8 wk old pup bites CONSTANTLY

[lexismommy]

Pirahna bait

LOL - Pirahna is a good description cause her mouth is always open until she has a toe passing by or a hand trying to pat her! She is still a little devil but learning quickly. I think I just needed to be more firm. After biting my leg and drawing blood a couple days ago she got her first time out. She DID NOT like it! But she came out much more calm. She is responding better to "NO" now. I also learned a new trick.....make her tired! First trip to the beach today...hehehe....slept like a baby from the car ride until I went to work at midnight! At least Im not alone!
Adrianne

 

[lexismommy]

P.s.

P.S. The Boxer Crew: I love the little 'tude on your pup in that picture!

 

[TheBoxerCrew]

sleepy puppies don't bite....... Luckily, Mindy has George. Her little legs have to run like the dickens to keep up with his LONG legs. If she is getting too "nippy" the past week or so, I have been taking them to a park here in town that FINALLY is okay to take your dogs there off-leash as long as they are "attended". I take them there and let George run them both stupid......Mindy walks back to the car when she is done, and sits and waits for us. It's worth a good 6 hrs of silence out of her......she is a yapper.....sounds like a Chihuahua (yip!yip!yip!yip!) when she doesn't get her way/wants George to play/wants kitty to play/wants kitty's food/thinks she needs people food/thinks she hears a car in the driveway/thinks she hears the neighbor's dogs out/etc......

 

[kassa]

Just a suggestion:

There will be times of day when this problem hits its worst -- and that usually means it's bedtime! In my pups I can track escalation of the nipping for the first couple of months -- it peaks at 7 pm or so when they're just at the end of their ropes mentally/emotionally. A trip outside to potty and straight in the crate and they're usually snoring within seconds.

Do not underestimate the need for pups of this age to sleep and sleep and sleep. Unfortunately, you may find that the pup is crashing just when you're most ready to play, but you need to respect their body's rhythm. At this point they're like an overtired toddler -- nothing you say or try to teach is going to make any impression whatsoever. They're not listening and they're not learning, they're just out of control.

There's a certain amount of biting that can be redirected or chided out of the pup, but when you're at the point that the puppy is singlemindedly attacking over and over, don't get frustrated -- just take her outside, then put her to bed.

It's the best puppy raising advice I ever got and the best I ever pass on.

 

[jamiemc]

Our boys is nearly 3 months now and he is slowly improving. We weren;t too sure about the crate thing too since he wasn;t too fond of it at first either. We will put his leash around the table leg. He can see us but can;t get to us. Once he calms we let him loose again. With the crate we will put him into it and not say anything. Same idea when he calms down we let him out. Usually only takes a few minutes. Sometimes he will lay down and go to sleep. The difference with the crate is when we are leaving him for work or he is going down for the night we tell him he is a good boy for going into his crate. He still will go into his crate on his own so it must not bother him.

We were the same way ready to get rid of him or wish that we would have got one a year or so old. We were worried with our kids thought that if the other dog had never been around children we may have a problem. Stick with it. Keep sticking toys in your pups mouth when they try you. The time outs work. You can always get a Kong. They are really durable. They are hollow and you can put treats in them to amuse them. So of a reward for biting their toys instead of you.

 

[kichlo]

Funny, I was just going to ask for advice on this same problem. My puppy is going through the same thing. It's like the more I tell her 'No Bite' the more she bites. Then when I get up to leave, she chases me and bites my feet and ankles. I might have to try the time out, although I don't think I have the heart to lock her up in a room by herself. I've tried to redirect her attention to something else but her mind is set on my hands and toes. She is getting very good at sitting, sometimes if she is not too hyper I can put her in a sit to calm her down, but if she is too far gone it doesn't work.
She also has to bite at my feet and ankles as we walk outside to go potty. We have a deck that goes from the kitchen door to the back yard, she follows me (more like, I try not to trip over her) all the way to the grass. I have to stay on the deck all the time now because as soon as I step on the grass she attacks my feet!