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The Easy Way to Stop Puppies Biting
Posted By FeedCrazy On 25/05/2009 @ 11:38 am In General | No Comments
Dog enthusiast will often encounter situations that are tough when owning dogs, especially when they are at the puppy stage. This article provides the information needed to deal with the issue of [1] puppy biting. Puppy biting often starts at the onset of playing with your puppy and without your realization quickly forms into a habit. Bite training puppies can however be done in a nice way.
When puppies are young they are teething and this is a natural part of their development. They will in this phase bite almost anything including your skin and human parts such as fingers and toes. At this stage they are curious about their environment and will need to learn acceptable and unacceptable actions. This can be a tedious task to go through but is a needed part of the “how to stop puppy biting” process.
The faster puppy biting problems are solved the better it will be for further training of your dog. So, how to stop puppies from biting? Is this process hard to do? The answer is no, the process of stopping puppy biting is a trainable task that can be completed easily.
Always remember that you have to let your puppy know that your serious about stopping this bad puppy habit, which ever process or dog training skill you use.
[2] Puppy biting is a common problem and one of the best methods to correct this is by the use of guilt. This is done where the puppy is made to believe that pain is caused when they bite. Puppy biting dogs are able to learn from this method as it is a natural part of their learning process. As puppies when they bite one another in play they stop when a yelp is heard from another puppy. Making use of this behaviour utilizes this natural learning process. As pet owners, when bitten, no matter how lightly, we must make it appear that we are hurt. This can be done by using words like ouch and Arrhhh to our benefit and even by removing play and affection when bitten. With repetition, the puppy will soon learn that the behaviour is not acceptable and results in the removal of niceties.
As long as you identify the puppy biting problem pretty early on in his/her life, it will usually be quite easy to stop the puppy biting from happening.
This technique involves redirecting the biting from you the human to some other object - e.g. from your hands to a chew toy or a bone. When your puppy starts to bite your hand, you say a stern “”No!”" and then quickly replace your hand with the bone or chewable toy. If the puppy is very young this simple skill maybe all thats needed to change and break the habit.
This guide includes some of the best tips to [3] stop a puppy from biting that you can quickly employ and do immediately. Enjoy them.
You can locate further information to stop puppies from biting in the Dog Training / Obedience resource area of the website DogTrainingCompare.
In order to make puppy stop biting you may need more training resources and one area to check is the Dog Training Product Industry Reports.
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