Dealing With A Puppy Biting Problem - First Steps

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[@karlashmeedavlasta6365]

I had a terrible biter and one day it just stopped. I corrected her, when it came to furniture and gave her other stuff to bite on. When she bit me too hard, I made a high sound like other puppies would do and she let go immediately. Now I have a huge grown up dog who can control her bite force easily. Sometimes I get a finger in, when I hand feed her...not a problem at all. She play bites me all the time and it is very gentle.

[@Duke49th]

Thank you! Exactly how I did it. I can't stand all those "how to prevent your puppy from biting" videos. They need to learn bite inhibition. And they don't learn it from toys or treats or crating them etc. etc. My dogs are also all so gentle now. They learned how much bite force can hurt and won't do it.

[@Akins560]

That's exactly how I stop biting if I meet a puppy in public. The yelping noise is easy for me partially because I'm a woman and it doesn't strain my voice too much. But I watched videos endlessly and notice how puppies play with one another. The EEK! noise works nearly INSTANTLY! I feel those sharp milk teeth I make a squealing noise and immediately the puppy looks at me and starts to be much gentler with me. I get a cute head tilt and it seems to click and it looks like a puppy thinks "oh did I bite u too hard? I'm sorry" and they quit nipping but they're still excited with me. At most it takes me 2 squeaks to stop nipping instantly. So many people ask me does it work and I basically explain that that's how pups communicate with their litter mates. They squeak to say "that's too hard" and it's worked almost 100% of the time.

[@lingozacademy.c]

I have a golden retriever and even when i yelp she does not stop Bites more aggressively what should i do

[@karlashmeedavlasta6365]

@@lingozacademy.c mine reakky was a crocodile, but always friendly. I yelped a lot, what only helpef every now and then. I gave her a natural brush to chew on, I think, her teeth we're iching a lot. Always chewing something up.... If she wouldnt react to my yelping, I sometimes kinda pinched her a little....like the mother would do with her. Just be gentle, it's Not about overpowering the dog or wressle the puppy down. Good thing was a house leash. When she got way too excited, I put her on pause for a few minutes. As I said, one day she just stopped biting and now is very gentle with her mouth. Sometimes I handfeed and my finger slippes into her mouth....she reaizes quickly and stops chewing....They are nice folks.

[@Duke49th]

@@lingozacademy.c How old? I would say then only thing that helps is stop playing immediately and also go with the re-directing approach. I assume your golden is already past 4 months?

[@lisarado4168]

Shark mode...I kept quite a few long term engaging toys suitable for biting and rough play, took awhile to find her favorites but it was the best way to work with it. I carried them with me whenever we were together. ❤ sure was a solo pup and didn't have the littermates to help learn what was too hard or not.

[@mander1n693]

What do you do when your puppy wants to play and would rather bite your hands and feet rather than their toys? We try redirecting and yelping or yelling ouch makes him bite harder. I’ve been saying “no” and redirecting with his toy and saying “toy, yes”. It seems to kind of been working depending on the situation. But when he’s super playful, it becomes aggressive.

[@LordOfTheRing]

Any solutions?

[@Katieandcabot]

Same

[@HumanimalChannel]

And don't let him become "super" playful. Why are you hyping the puppy up when they're biting? Whe. Oups are over threshold, over stimulated, they're not listening to you and they are very reactive.

[@Magickfae]

I keep giving my puppy a redirected thing to chew and bite .. but he still gets excited looks me in my face and lunges out to nip my face. He is 8 weeks

[@lorenarojasaguilar7184]

Yeah mine too :/ my golden retriever puppy (9weeks) bit me and drew blood, I’ve tried redirecting, grabbing him by his scruff, and poking his shoulders and going cchh but he still won’t stop. If you find a way pls help me out 🥲🙏🏽

[@sweetwolf30]

Mine likes to bite toes 😂🤦‍♀️ She litterally leaves the toy to bite our toes

[@Magickfae]

Well he is about to be 8 months and he stopped doing that. Lol it's a puppy thing for me.

[@sweetwolf30]

@@Magickfae There is hope then? Good to know 😂

[@Magickfae]

@sweetwolf30 lol yes there is a light

[@robertcrystals]

every time we touch or look at our puppy it bites us and our kid. We've tried everything and she just shreds our daughter. No one talks about this, but it's super common.

[@NakedEmperor]

Yep. I've never found a good video from this channel. Beckman's dog training or Sheild K9 dog training take actual real problem dogs and show great ways. Not some trained dog playing or some little 8 week old puppy. Good luck!

