Puppy BITING!!! Teaching Bite Inhibition

[GSDOwner2008]

Have you tried yelping when he bites in a really high pitched tone? How about getting up and walking away?

If redirecting him to a toy works, go for it! Sticking a toy in his mouth is teaching him that he can't bite you, but he can certainly bite his toy.

[MaggieRoseLee]

Just found two more excellent sites about how this painful biting is normal, and the best way to teach (not PUNISH) our puppies a new less painful way to play!

Bite Inhibition One

Bite Inhibition Two

[kafreeman]

Originally Posted By: GSDOwner2008Have you tried yelping when he bites in a really high pitched tone? How about getting up and walking away?

If redirecting him to a toy works, go for it! Sticking a toy in his mouth is teaching him that he can't bite you, but he can certainly bite his toy.

You have no idea. This little guy has nerves of steel.

I have yelped as high as I can get, my wife emits ear piercing screams that only bother me, and he's still knawing away.

The can with pennies trick worked for a day. He doesnt care about that anymore. I'll have to check out the two above links.

So far the toy trick seems to be best... but even that doesnt work often. He'll chew the toy for a couple of minutes and think the foot was way more enjoyable. He also likes to run between your legs attacking your feet.

[kafreeman]

After reviewing the above links, I'm going to have to find a few more chew toys for him, and when he gets really bad I'll have to pick him up and put him in his crate.

This is the only thing he is bad about. Neither of our other two pups were this bad with biting. His potty training has been exceptional, he runs to the door when he is ready to go out, and his crate training has been stellar as well.

[allieg]

I guess I'm lucky here too Athena did this for a month or 2 after we got her home but has stopped.All I did was a firm NO and a soft tap on her muzzle.She's 6 months now.She ripped a few pairs of PJs from our AM pee breaks. It was mostly an excited thing in the mornings or if we had been away.
Allie

[lac]

hmmm...someone was thinking of me today.
I a was ready to post on this exact topic!!
My 15wkr is making me nuts with the biting. My son has bruises on him from it!! oy!
thanks a mil...

[Smith3]

I may have stumbled on to something that might help others last night.

Koch was gnawing on my arm in her playful way, but it is painful, and "yelping" doesn't seem to do much. So last night i switched it up, at first i would yelp and if she persisted i would start whinning like a dog that was hurt and that FREAKED her out like she had done something really bad and she stopped instantly and in a few cases would walk away, lay down, and look at me like she had done something wrong. Hopefully this helps her bite inhibition and soft mouth!

[aubie]

The "yelping" worked on Anna for about a day, then she was sooooo over it. We use treats now to reward "no bite" which is also great for when she bites other things, like the couch or a shoe or us when we're walking and she wants to "herd".

I began by working it into her training time and it's gotten so much better!

[Blacryan]

So I am curious guys. My pup seems to like to bite at shoe laces, shoes, slippers and stuff on the ground. Such as cords and stuff. He doesnt chew on them he just nips on them. he has plenty of toys for chewing on and everything else.

Today I started carrying a small water bottle on it and just squirting it anytime he nips at peoples hands or fingers when they are petting him, or when he nips at shoe laces or shoes. It seems to be working AMAZINGLY well. Is there anything wrong with this? I have tried redirecting him to a bully stick or something and it works but only temporarly doesnt seem to keep him from niping at things, hands/wrist being the worst thing so far.

Is there anything wrong w/ doing this?

[bethandglen]

Thanks for this topic! We had a lot of trouble teaching Lexi this, we tried all the "yelping" stuff that people recommend and for a long time it seemed it wasn't working, but it just took her a long time to learn it! Now she seems to understand and very rarely does she bite down too hard. She even knows how to bite the cat "softly" LOL, my husband was concerned that she was mauling the cat but he put his hand on her mouth to check and said she was barely closing it on her, just like with us! So I think sometimes it just takes them a while to learn this, especially as puppies.

Beth