Biting

[MyDaisy]

Thanks

Not a typo. I believe the OP's pup came from a rescue situation.

Yes thank you Zoe, She did come to me at 4 weeks of age because of her unique situation but she is now 8 weeks and at a very healthy weight, Vets say she looks really good having been through what she has been through =) I swear she is growing by the minute !

Thanks everyone for the great advice, I will continue to work with her and I have been praising her every time she goes to bite but then just licks me instead =)


Best Wishes

Ashley & Daisy

 

[SnowDove]

Oh, dear!!!

If the high-pitched noise is what's making her excited, then try a deeper "OW" or "NO"! Make your face look angry. :mad: She needs to know that you're SERIOUS! The point of making a noise is to act as a marker, so the very second she bites, something happens... since, you can't always exactly get up and walk away within .2 seconds of the bite. It's more to startle her into pausing for a moment to give you a chance to escape.

Well, I had tried the very deep, angry "NO!" before, to no avail... but that was a few weeks ago, so I decided to give it another go. I got a great opportunity while sitting at the computer and Daisy chomped my foot - I bellowed a deep "NO!" and she stopped Dead! My poor lab mix went running for his "hidey spot" immediately (he's *very* sensitive to people yelling). So this might work out, after all! Maybe she was too young before to "get it" or care? At any rate, I tried it again just now while playing and she was pretty receptive.

I know some people don't want their dogs' mouths on anyone, period, but I actually really enjoy playing "rough" with my dogs where they will mouth my hands and arms. In this case, is it good to encourage her ("Good!" or "Yes!") while she is mouthing me gently?

I've noticed that Daisy is being much more cautious lately, almost fearful... and she sometimes even seems that way around me. :( I hope the yelling doesn't make her afraid of me... I don't know what the problem is, how I ended up with such a scaredy-dog! This behavior has only been the last week or so.

 

[Gilbert]

Well, I had tried the very deep, angry "NO!" before, to no avail... but that was a few weeks ago, so I decided to give it another go. I got a great opportunity while sitting at the computer and Daisy chomped my foot - I bellowed a deep "NO!" and she stopped Dead! My poor lab mix went running for his "hidey spot" immediately (he's *very* sensitive to people yelling). So this might work out, after all! Maybe she was too young before to "get it" or care? At any rate, I tried it again just now while playing and she was pretty receptive.

I know some people don't want their dogs' mouths on anyone, period, but I actually really enjoy playing "rough" with my dogs where they will mouth my hands and arms. In this case, is it good to encourage her ("Good!" or "Yes!") while she is mouthing me gently?

I've noticed that Daisy is being much more cautious lately, almost fearful... and she sometimes even seems that way around me. :( I hope the yelling doesn't make her afraid of me... I don't know what the problem is, how I ended up with such a scaredy-dog! This behavior has only been the last week or so.

I read on here (think it was on a sticky) that between the ages of 0 to 18 months that they go thougth 3 fear phase in their life an its important to not frighten them cause it can cause long term problems or not to baby them when scared. The article also gave specific times peroid as to when the fear phase should appear. Might want to look into it.

 

[Doodlepup]

to snowdove

jst an idea but one of our pups (Lily) is a little sod for biting at times. we HAVE to give her a very firm, commanding 'NO' to get her to stop. at first i thought i was being a bit too firm with her, but i've come to realise that so long as i show her equal praise for the things she does right, then she gets the message without feeling too hard done by :P
ie, she'll bite so i'll say 'NO!', then she goes and plonks herself down on the mat whilst pulling her sad 'you're no fun' face. Then when i start stroking her and she licks me or gently mouths me, i tell her she's a good girl. 5 minutes later she's bounding around like nothing happened :D

 

[MyDaisy]

Biting update (long)

So I have been training with daisy for about a week now with a game my uncle suggested I play with her called the "touch game" which he used on his bullmastiff puppy and rotwilier puppy.

Put a treat in one hand and the clicker in the other hand and let the pup try to get the treat out of your hand, this may take a while and hurt at first (depending on how bad your pup wants the treat) and as soon as they put thier nose to your hand to smell the treat with out biting click and give them a treat ! after a few tries daisy really got the idea and now she is almost a pro =) so now she relises that if you nudge the hand you will get treats and if you bite you get nothing.

I have been using the touch game in conjunction with telling her enough and moving said body part away when she acts too wild ! It has really been working =) so proud that I can now sit with her on the floor for a while and not get my face and hands biten off !!!

The only down side is that she will now nudge my leg with her cold nose to get my attention and if i dont listen the first time she will keep doing it kind of annoying but I kind of like it as a communication aide =)

p.s it being summer here I wear lots of shorts and capries so a cold noes on the bare leg is kinda startling but its better than biting =)

Just thought I would share our succsess as I continue to work with her =)

Best Wishes

Ashley & Daisy

 

[Roge]

Ahh well done to Daisy ,just goes to show you that where there,s a will there,s a way, Roge never bit me but when my sons would play rough they would get the odd nip I think he was treating them as his equal , he got used to the No command and that works for everything now.