[@blissfuljoy6049]

The problem I am having is with my kids not being able to play with our puppy much at all. Not really independently anyway. I pretty much have to keep her with me on the leash if she is out and the kids are home. Otherwise she plays too rough with them and bites them or their clothes. She does well with me though.

[@shinobiXX1]

This doesnt work for certain dogs and certainly not my cane corso. Just saw a method where when they go to bite you and you grab there upper mouth and squeeze gently to where the teeth now goes into upper lip. Will try that today.

[@HumanimalChannel]

Haha what a great trolling comment. I'll put an answer here regardless. How would you ever expect to give medication or brush teeth using this eodiculous"method". Also obv it will lead to mistrust and aggression.

[@bigD1988]

I have a question for you about my 5 month old

[@elsh332]

My 4 yo greyhound bites at my hands, arms, and even my sons leg during play 😢 the dog loves chomping and chewing during play and i want to encourage him playing, but what do i do if (when, really) he goes from biting the toy to the human parts?

[@Lulu-bn2yr]

Yup!! It has worked wonders!

[@mariahsafra]

But my dog is already 9 months and he started just recently, the thing is that he's a huge german shepherd and is quite hard

[@priyasanghani5292]

Me too! My GSD female puppy is huge and I have bruises. Have you managed to solve it at all?

[@Shenry4474]

I need some suggestions to tire my Charli out when we go outside. She’s almost 9 wks old and I take her out on my break, lunch and when I get off but it doesn’t seem to exert all her energy. So when it’s time to go to bed she’s usually up in her crate for the most of the night, I’m currently letting her out every 2-3 hours at night. She was doing so good for a few days but now she’s back at nipping 😩

[@vintifada7115]

For a puppy that young prioritize things to do inside that can tire her out. Short walks! Then it’s tug of war, fetch as much as you can at that age, use their meals for training, etc. This channel has good suggestions for ways to tire out a puppy

[@blissfuljoy6049]

What brand of bones are those? Benebone? Nylabone?

[@MissSchnickfitzel]

This doesn't work at all. :) Tried it with my dog, no success. Because the dog wants to nip you, not a toy. I decided to put my dog in time out everytime he nipped and he doesn't bite as an adult German shepherd either. He only chews toys Positive reinforcement doesn't work at all

[@humanconsumer2864]

Seems like you think you know more then professionals! :)

[@lucianaandreatta433]

@@humanconsumer2864no every dog is the same. Positive reinforcement does not work for every breed.

[@TLFaun]

@@humanconsumer2864 rofl :D dum dum detected. never have dogs please very please

[@Christisking1776]

You gotta do whatever works for the dog. Kinda like kids 😂😂. One size doesn't fit all!

[@madamemimosa8325]

💯 Our dog cannot be redirected once she decides she’s enjoying biting us. We’ve tried countless chew toys, but she has zero interest in them before or after biting. Nope.

[@LEM19284]

Huh?

[@dashaott849]

I have one right now that bites my clothes. Even when I am giving him attention and play time. How do I correct that behavior?

[@5dkamath5]

Wouldn't it seem like I'm rewarding him with the toy then

[@musicmania635]

That's what my puppy thinks now she thinks biting is rewarded by toys ... So Whenever she wants toys she bites me 😭

[@atomic_tubetop]

You dont wait for her to bite and then give her the toy, you give her the enrichment so that she is entertained and never bites you to begin with

[@klownivore]

Yes.

[@brookebonwell6956]

Yeah but my puppy bits alllllll the time. So I seriously have to walk around 24/7 with toys in my hand? My puppy does not care about the toys. She wants to bite me!!

[@HoneyBee-zh9zw]

My pit puppy, shes almost 6 weeks old, bit my granddaughter, shes 8 yrs old when she tried to hold her the pit tried to get away or maybe she was holding the pit where it was slipping from her grip and my granddaughter was probably gripping too hard as to not drop her and maybe that was why the puppy bit her as it was trying to what seemed to me the puppy was trying to get out of her grip, the bite did draw blood on the skin, so it did pierce her skin, should i be worried about the bite , we washed it well and put Neosporin 🤷, and what about the pit will it affect her attitude after biting out of aggression??

[@klownivore]

I would just really dramatically pretend it hurt me badly and eventually I guess the guilt solved that problem for me

[@thatyoungdude4557]

Stahhhppppp yappppinn

[@jordansimmons6530]

Prevention isn't bad but it doesn't teach them anything it just stops them but it only stops them in the presence of a toy but what if I don't have a toy or they don't care for it they gotta be corrected it isn't personal but don't bite me there mother's even do that.

