Its worth stating that for this to work you really have to enjoy consistent full attention play time with your dog. That goes without saying for any responsible dog owner but if you're not seeing results in puppy biting while staying consistent on commands then your PLAYTIME is what needs more consistency. As well as diverse options for chewing. My dog has a stuffy, a blanket a bone and a rope to chew, all of which he likes equally at different intervals.
Problem with my doodle is she gets so excited and jumps so high that she often overshoots her toys or bites by accident. I never wanted to discourage biting unless it became in any way too much pressure, as I didn’t want a play or warning bite to become bad if she didn’t get to know her own jaw strength so I’d “yelp” when she’d nip painfully as a tiny pup so she learned her own strength (I was told by a trainer that most dog bites are actually play bites or warning bites and wouldn’t have been as bad if the dog was allowed to know it’s own jaw strength like how they learn with their brother and sister pups as they age). With her and my previous dog, she can “bite” my hand and arm and her teeth don’t even indent into my skin. She’ll just hold my arm in her mouth and ever so gently shake her head and growl” but NEVER EVER bite. It’s just when we’re playing with toys, she absolutely overshoots. I got her eyes checked twice and they said they were fine. The other day she totally missed the rope, locked onto and hung from my hand, and then immediately let go and realized something really bad had happened and was super concerned. It was very clearly her aiming for the rope and for some reason my hand was closest and she just snapped her jaw shut. Her eyes were still focused on the rope. When we play I’ve almost become scared to because she’s prone to accidentally nipping hands or fingers especially. She also did this with treats, but has gotten much better because I feel like all I had to do was calm her down and make sure she was calm before rewarding her, she had to “sit, focus, calm” before I’d give it to her which basically meant sit, focus on me, then gently take the treat. But with toys, I’m at a bit of a loss. It’s how she responded so quickly to the corrective behavior for treats that kinda puts me at a loss because I feel like that was something I could easily correct, it was a choice for her to jump up or try to grab the treat too roughly. She COULD change that. I tried to interrupt the play session every single time she nipped but since it’s really not a intentional behavior (even less intentional than her trying to jump up and get a treat or taking it too eagerly which IS a choice behavior), I’m just unsure what to do. I like to make her understand that she hurt me, but I don’t like to punish her or make her feel bad for it because it genuinely is an accident and I’m still unsure if it’s her eyes or something. She’ll just be so visually locked in on the rope or toy and than totally miss and get a hand or fingers. It’s like she’s a little alligator and whatever her mouth touches first she’s clamping down on.
I was thinking about it I think it depends bwhat litter they are from! Mine had 8brothers and sisters so he thinks we just play harder… What works is no noises, no eye contact, crate or removing my self from his reach I think with those methods is important also to identify the reason why the dogs nip so hard, my boy and my friend dog an adult female are both bully family dogs and they are both hand grabbing to say they need to go out for poops😅
Can we be in awe of your height? My gosh, i never noticed it before in your videos till this one where it looks like your head is gonna hit the ceiling!
Hi my puppy is 7 months old and he bites my arm no blood but he does hurt. I tell him no and he does it again. Not sure is this puppy bitting or something else
Oh nice this actually works 🤙 I did this before even watching the video… I wanted to see if I could do better… but this is exactly how I did it
It’s simple but there’s rules and phases to this imo:
1. The dog has to see you as a playmate 2. You have to release their restrain command and allow them to play after a successful command (this reinforces #1) Note: if you don’t there’s a chance they become aggressive… you pick the play you want or is acceptable to you 3. Consistency for #1 and #2
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Can you put this in slow
I'm having this issue with my 8 month old pup
Thank you. Going crazy with my Corso and his love of ears lol
We have this problem with our Pom around 14 months old and she just get more pissed and continues, we do not really know what to do.
What about when then go into a chomping phase for no reason?
Love this. My dog is slowly learning. He still aggressive with food. Of course I am the problem. Sharing things while I eat or get annoyed at him
My almost 2 year lab moths only my clothes, when he wants to groom me 😅
Its worth stating that for this to work you really have to enjoy consistent full attention play time with your dog. That goes without saying for any responsible dog owner but if you're not seeing results in puppy biting while staying consistent on commands then your PLAYTIME is what needs more consistency. As well as diverse options for chewing. My dog has a stuffy, a blanket a bone and a rope to chew, all of which he likes equally at different intervals.
