How To Teach Your Puppies Not To Bite


by Terreance Thomas - Date: 2010-06-22 - Word Count: 351 Share This!

Training puppies not to bite doesn't have to be an abusive situation where you smack your puppy within the face each time it takes a small bite of you. This kind of behavior on your part is just plain cruel and does not solve the biting problem anyway.

It is normal for small puppies to desire to nip or bite at things when they are teething. It is also crucial to realize that puppies and dogs bite and nip in the normal process of playing.

This area of the pack mentality that has been passed down by the generations of the dog species. In a pack, puppies will nip and bite one another and they really don't learn how hard they are biting until a bitten puppy or dog yelps.

Training dogs not to bite is essential due to the fact that they now have to conform to good behavior in a home condition. They must abandon the wild pack behavior that was prevalent before man domesticated dogs a millennia ago.

One method for teaching puppies not to bite is to have a spray bottle filled with water that can sprayed in their face when they begin to bite or nip at you. This doesn't hurt the puppy but startles them and starts a procedure of bad reinforcement. They begin to associate biting with getting a face full of water and soon their little brain realizes that to avoid the water they must not bite.

Another method for teaching puppies not to bite is to fill an empty can with coins and when the puppy begins to bite say "No!" in a firm voice and begin to shake the can vigorously. Puppies seem to hate the rattling noise that this produces and will back off rather quickly. Again, the puppy is startled by the noise but not hurt in any way.

If you start the negative reinforcement with either the spray bottle or coin filled can as soon as the biting begins, the biting should not last very long. However, If you wait until the biting problem gets worse, reversing the behavior will take a lot longer.


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