How do you stop this shit? Trying to help my family with their 3 month pup but I usually only have experience with adult dogs. This puppy thinks everything is a fricking game, any attempt I do to discipline him gets seen as an opportunity to play more. It ends up being counter intuitive, my load vocal quest only excite the puppy more.
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gently bite it's ears back, it learns that biting hurts and is exactly how it would learn in a litter.
hit them in the head with a hammer
Why would you? Just go roll your hands in some dirt, or like work on your car so you can fight little buddy to the death? Pete's a shmedium dog but I get the utmost pleasure when we battle
PETE! You're back! Do you ever have face fights with him? I like to face fight my gsd.
Have you tried hitting it?
>This puppy thinks everything is a fricking game
At 3 months, everything is a fricking game.
Interesting, I never had this problem with my grandpa's puppies raised in a litter. They'd just lick me all over when I came down. I guess rough play is essential for their formative years
that's because litter mates train each other like it was explained above - yelp and refuse to play if the other puppy bites too hard, and they all learn to regulate their strength that way
off topic but what the hell do you do if your puppy refuses to walk? Whenever I take him outside he just lays down and sleeps. It’s 9 weeks old, is that too young for leash training?
Treats
A trustworthy older dog to show them what to do
Stick a toy in his mouth that hes allowed to bite and reward him with praise, attention and/or treats for biting that
I also have a new puppy whose been biting a lot, so thanks to everyone for their replies I’ll start implementing these practices
>anons suggesting to yelp and react in pain
doesn't the dog perceive this as a symbol of weakness and make it think it can continue bullying you?
No.
no. Yelping and stopping playing isn't submissive.
I bet you believe in the alpha theory too
Just do it as a sigma male and you're fine
How about you act normal. Dogs learn their bite force through age and observation.
You can't discipline a puppy like that all you're doing is conditioning them that you being angry = more fun
Just yelp or make it clear they're hurting you, and disengage and stop interacting with them
My puppy just started wagging his tail and biting more when I fake yelped
Anyway he stopped about 6 months
Any time he bites, no talk, no touch, no eye contact. Just immediately stand up and ignore him.
Unironically beatings but keep it within reason. Dogs are very physical creatures and that a backhand across the snout = don't do that.
Beating your dog makes them much more likely to randomly bite strangers.
This, I beak a 2x4 over the little shits head every time it even tries to bite.
>I beak a 2x4 over the little shits head
I said within reason, anon. That's way over the top.
Do not listen to anyone suggesting violence. There are very evil trolls on here that hate dogs and purposefully give bad advice.
First try Yelp, stop play and ignore until pup settles down then resume play.
If that does not work try 2 minutes of isolation on top of step one.
It will work, and does not increase the risk of your dog biting someone and getting put down like violence does.
if my dog can't take a 2x4 breaking over his head then I don't want him
puppy need to learn how to bite before it can learn how not to bite.
But serious answer. They don't learn with discipline. When it bites you pull your hand away and make hurt noise and expression and stop/slow down play, calm the puppy down then slowly resume play.
Puppy will learn that biting too hard leads to stopping playtime so with time will learn to bite not that hard.
But keep in mind that when it's so young it's also hard for them to regulate their strength and their teeth are very sharp.
>When it bites you pull your hand away and make hurt noise and expression and stop/slow down play, calm the puppy down then slowly resume play.
>Puppy will learn that biting too hard leads to stopping playtime so with time will learn to bite not that hard.
This is the optimal method for women, the downside is the puppy will become the dominant in the relationship because it learns you'll run away like a b***h after a nip.
The alternative to yelping is to growl, appear (but not become) aggressive and stop playing for a minute. This puts you in the alpha posistion.
In either case the core message is the same "bite too hard and play stops". You don't need any physical disciple.
moron
>This is the optimal method for women, the downside is the puppy will become the dominant in the relationship because it learns you'll run away like a b***h after a nip.
This is the caution to take, if your pet learns x behaviour makes you go away or it has the capability to leave the situation it'll quickly learn it can use that behaviour to control your actions.
If your dog does something wrong, confront the situation but don't let it out of your sight.
>run away like a b***h
I see what you did there....
Shove your hand in their mouth
what said. I usually push my hand in their mouth (dont shove your fingers in the dog's throat) and get the cheeks between your fingers and teeth so when the dog'll bite they'll bite themselves too while telling them firmly it's no.
puppies are dumb anon and that can teach him that biting = god behavior.
brodie that's a baby dog give him a bit of time.
Why intenionally hurt and ~~*dominate*~~ a baby puppy when gently steering it towards good behavior is more effective and less stressful for everyone?
you dont need to do it very hard at all. Just hold your hand there so it can't bite and if it tries to it bites it's own cheeks, it'll get the message really fast. Also helps cement the "No" as you raise them.
Your dog is your friend for life yes but he also has to learn that you are the one who sets the rules and limits.
It gets the message that your hand hurts it
Thats not a message i want to send to my dogs
It gets the message that you don’t want it’s puppy needle teeth learning to fight on your hand. Also, mouthing is a dominance maneuver. They do it to gain dominance. Don’t let them.
You dont have to act like an aggressive chimp man to avoid being bitten by a baby dog
You don’t. It’s not violent at all. Try it on yourself. Grab your chin and push your lips over your teeth. Notice how it doesn’t hurt? That’s the exact amount of pressure to use.
I dont have puppy teeth
Anyway, still not gonna shove my hand in a dog's mouth to punish it like a low iq ape person
>dominance theory
Not real
>get the cheeks between your fingers and teeth so when the dog'll bite they'll bite themselves too while telling them firmly it's no.
I do this. It really doesn’t take much for them to learn that’s going to hurt and it’s best if they stop.
You can also try pinching it’s cheeks and lips. When pups start getting too rowdy mother dogs will nip their cheeks and lips. It’s an instinctual corrective measure for dogs.
It’s also why babies get bit in the face so often. Literally everything we do with babies as humans is an aggressive maneuver for dogs. On that note, teach your kids to greet new dogs by scratching under their chins or butts right above the tail.
Yelp is only a familiar way to communicate to the puppy that it hurt you.
After a bite that's too hard you need to immediately stop all play, and ignore/isolate the puppy for 2 or 3 minutes.
I haven’t tried that yet, thought caging the dog was bad. Guess I’ll temporarily lock him in for several minutes next time it gets bad.
You can use your crate, or a puppy safe room with a door.
not caging. Why are you taking things so extreme. The dog is young and trying to learn how the world works.
You just need to calm him down. Stop play, show that him has hurt you by yelping, holding your hand your facial expression or other forms of non verbal communication, and refuse to engage in play until he stops trying to bite, then slowly resume play, but don't isolate the dog, that will damage him psychologically and it won't understand why it happened so it won't be able to correct his behavior.
You need to understand that the dog is learning how to relate with other people/dogs and how to act. He has no idea that biting too hard is bad or how much is too hard.
If you randomly isolate him he will just be confused and may even get more aggressive because he has to make the most of the time before you put him away again.
You need to communicate with him in a way that dogs understand, and that is yelping, body language and simple repetition. Bite - no play, no bite - play. And allow for some time for the dog to understand.
Isolating him for 2 minutes max immediately after you yelp is not going to scar him.
The bite, yelp, and moving to a room should all happen nearly instantaneously.
It is a bit of a harsher method than just stopping play/ignoring, so trying that first is not a bad idea.
Mother cats and dogs usually teach their children how to properly behave. Was this pup taken too early from mom?
Caging a literal puppy. Fricking moron.