[@EmilyV-t2g]

My pet, my low heat kept on biting. It's my brother's dog and I've been telling him to please stop. I let him bite me sometimes at home easy he will never quit, like he's just buying a piece of wood the song. He won time by my Papa Sophie a God. No one he bited the carpet, especially of all he literally. He bites everything and one time when I was single. Then his head went up and made me bite my tongue. I was bleeding a lot and stuff and yeah, he's being bad like. Can you help me train my dog milo because it's very bad😅

[@Tropically5]

Why is my puppy bitting himself aggressively

[@Tropically5]

@@21cormorants thank you I’ve thought that’s it also might itch him

[@AlexMR]

I redirect to a toy but instead she always wants my hands

[@NIgirl923]

I gave my puppy 10 toys for biting. He leaves the toys and still bites, so I put vicks on my hands . Then he doesn't bite me.

[@NewLayersPodcast]

Thats dangerous. The scent of vicks is toxic to dogs, I recommend that when he does bite you, you get a chew toy and divert the bite to the toy, and reward when they bite the toy

[@xmoonx344]

I’m so early Ariana grande still has tears left to cry

[@Leoprincess3038]

"Puppies bite....they do that, its gonna happen" 😂😂🐕💯 Pretty much lol

[@kursedOrbzy]

My dog is biting me I just got him today

[@cloudyrainbows1238]

Yea I give her toys and she decides that my bones are better

[@kjstars]

Doesn't work they still want human meat.

[@richardhenry1969]

That is the most useless advice I've heard. What am i supposed to do ? How do you entertain a puppy all the time? This tells me absolutely nothing its just like every time i see these women trainers talking in circles. They tell you nothing while pretending to be insightful.

[@jg5755]

This is a short. What do you expect. They have excellent videos on their main channel explaining and showing a daily routine for puppies. Puppies absolutely take over your life just like a newborn baby does (though at least a baby isn't destructive as a puppy can be).

[@yorocco1]

So just let him bite all the kids so you can have a “relationship” with your dog. Got it. Are these people for real?

[@Yourmarndj]

Keep them busy.. take them to movies , restaurants, Home Depot and quit your job 😂

[@stuanslow2747]

So after that every time she do something bad I'd just say AH THEN SHE NEW IT WAS WRONG NOW SHES 19 WEEKS OLD AND SHES SO KIND LOVING SHE AS HER MOMENTS WHEN SHE GETS THE ZOOMIS BUT SHES ON THE WRIGHG TRACK

[@stuanslow2747]

Every one nows how sharp puppy teeth are my hands was coverd in small puncher holes the way I delt with it was when she bite my hand I would say ouch load so then she would lick my face she new it was wrong after couple weeks She new ouch was bad and stopped Bitting ouch turned in to a loadHA

[@12489lopz]

Great. Now how do you do that?

[@krwblue]

Right. Like i could try to do this forever but she gets bored of whatever she has no matter what i do and then bites everything else anyways

[@jonathan.sullivan]

​@@krwbluemost of us don't train dogs for a living nor can we bring our puppies to work like dog trainers can.

[@ridzkaoser2936]

What if they bite you not because they are bored but because they are not having they way. Like if you are forced to removed inappropriate objects from their mouth, and do not listen any commands you trained them on (i.e. drop it, leave it, sit). Can’t grab the lead because they are bitting down your hand. Can’t keep walking because they are ripping off your clothes and bitting down your ankles. Just venting here but also need help 😬

[@Cayla_McL]

Do we have the same dog?? But jokes aside that’s exactly how my puppy is. He can be the sweetest thing on earth. He is so smart and he learns very fast. As soon as he doesn’t get what he wants he’s immediately jumping and biting us where ever he can get us. It’s not just him being bored or just a puppy thing. We have things he can chew on. We even got a lick mat so he can spend time with that. He is such a good boy but as soon as you stop him from chewing on something or prevent him from eating something he shouldn’t be he get so angry and just find anything or anyone to take it out on and doesn’t stop.

[@eggsi7326]

all puppies bite because they’re teeth are growing and they my cousins bankhar used to do that when he was a puppy and he stopped when he was around 6 months

[@KS-jb5vg]

As soon as he bit me, I would make a sound, signaling him I was hurt.... And if he didn't move *press his tongue firmly with your thumb, in his mouth* Press it a few times, he'll stop biting you

[@sweetpealee056]

Rather than the tongue method I run my fingertip across the roof of the mouth which elicits a "surprised" reaction whereby I ask "what happened?" repeatedly acting surprised myself so they don't associate the action with me but as a result of their biting/mouthiness. Works like a charm and there's no conflict or power struggle. Been working with domestic and wild animals most of my life, started at age 8, and I'm 70 now. Never had a bad outcome.

