage them because they can't stand the noise.....or...you can always try biting them back. he he

  • get it chew toys =)

  • He bites most likely because he is testing you to see if can control you. Don't submit to him. Take authority over him.

  • I got my puppy to stop biting by holding her head, looking at her straight in the eyes, and firmly saying "No bite!". The command will take time to enforce, but as your dog gets it all you should have to do is say "No bite". I was dealing with a golden retriever so depending on the breed this may take more time to develop. I'm not a big fan of "slap disipline" (there are times when you need to) because over time your dog will associate that with its behavior. I just don't want my dog to shy away when I reach over to pet them behind the ears. So I don't like to hit on the nose. I have heard that you should come from underneath the chin. Just to get the pets attention.

  • my dog is the same way
    cute n sweet n calm in the morning but turns into an evil bastard at night lol
    gets all this energy n wants to play n destroy stuff
    to be honest i dont think theres much u can do but wait till he/she grows out of it
    and try and keep anything u dont want destroyed out of the way where he cant get it
    and dont leave him alone. like u wouldnt leave a young child alone would u?
    n yea my dog dos the biting thing too
    not aggresive, just playing but it is anoying. lol me n my mom have a plastic stick that we whack him with when he starts biting us. dosnt hurt him but he gets the msg
    its a hollow plastic pipe. dosnt hurt him at all

  • when my friends dog was biting stuff, and me. anyway, we would pinch the top of his ear until she would stop. week or two and it was good.

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