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snickers mom · 03-15-2006, 05:29 AM

i have held off starting this thread for awhile because i know there are alot of threads started about biting and i also didnt want to admit what a problem its becoming
but it is - she bites all the time... and broke the skin on my son last night and he bled... she can be sweet and so happy to see me and licks me but it quickly turns to biting unless she is real tired or when i first come home
you cant really pet her or hold her, play with her etc - she is 16wks now
plse help if you can... i dont want this to get to be an out-of-control situation she bites company and guests too
her tail waggs so i think she may be playing but even when she isnt she is still nippy

Cheska's Bella · 03-15-2006, 05:33 AM

Bella has recently started w/this biting kick and all it took was a couple loud "OWWWWS!" from me and she's calmed down. I usually hand her a toy instead but sometimes it's kinda fun to play fight w/her so when she gets too rough, I "OW!" and she eases up and stops biting so hard. Seems to work for me.

So for the more experienced pup owners, am I, in a way, encouraging biting???

snickers mom · 03-15-2006, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheska's Bella

Bella has recently started w/this biting kick and all it took was a couple loud "OWWWWS!" from me and she's calmed down. I usually hand her a toy instead but sometimes it's kinda fun to play fight w/her so when she gets too rough, I "OW!" and she eases up and stops biting so hard. Seems to work for me.

So for the more experienced pup owners, am I, in a way, encouraging biting???

see i was trying redirection too giving her an appropriate chewing toy but she still goes around it to bite my hand...
the loud "ow" isnt working or "eh eh" and neither is "no"
please help!

amspoelstra · 03-15-2006, 05:46 AM

I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it helped with Trixie's first couple of month. If she'd touch my skin with her teeth would hold her muzzle a few seconds and firmly say 'no bite'. It took a while, but she eventually got it.

I went wrong somewhere though and for a while kept saying 'no bite, just kisses'. So now everytime she playfully bites, she gives me kisses right after, without me saying anything...

JeanieK · 03-15-2006, 06:37 AM

The dog whisperer had a show on about that. the dog was biting other family members but not the mom. so the Mom had to be the one to corredct him. So he had the mom push the dog away and not let it come to her. His way of redirecting is to just touch the dog and say shhhhht. Since it viewed the mother as the alpha dog she is the one that had to correct it.

JeanieK · 03-15-2006, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by snickers mom

see i was trying redirection too giving her an appropriate chewing toy but she still goes around it to bite my hand...
the loud "ow" isnt working or "eh eh" and neither is "no"
please help!

If she is still biting after you yelp, she is not seeing you as the alpha dog. so you have to establish that first.

snickers mom · 03-15-2006, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JeanieK

If she is still biting after you yelp, she is not seeing you as the alpha dog. so you have to establish that first.

do you have any advice on how to do that? i'm really trying with her i love her so much but its hard when she is hurting me/other people/my kids its gotten worse the last 2 weeks or so but i am guessing its becuz she is settling in a bit now and comfortable in our home i know she is likely teething because of her age and thats why i didnt make a big deal about her being a bit nippy but its going beyond that now
thanks for the help!

Nikko's_human · 03-15-2006, 07:21 AM

I know its hard and you think that nothing is working but I have to tell you IT DOES GET BETTER!

Nikko was a little vampire when he was a baby. He would cling on to our legs and bite our feet. He was constantly biting our hands and it didn't help that my fiancee played rough with him. However, after the teething is over, it does get better. I would hold his mouth shut until he whimpered a bit and said NO BITE in a firm voice while looking into his eyes. Now at 10 months he has mellowed out greatly and if occassionally he gets carried away with the playing I tell him NO BITE without holding his mouth shut and he knows what I mean and responds quickly.

lnovack · 03-15-2006, 07:58 AM

Well, she is still a baby and babies are mouthy. Our trainer told us that in a pack of dogs if one dog bit another the bitten dog would let out a loud yelp, yap to let the biter know that it HURT. She told us to do the same thing with Gracie and Sammie. Needless to say, there was lots of yelping and yapping out of us for a while, but they eventually get it.

Jaspermom · 03-15-2006, 08:29 AM

Wosie is "mouthy" too. She still play bites, and she is 9 months. It drives me nuts, but we just keep working on it. She completely knows what "no bite" means, and will stop when you say it, but sometimes she is so into it, we just have to stop playing with her to get her to quit. We say she has an oral fixation. We do redirect with toys, yelp, quit attention, all the little tricks I learned here. She just can't seem to help it. She has to taste you!

I asked my hubby about it just last night and he said he had noticed she is doing it less and less. We can only hope that eventually she will stop completely.

JeanieK · 03-15-2006, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by snickers mom

do you have any advice on how to do that? i'm really trying with her i love her so much but its hard when she is hurting me/other people/my kids its gotten worse the last 2 weeks or so but i am guessing its becuz she is settling in a bit now and comfortable in our home i know she is likely teething because of her age and thats why i didnt make a big deal about her being a bit nippy but its going beyond that now
thanks for the help!

The dog whisperer said to redirect by touching them and saying stop or no or whatever you choose. Then to push her away from you and not look at her. so she knows that you are punishing her. It might even help you to establish yourself as the alpha by putting her on her back and holding her down till she becomes submissive. that is what dogs do.

deb4air · 03-15-2006, 08:53 AM

This might sounds funny but Mini would not respond to NO! ...even No bite ..didnt work so I got creative and came up with a bopbop noise and she immediately stops maybe its the tone is different I dont know but try it ..it has helped me alot and she was a big biter ,,not so much any more @ 5 months ..Thank the puppy goddesses

onelovelylynn · 03-15-2006, 09:23 AM

I do the OWWW thing with penny also !!

It works everytime. She bites and I say OWWW in a loud tone and she knows right away, to stop.. Works for me.