[@KS-jb5vg]

@@sweetpealee056 oh that's good.

[@larryromano7510]

How incredibly unhelpful. Thanks for nothing.

[@Asher_onpawzz1]

My puppy eats everything on the ground and bites me in the face like everywere

[@SyvilMedia]

Then what happens when they’re bored ? Or simply out of control?

[@fomocowboy]

This video answered nothing.

[@ambersimmonds8149]

I have been giving my 7mo rotti toys instead, and he is still nipping. I need a more effective instruction.

[@samandalexhardy1342]

My puppy destroyed my newest shoe that was 100 or more dollars

[@Jay_and_me]

My grandmas dog bit my cats ear I hate this dog now it gets on my nerves!

[@StormieReed]

I have a dog that annoys my dad make a video about training it

[@dathathreyananil4348]

Mine is not a puppy he want to take my face off I tried everything

[@anymor7609]

Lol! Mine bites MORE when she is free and playing her way!

[@marksheen4873]

Ya this isn’t helpful at least not with mine. Could be the coolest toy, she’ll bite it for 5 secs then right back to me even if I’m not moving. Move the toy around to keep her interested? Guess what’s moving with and right next to the toy

[@HumanimalChannel]

Duh. You're using the wrong toy. You want one large/long enough so as to have your hands well away from the bit she is biting. That shd be quite obvious.

[@CarolRennie-zr1wk]

@@HumanimalChannel Not everyone is experienced with puppies. For some it could be their first one. Why respond with rudeness? Please! Be Kind.

[@runnerup15]

oh nah this does not work for me,my puppy is way more interested in biting me and the furniture and the rocks and bark mulch outside than literally anything else. there is no "tire him out with something else" option, when i am playing with him or feeding him he stops what he is doing about 1 minute in and starts biting and pulling at my clothes

[@friendlyatheist9589]

no it does not work always. my puppy get aggressive and try to bite when we try to tie him up or when he is playing he get aggressive and try to bite. he growls too he won't touch toys at all he try to bite the leg or hands.

[@jcwolves]

What should you do when your pup just gets excited for food or the toy in your hand and they bite, mostly accidentally? I want to teach her to take things from me nicely, and she doesn't bite me if I'm not holding something she wants (plenty of toys and such), but I can't figure out this one. Is it good to correct her, or should it be something where she shouldn't be able to accidentally bite and its on me more than her?

[@mirawenya]

Some have said they’ll hold a treat hidden in their hand, telling the pupoy “gentle”, and only open if the puppy licks for it. Obviously it’ll be using teeth to start with, but maybe that works? The way we dealt with unwanted biting was to walk out of the room and return after 30-60 seconds. That and time, and naps, was all that worked for us. He has good bite inhibition now at near 8 months. So don’t forget they have to learn that too.

[@Brianunich]

So you correct it then?

[@Duke49th]

Yeah. Prevent biting/nibbling - and prevent the bite inhibition training as well. Good luck at the Vet when your dog bites full force because he never learned to control his bite force or when you have kids or strangers and there is an unlucky moment.

[@TR-707]

I'll correct that puppy with pets snuggles and kisses

[@shaylahastings6383]

Redirection is the first step, that way when they are older and go to bite something inappropriate like furniture or a person/ other animal the correction isn’t just “hey stop that” it’s “stop that and start this” if your dog doesn’t know what you want it to do it will never learn to substitute bad behaviours with good ones like chewing bones and toys.

[@mommadibble]

Well said! The truth is that you need to set them up for success! Help them, play with them, occupy them 🎉 engage! They are living, breathing, and have an intelligent mind and life to live. They aren’t objects to have to lay around and just cuddle once in awhile, it takes work 😊

[@boi529]

Is it bad to let my puppy chew on my hand? It doesn't hurt, he just sort of puts a part of my hand in his mouth and chews. I'm fine with it as long as he isn't hyper and literally tearing at my hand, at the point I remove my hand and give him a chew toy.

[@pollen1253]

It’s more you don’t want him trying to chew on other peoples hands. Especially children if he manages to break skin they could make a case your dog bit their child and get your dog put down for what he thought was only playing.

[@stapletong]

Yes its bed because it develops bad behaviours that will remain into adulthood

[@stuanslow2747]

Good idea but I've just gone through this first thing g on a morning getting her out cage she so happy to see you it's you she wants to interact with not a toy