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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mouthing or biting?

It is normal. If it bites YOU say “ow” loudly and turn your back on it to teach it that disengagement is a consequence. Or a stern “no.”[/quote]

Biting.  Broken skin (blood). Bruising.  We do stern Nos.  We do the pennies in a shaker can. We say Ouch and turn away and she will just attack your back or shirt, or whatever.[/quote]

Biting that breaks skin is not the same thing and I don’t think the pennies in a can are a good idea. That’s more to shock/distract away from a problematic behavior. Biting that breaks skin means fear or aggression and the penny can will make that worse. The yelping and turning is to teach a puppy who is mouthing during play that it ends the game. Again, not the same thing. You need a private trainer ASAP. Not puppy class. [/quote]

I agree. We run into many dogs at the dog park who have passed the mouthing stage whose owners clearly have not done this with them. When they play with other dogs they’re biting others dogs necks more aggressively than normal and do not stop when the other dogs yelp. Doing what the PP suggested will help the dogs to understand limits and boundaries when it comes to biting. [/quote]

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