BITING BITING BITING... Advice?

[sirbentleysmom]

My bentley bites all the time!! When we playhe bites, even if i say OUCH or no no or flick him on his nose... When he gets excited meeting new people, he nips nips nips.... I say NO BITE. And he stops but only for a minute... Any advice anyone?????

[MikaTallulah]

Bitter apple spray on you hands

[concretegurl]

Doggy time out.

Although the above seems sheer genius!

[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

Doggy time out.

Although the above seems sheer genius!

My theory if it works for a land shark Golden puppy it would work for a tiny yorkie

[ancora_imparo]

Bitter apple spray didn't work for them. I know you said previously that my suggestions for chewing were only moderately helpful. My only other suggestion is to consult a trainer. That's what we did when jaeger was resource guarding.

[sirbentleysmom]

Where can you get bitter apple spray?? Never heard of it!! If its on my hands would it make him not want to play?? And i didnt think i had asked any about biting before... What is resource guarding??

[bijoux1]

I had worked with a trainer because my rescue foster dog was having a hard time with this. We do clicker training, but as far as for biting, she had me say a firm no stop the play immediately and stand and turn my back to him... this was every single time whether it happened when we were playing, at night in bed if he grabbed my toe and started play biting.. whenever.. she had me get up and turn from him after saying a firm no....

By turning away and walking away from him, he quickly started to associate that biting equals the fun time ending and me walking away from him... it has helped tremendously.

Believe me that I know it sounds like more punishment for us than the dog to have to get up off of the couch or bed every single time it hapens, but for us at least, it did quickly pay off

As far as with new people...if it is more play based and he is running up to them out of excitement when they come in.. you could use the clicker training to teach him to sit when someone comes in the door. This has done wonders for us as Cooper used to literally go jump in anyone's arms as they came in the door, but it has since stopped.

Good luck!!

[kjc]

Really young puppies may respond to growling, as their Moms would do to them.

[mscat]

I did see this show on training young puppies not to bite, what they had the children do was place butter on their hands, aparentaly this works to stop the puppy from biting hands. These were golden retriver pups and it worked.

[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by sirbentleysmom

Where can you get bitter apple spray?? Never heard of it!! If its on my hands would it make him not want to play?? And i didnt think i had asked any about biting before... What is resource guarding??

You can buy it at most pet stores. You can also buy it easily online. It doesn't discourage play just chewing on you and not approved items like chairs and wires when sprayed on them. Biting you is no fun because it tastes bad.
Grannick's Bitter Apple

Resource guarding is when a dog/puppy bites or snaps when you approach them and they have something they value primarily favorite spot, toy, or food/ bones/chews most commonly.
Resource Guarding: Preventing It and Stopping It

[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by mscat

I did see this show on training young puppies not to bite, what they had the children do was place butter on their hands, aparentaly this works to stop the puppy from biting hands. These were golden retriver pups and it worked.

I personally wouldn't use butter on hands myself. I don't want mine to associate food with hands.

I don't know how this butter on hands would work during play sounds messy to me.

Do what works best for you and your dog

[ilovejoel]

Just keep trying different ways, and one way will click with him. I just found a way that makes Joel stop right away after trying alot of different things and its not something you would think would make him stop, all I do is when he bites me I say "Do I need to have a talk with you" and I pick him up under his arms with him facing me and I say "Bad puppies bite and get timeout and good puppies just give kisses" and he'll kiss me and I put him down and he wont bite anymore after that.
Now I can play rouh with him on the floor w/o him biting, and if he starts to all I have to say is "Do we need to have a talk?" And he stops, lol

[gracielove]

Gracie was a terrible biter when she was a puppy. She was playing of course but those little teeth are sharp. We also had a litter of kittens I had taken in at the time and she loved to wrestle and play with them. That would get her in full terrier mode and it would be hard to calm her down. The little stinker would actually roll on her back and bare her teeth at me! I found that I had to refuse to play with her. As someone said "time out" is in order. Either get up and ignore or put in another room or cage for a short time.
Everyone wants to play with a puppy but when it gets them to the bite stage it is time to back off. I had to keep Gracie calm. Instead of excited play encourage calm petting and training sessions. I did not let anyone play tug games or anything that would get her excited. She did learn but it took time and being consistent with the rules. Playing typical puppy games will only encourage the biting.

[ancora_imparo]

Originally Posted by sirbentleysmom

Where can you get bitter apple spray?? Never heard of it!! If its on my hands would it make him not want to play?? And i didnt think i had asked any about biting before... What is resource guarding??

Ack, I'm sorry, was tired last night....That was a DIFFERENT Sir Bently asking about biting. My apologies

[Trishe]

Bailey does this too, but he's learning not to. I keep a toy handy and when he bites I say NO BITE! and give him a toy and say...you bite on this! lol He's learning.