I bet if you are reading this, you happen to have a new puppy with sharp little teeth who is fond of biting pretty much everything. Obvious targets are your hands and feet, any shoes laying around, and basically everything else, too.Below are some common sense tips that will help you stop your puppy from biting you and your household, and making sure his chewing is not as much of an issue.

• Be sure to get some chew toys for your new puppy. Since your puppy is teething and definitely needs to bite something, these toys are great alternatives to your skin.  As the puppy’s playing gets too rough, use your hand to hold is little mouth closed. As soon as he starts to bite you, stop him by holding his mouth shut with your hand. Your puppy won’t exactly enjoy his mouth being held shut, so soothe him with your voice while you hold him. Using a firm but calm voice, tell your puppy “no biting”. Be sure to keep your voice calm so he doesn’t become nervous and resist even longer. The calmer he stays, the quicker he’ll become submissive. Now that he is once again calm, it is the perfect time to offer him a fun chew toy.  Get him to take the chew toy in his mouth, and then give him lots of praise and affection.Every time you play with the pup, repeat giving him the chew toy as needed and he will soon associate the praise-the positive reinforcement- with chewing on the approved chew toy.Just be patient and consistent with this training, and never punish or hit your puppy for playing too rough-that won’t help. Hitting or scolding the pup is a negative reinforcement and will hurt your efforts to bond with the pup and slow down his ability to learn properly.Make sure the entire household is on the same page, for the training to be effective. Try to make sure no one else who is around the puppy slows down the training by not following the positive training method.

• Another good method for stopping your puppy from biting and chewing up your household, is keeping your puppy in his crate whenever you are not able to actively supervise him. By not either watching or confining your puppy to his crate, he most likely will be found chewing various items around the house. Make sure to put some chew toys inside his crate to serve his chewing enjoyment needs.

• Use your common sense, and you can easily figure out how to limit access to many chewable items. A simple example is to put all your shoes and slippers (historically favorite targets) into a closed room or closet.

• The Mama dog uses a vocal trick to let the puppy know it is playing too rough. You can imitate her, by yelping with a very high pitched voice to let the puppy know he is biting too hard. You might feel sort of silly, but this is one way Mama Dog  gets a puppy’s attention and stops the puppy from biting her.

• I have found that a very good way to stop my puppy from biting me is that while holding my hand over his mouth,  I also stare him in the eyes and bare my teeth in a snarl and perhaps even make a low growl to show a threat to him. This is one of the ways Mama dogs send a very clear message to the pup.

• You probably won’t want to grab the puppy by the scruff of the neck with your teeth the way a Mama dog does, but there is no reason not to use your hand to hold him still and show him who is boss until he submits. Stick with the correction until the puppy is totally submissive-that is how you  will really know he’s received the message about listening to the boss-by being submissive and relaxed.

• In order to discourage your puppy from biting, don’t play rough house games (such as tug of war and wrestling) with him. I, for one, was always guilty of playing rough with my young puppies, and I had the scarred and scabbed hands and forearms to show for it. At the time I didn’t know better and was unaware that this was potentially a way to increase my puppy’s level of aggression.

I hope these tips are useful to get a grip on your puppy’s biting problem. For more great tips and advice on how to train your puppy or doggy please visit www.BehaveDoggy.com.

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