Problem with my doodle is she gets so excited and jumps so high that she often overshoots her toys or bites by accident. I never wanted to discourage biting unless it became in any way too much pressure, as I didn’t want a play or warning bite to become bad if she didn’t get to know her own jaw strength so I’d “yelp” when she’d nip painfully as a tiny pup so she learned her own strength (I was told by a trainer that most dog bites are actually play bites or warning bites and wouldn’t have been as bad if the dog was allowed to know it’s own jaw strength like how they learn with their brother and sister pups as they age). With her and my previous dog, she can “bite” my hand and arm and her teeth don’t even indent into my skin. She’ll just hold my arm in her mouth and ever so gently shake her head and growl” but NEVER EVER bite. It’s just when we’re playing with toys, she absolutely overshoots. I got her eyes checked twice and they said they were fine. The other day she totally missed the rope, locked onto and hung from my hand, and then immediately let go and realized something really bad had happened and was super concerned. It was very clearly her aiming for the rope and for some reason my hand was closest and she just snapped her jaw shut. Her eyes were still focused on the rope. When we play I’ve almost become scared to because she’s prone to accidentally nipping hands or fingers especially. She also did this with treats, but has gotten much better because I feel like all I had to do was calm her down and make sure she was calm before rewarding her, she had to “sit, focus, calm” before I’d give it to her which basically meant sit, focus on me, then gently take the treat. But with toys, I’m at a bit of a loss. It’s how she responded so quickly to the corrective behavior for treats that kinda puts me at a loss because I feel like that was something I could easily correct, it was a choice for her to jump up or try to grab the treat too roughly. She COULD change that. I tried to interrupt the play session every single time she nipped but since it’s really not a intentional behavior (even less intentional than her trying to jump up and get a treat or taking it too eagerly which IS a choice behavior), I’m just unsure what to do. I like to make her understand that she hurt me, but I don’t like to punish her or make her feel bad for it because it genuinely is an accident and I’m still unsure if it’s her eyes or something. She’ll just be so visually locked in on the rope or toy and than totally miss and get a hand or fingers. It’s like she’s a little alligator and whatever her mouth touches first she’s clamping down on.
Can I use clicker to replace a sound?
Part of me thinks, why would you ever wanna stop such a loving little sod? Never enough sloppy doggy kisses
Wait what did he do, am I blind
I was thinking about it I think it depends bwhat litter they are from! Mine had 8brothers and sisters so he thinks we just play harder…
What works is no noises, no eye contact, crate or removing my self from his reach
I think with those methods is important also to identify the reason why the dogs nip so hard, my boy and my friend dog an adult female are both bully family dogs and they are both hand grabbing to say they need to go out for poops😅
When I try this, my puppy seems to get excited and does it more!
My 11 month old wouldn't calm down, and seemed to get even more frenzied if I ignore her, tugging and tearing at my clothes, often nipping the skin
It doesn't always work the punching. My 4 months old German shepperd is becoming even more agitated and biting
Where is the full video? Would love to get more detail on what’s happening here to try with my 7mo lab pup when he gets in this mode.
Can we be in awe of your height? My gosh, i never noticed it before in your videos till this one where it looks like your head is gonna hit the ceiling!
When ma dog was bitting me i slapped it and ever since that day it hasn't bitten mw
Hi my puppy is 7 months old and he bites my arm no blood but he does hurt. I tell him no and he does it again. Not sure is this puppy bitting or something else
This is my staffy x. 7 months old and behaves the same.
I don’t really understand what I just watched. Did he shushed and snapped his fingers and refused to touch the dog?
Gosh – watch that beam man, you are going whack your head. Thanks for advice.
This did help for 3 days then my dkg came back and now I I am bleeding in 4 different places 😅 but that's my dog
What if they don’t want to redirect to the toys?
I’d like to see more videos with dogs that are deaf. It’s difficult to be in front of the dog to see you all the time.
What breed is that?
My malamute insist more when I try to replicate this, I’m thinking he want me to fight for the lead and he is expecting to piss me off
Well that didn't work for me at all …. bite marks everywhere and on my face …. stupid idea
Oh nice this actually works 🤙 I did this before even watching the video… I wanted to see if I could do better… but this is exactly how I did it
It’s simple but there’s rules and phases to this imo:
1. The dog has to see you as a playmate
2. You have to release their restrain command and allow them to play after a successful command (this reinforces #1)
Note: if you don’t there’s a chance they become aggressive… you pick the play you want or is acceptable to you
3. Consistency for #1 and #2
Ok. What exactly are you doing? I hear the hiss. Snap your fingers? Push them away?