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When people first take home a new puppy, they often don’t realize the work that goes into producing a well behaved dog. It’s not something that is particularly time consuming, but just as with a child, you have to be prepared to take the time to show your puppy acceptable ways to behave.

One problem that often arises is that of puppies that are prone to biting. It’s something which is a natural thing for a puppy to do, and luckily at a young age it doesn’t cause too much harm, but it’s important that you curb biting so that it does not lead to problems further down the track.

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The biting stage in puppies usually commences at the same time they are teething. Just like children, a puppy will bite to sooth their gums as new teeth come through. You may notice your puppy nipping your fingers or grabbing your hand. In fact, this is the ideal situation to use to teach your puppy not to bite.

One of the best ways to train your puppy not to bite is to make them think that they have hurt you. It’s a bit like sending your puppy on a guilt trip, but really you are taking advantage of their urge to continually please you.

You may have noticed that when young puppies are playing with each other they may bite and pull each other, but as soon as one lets out a yelp, the biting stops. This is what you must to whenever your puppy bites you. Even if it is quite a soft bite, or just a small nip, you need to yelp or say ‘ouch’ in a loud voice to encourage them to stop. If you do this every time your puppy tries to bit you, you will see that they will quickly associate biting with hurting you and play time stopping.

Another good addition to this technique is to leave the room whenever your puppy bites and you have let out a yelp. You puppy needs to understand that biting causes you pain and that stop doing what they enjoy. If you don’t ingrain this into your puppy’s mind, they will not understand that they are not allowed to bite and will simply keep on doing it, thinking that it is a game.

Give your puppy a chew toy to have when they are teething. Of course, the toy will not make any noise when it is bitten, and so your puppy can continue using this as a soothing tool through the teething stage. It’s a good way for them to learn and make the distinction that chewing and biting toys is okay, but biting people is not.

Of course, in addition to this technique, you should use positive reinforcement whenever your puppy plays with you nicely and doesn’t bite. This will help them to understand that playing goes on longer when there is no biting involved.

Persist with this technique and you will soon have a friendly puppy that enjoys playing without biting.

from www.puppytrainingguide.org/