Need my dog to stop biting me and dd stat

[Anonymous]

I am ready to try some old fashioned techniques. Positive discipline isn't working. She is 6 months old. Bites me on calf or butt when my back is turned. Same to dd. Sometimes it seems she is just trying to get attention but I just don't care anymore. She breaks the skin every other day. She doesn't do it to DH. How do I get this to stop ASAP?
Btw dog is not treat motivated.

[Anonymous]

I grab the puppy by the nose and say "NO! No biting!" in a very stern voice. They don't like being grabbed the nose. Then I give the puppy something else to chew on.

She will outgrow it, BTW. It's exhausting until it gets better, though.

[Anonymous]

Is she a herding breed?

[Anonymous]

Labradoodle,so no.

[Anonymous]

It's the teething stage for dogs. Unfortunately, the "milk" teeth hurt like hell.

You need to stuff a dog toy in her mouth every time she lunges for you. Make sure she gets plenty of exercise. This is a phase that dogs do grow past, so hitting the dog will not train her just scar her. Not sure how old your kid is, but they your DD can't be alone with the dog until she's past this stage. It will happen. Patience. Don't give up on your dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the teething stage for dogs. Unfortunately, the "milk" teeth hurt like hell.

You need to stuff a dog toy in her mouth every time she lunges for you. Make sure she gets plenty of exercise. This is a phase that dogs do grow past, so hitting the dog will not train her just scar her. Not sure how old your kid is, but they your DD can't be alone with the dog until she's past this stage. It will happen. Patience. Don't give up on your dog.

Not the OP but my puppy is the same. This is really damn tiresome. Every time I let my guard down, she nips -- I have eleven minor cuts on my hands at the moment.

I still love her, though.

[Anonymous]

Squirt water from a spray bottle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Squirt water from a spray bottle?

Agree with this. They don't like it but it doesn't harm them, it's just annoying to them. Make sure to give a loud grunt noise (I can't explain it). Do not give a dog toy or treat after because she will think it's a good thing. Just ignore her for a bit. When calm, and you interact again, give a belly rub or what not.

[Anonymous]

The spray bottle might help. Also saying "no bites," shoving a chew toy into their mouth, etc. I know this is not what you want to hear while you are going through it, but it will go away.

[Anonymous]

Yelp like a puppy being nipped by a liter mate. And of course pull away. Don't go with ouch, which sounds like a bark to a dog. Saying ouch is good when you want to startle the dog, like if they are chewing a favorite shoe.

[Anonymous]

If you're comfortable with sticking your thumb down your dog's throat, this really works. We did this rather than the spray bottle and it worked great.

I think the yelping works when they are very little but at six months they may view a high pitched yelp as you just became a fun squeaky toy and think its a game.

Don't play tug of war games and make sure that the dog doesn't win anything by you dropping it if he nips your hand.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to do obedience training, stat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to do obedience training, stat.

every dog in the world does this, training doesn't help it. once the teeth flal out the problem goes away.

[Anonymous]

every dog in the world does this, training doesn't help it. once the teeth flal out the problem goes away.

Yeah. A trainer would only be helpful if the puppy was still extremely nippy after teething--like a year or older. This is something you deal with with any of the strategies outlined above, until they grow out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're comfortable with sticking your thumb down your dog's throat, this really works. We did this rather than the spray bottle and it worked great.

I think the yelping works when they are very little but at six months they may view a high pitched yelp as you just became a fun squeaky toy and think its a game.

Don't play tug of war games and make sure that the dog doesn't win anything by you dropping it if he nips your hand.

WTH?

This is inhumane. You are a cruel crazy person.