The Right Way to Make Your Puppy Stop Biting
Does your puppy bite your hands and fingers? Are you at your wits end trying to figure out how to train your puppy to stop biting? I can truly say that I feel your pain, or rather, I used to, but no more.
There was a time when my hands were scarred and marked with the bites of tiny puppy teeth.
To be honest, I read a lot of the conventional wisdom on how to train puppies, but couldn't really connect with it.
There seemed to be one school of thought that said you should think like a puppy.
That might work for some people, but for me that just seemed to confuse my pet.
Other techniques advised rebuking the puppy, and I couldn't really understand the logic of mistreating my pet.
After all, it is only natural for a young puppy to bite, I just couldn't figure out how to humanely let it know that my hands were off limits.
Other techniques suggested shaking the puppy.
Now, I know there are shake-down techniques for adult dogs, but again, I couldn't follow the logic of doing this on my puppy.
I didn't want to terrorize it, just channel its own natural actions.
Well, to make a long story short, I started researching this problem and trying out techniques that would be humane and otherwise not frighten or physically abuse my pet.
My reasoning here is that puppy training techniques are an opportunity to establish a strong bond of affection between me and my pet.
So, I wanted an effective technique that would work for any puppy and not cause it to be frightened or harmed.
I feel confident in saying that I cracked the code on how to get your puppy to stop biting! This is so simple and so effective that if you haven't already thought of this, you'll slap yourself.
Here it is: Whenever your puppy starting nipping and biting at your fingers, very gently but firmly hold its muzzle shut.
You won't hold it closed for long because the puppy will start whining after 5 or 10 seconds.
Also, you holding the muzzle very gently.
Just firmly enough to keep the puppy from opening.
As soon as it starts whining, you can release and give it a chew toy if you have one handy.
Giving your puppy a toy is a nice touch but not essential for this puppy training technique to work.
Do this each and every time your puppy "attacks" your fingers.
Give this a try, and I think you'll see very positive results with in the first couple of days, possibly even within the first 24 hours!
There was a time when my hands were scarred and marked with the bites of tiny puppy teeth.
To be honest, I read a lot of the conventional wisdom on how to train puppies, but couldn't really connect with it.
There seemed to be one school of thought that said you should think like a puppy.
That might work for some people, but for me that just seemed to confuse my pet.
Other techniques advised rebuking the puppy, and I couldn't really understand the logic of mistreating my pet.
After all, it is only natural for a young puppy to bite, I just couldn't figure out how to humanely let it know that my hands were off limits.
Other techniques suggested shaking the puppy.
Now, I know there are shake-down techniques for adult dogs, but again, I couldn't follow the logic of doing this on my puppy.
I didn't want to terrorize it, just channel its own natural actions.
Well, to make a long story short, I started researching this problem and trying out techniques that would be humane and otherwise not frighten or physically abuse my pet.
My reasoning here is that puppy training techniques are an opportunity to establish a strong bond of affection between me and my pet.
So, I wanted an effective technique that would work for any puppy and not cause it to be frightened or harmed.
I feel confident in saying that I cracked the code on how to get your puppy to stop biting! This is so simple and so effective that if you haven't already thought of this, you'll slap yourself.
Here it is: Whenever your puppy starting nipping and biting at your fingers, very gently but firmly hold its muzzle shut.
You won't hold it closed for long because the puppy will start whining after 5 or 10 seconds.
Also, you holding the muzzle very gently.
Just firmly enough to keep the puppy from opening.
As soon as it starts whining, you can release and give it a chew toy if you have one handy.
Giving your puppy a toy is a nice touch but not essential for this puppy training technique to work.
Do this each and every time your puppy "attacks" your fingers.
Give this a try, and I think you'll see very positive results with in the first couple of days, possibly even within the first 24 hours!
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