When puppies bite, they don't really mean to. You've seen how little babies play with the objects around them haven't you? Whatever they see, they convey it to their mouth to try to taste and feel. It's an important way in which little ones of any species will investigate the world. Little babies don't seriously bite people even once they get their teeth. It's instinctive to them to not bite fellow humans. Little puppies though don't realize what they're doing – especially once they get to be about three months old or so. Training puppies not to not bite though is very important unless you want to get seriously annoying injuries all the time.
Training puppies not to bite, you'll basically use a technique called bite inhibition – making a dog think about how hard he's biting when he's biting a human. Since biting is normal play behavior for a It only teaches said dog to be gentle when biting a human.
When working with puppies, bite inhibition uses a kind of natural socializing skill that puppies have. When puppies play with one another, occasionally, they tend to bite one another too hard. When that happens, the other puppy gives a sharp yelp of pain and won't play with the biting puppy for a few minutes. This, kind of tells him that he's done something wrong.
Since learning behavior of this kind is instinctive to a puppy, you can use it for bite inhibition training with humans too. Every time he bites a little too hard, you want to make a loud pained sound – rather like a yelp.
He will understand that. After that, you can scold your puppy in a stern voice for a couple of seconds. After you move away for a few minutes, come back and start playing again.
Usually, this will work very well. But it doesn't, you'll have to switch to a timeout. Dogs and puppies thrive on human attention. They can't stand it if they are ignored. So this could be the way you train your puppy to not think that biting is a pleasurable activity. Each time a bite happens, you can just get up and walk away. You want to stay in sight, but completely ignore the pooch. It shouldn't last more than a minute. What does this teach him?
It teaches him that if he will playe gently and in a reasonable way,
playtime never stops. But if he bites, the fun stops immediately. Training puppies not to bite this way will usually get you the desired results.
Training puppies not to bite, you'll basically use a technique called bite inhibition – making a dog think about how hard he's biting when he's biting a human. Since biting is normal play behavior for a It only teaches said dog to be gentle when biting a human.
When working with puppies, bite inhibition uses a kind of natural socializing skill that puppies have. When puppies play with one another, occasionally, they tend to bite one another too hard. When that happens, the other puppy gives a sharp yelp of pain and won't play with the biting puppy for a few minutes. This, kind of tells him that he's done something wrong.
Since learning behavior of this kind is instinctive to a puppy, you can use it for bite inhibition training with humans too. Every time he bites a little too hard, you want to make a loud pained sound – rather like a yelp.
He will understand that. After that, you can scold your puppy in a stern voice for a couple of seconds. After you move away for a few minutes, come back and start playing again.
Usually, this will work very well. But it doesn't, you'll have to switch to a timeout. Dogs and puppies thrive on human attention. They can't stand it if they are ignored. So this could be the way you train your puppy to not think that biting is a pleasurable activity. Each time a bite happens, you can just get up and walk away. You want to stay in sight, but completely ignore the pooch. It shouldn't last more than a minute. What does this teach him?
It teaches him that if he will playe gently and in a reasonable way,
playtime never stops. But if he bites, the fun stops immediately. Training puppies not to bite this way will usually get you the desired results.
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