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  • Janiejane
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    thank you

    those are good tips. I need to kick the habit of my puppy mouthing me. cuz he tries to snap at faces when he gets too involved in play. he does calm down when i ignore him though.

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  • hunthr
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    Thanks for the video! I will really try that method, we have a 8 week old dane and she bits my hands and my face! It is really difficult to be patient when she takes a chunk out of my nose, LOL! Haley =)

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  • 3XDaneMom
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSEYLMI5wU&NR=1"]YouTube- How to Control Your Puppy's Mouthing For Dummies[/ame]

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  • ouesi
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    We cheat - the other dogs teach the puppy! We have been very fortunate to always have at least one dog in the group who is a "puppy nanny".

    For those without a puppy nanny (or who's puppy nanny is too lenient), some tips:

    For objects:
    -> If puppy is biting inaproprate objects, get their attention, and redirect on to an approprate toy or chewie. (Its also fun to name the toy when you give it to your pup, and you may eventually have a dog who knows the difference between "ball", "toy", "rope", and "stick".)
    -> Teach "drop it" and "leave it" (drop it means object must exit your mouth. Leave it means it doesn't go in the mouth to begin with, ignore it completely).
    -> Crate or otherwise contain when you can't supervise. Its easier to prevent chewing to begin with, than to try to re-teach a dog who has discovered a liking for shoes, underwear, socks etc...

    For humans:
    There are a lot of opinions on whether a pup should be allowed to ever put his mouth on humans at all. I'm of the mind that dogs who are never allowed to mouth, don't learn bite inhibition quite as well as those who are allowed to mouth. So in our house we teach appropriate mouthing intead of zero mouthing.

    -> We allow pups to bite hands only, gently, in play. Biting around the face is NEVER allowed, nor are any other body parts. They pick this up quickly as there seem to be similar "rules of contact" when dogs play bite with eachother.
    -> If pup gets too rough, play ends and human ignores pup completely. No eye contact, no talking, nothing that may reward the pup with your attention.
    -> During quiet moments, snuggling or massaging, stick your hands in pup's mouth as you would to examine teeth or gums. Puppies learn to really like this duing teething, especially if you gently rub a gum where teeth are coming in.

    Bite Inhibition:
    Ian Dunbar has excellent advice, and step by step exercises for teaching bite inhibition in his booklet "After you get your Puppy". Available here: www.dogstardaily.com

    IMO bite inhibition is the single most important thing you can teach a family dog. Any dog who can open and close its jaws can bite, and will under the right circumstances. What will minimize the damage is proper bite inhibition.

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