Hope this can help you.

JeanieK · 03-15-2006, 05:31 PM

Question for those with biters. Were your dogs an "only puppy" and do they have other dogs to play with? If they had no litter mates, and do not have other dogs to play with, then maybe they never learned how hard to bite. A suggestion would be to get some play dates with other dogs. they will learn from them.

When I play with Ollie she bites at my hands but is very gentle. I yelped at her to see what she would do and she sat back and looked and then slowly came to lick my nose. As if to see if I was OK and apologize.

dskeeter1983 · 03-15-2006, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JeanieK

Question for those with biters. Were your dogs an "only puppy" and do they have other dogs to play with? If they had no litter mates, and do not have other dogs to play with, then maybe they never learned how hard to bite. A suggestion would be to get some play dates with other dogs. they will learn from them.

When I play with Ollie she bites at my hands but is very gentle. I yelped at her to see what she would do and she sat back and looked and then slowly came to lick my nose. As if to see if I was OK and apologize.

i agree with you on this one.

03-15-2006, 05:29 AM	#1
snickers mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 687	biting... becoming a problem! i have held off starting this thread for awhile because i know there are alot of threads started about biting and i also didnt want to admit what a problem its becoming but it is - she bites all the time... and broke the skin on my son last night and he bled... she can be sweet and so happy to see me and licks me but it quickly turns to biting unless she is real tired or when i first come home you cant really pet her or hold her, play with her etc - she is 16wks now plse help if you can... i dont want this to get to be an out-of-control situation she bites company and guests too her tail waggs so i think she may be playing but even when she isnt she is still nippy

03-15-2006, 05:46 AM	#4
amspoelstra Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US Posts: 955	I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it helped with Trixie's first couple of month. If she'd touch my skin with her teeth would hold her muzzle a few seconds and firmly say 'no bite'. It took a while, but she eventually got it. I went wrong somewhere though and for a while kept saying 'no bite, just kisses'. So now everytime she playfully bites, she gives me kisses right after, without me saying anything... __________________ Trixie

03-15-2006, 07:21 AM	#8
Nikko's_human Proudly owned by Nikko Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bronx, New York Posts: 768	I know its hard and you think that nothing is working but I have to tell you IT DOES GET BETTER! Nikko was a little vampire when he was a baby. He would cling on to our legs and bite our feet. He was constantly biting our hands and it didn't help that my fiancee played rough with him. However, after the teething is over, it does get better. I would hold his mouth shut until he whimpered a bit and said NO BITE in a firm voice while looking into his eyes. Now at 10 months he has mellowed out greatly and if occassionally he gets carried away with the playing I tell him NO BITE without holding his mouth shut and he knows what I mean and responds quickly. __________________ NIKKO and his mommy NECEE

03-15-2006, 07:58 AM	#9
lnovack YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Virginia Posts: 308	Well, she is still a baby and babies are mouthy. Our trainer told us that in a pack of dogs if one dog bit another the bitten dog would let out a loud yelp, yap to let the biter know that it HURT. She told us to do the same thing with Gracie and Sammie. Needless to say, there was lots of yelping and yapping out of us for a while, but they eventually get it. __________________ Gracie's Mama

03-15-2006, 08:29 AM	#10
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	Just talking about this last night! Wosie is "mouthy" too. She still play bites, and she is 9 months. It drives me nuts, but we just keep working on it. She completely knows what "no bite" means, and will stop when you say it, but sometimes she is so into it, we just have to stop playing with her to get her to quit. We say she has an oral fixation. We do redirect with toys, yelp, quit attention, all the little tricks I learned here. She just can't seem to help it. She has to taste you! I asked my hubby about it just last night and he said he had noticed she is doing it less and less. We can only hope that eventually she will stop completely. __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

03-15-2006, 05:33 AM	#2
Cheska's Bella YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 681	Bella has recently started w/this biting kick and all it took was a couple loud "OWWWWS!" from me and she's calmed down. I usually hand her a toy instead but sometimes it's kinda fun to play fight w/her so when she gets too rough, I "OW!" and she eases up and stops biting so hard. Seems to work for me. So for the more experienced pup owners, am I, in a way, encouraging biting???

03-15-2006, 06:37 AM	#5
JeanieK Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa Posts: 12,552	The dog whisperer had a show on about that. the dog was biting other family members but not the mom. so the Mom had to be the one to corredct him. So he had the mom push the dog away and not let it come to her. His way of redirecting is to just touch the dog and say shhhhht. Since it viewed the mother as the alpha dog she is the one that had to correct it.

03-15-2006, 08:53 AM	#12
deb4air Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: new york Posts: 3,168	This might sounds funny but Mini would not respond to NO! ...even No bite ..didnt work so I got creative and came up with a bopbop noise and she immediately stops maybe its the tone is different I dont know but try it ..it has helped me alot and she was a big biter ,,not so much any more @ 5 months ..Thank the puppy goddesses __________________ Deb and Miss Mini

03-15-2006, 09:23 AM	#13
onelovelylynn My Darling Divas Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: magnolia, Texas Posts: 1,220	I do the OWWW thing with penny also !! It works everytime. She bites and I say OWWW in a loud tone and she knows right away, to stop.. Works for me. Hope this can help you.

03-15-2006, 05:31 PM	#14
JeanieK Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa Posts: 12,552	Question for those with biters. Were your dogs an "only puppy" and do they have other dogs to play with? If they had no litter mates, and do not have other dogs to play with, then maybe they never learned how hard to bite. A suggestion would be to get some play dates with other dogs. they will learn from them. When I play with Ollie she bites at my hands but is very gentle. I yelped at her to see what she would do and she sat back and looked and then slowly came to lick my nose. As if to see if I was OK and apologize.