To learn to stop your puppy biting the easy way you should understand the reasons puppies bite and nip in the first place. When puppies are young, playing with their litter mates and their mother, they communicate with each other with little bites and nips. If they bite too hard their litter mate tells them by yelping and squealing and they immediately stop playing. This is how the puppy learns what is called bite inhibition.
This is one of the main reasons you should not take a puppy away from its mother until it is at least 8 weeks old. When you adopt your puppy it is important to continue to teach your puppy bite inhibition as you will soon find that you will get hurt much easier than his litter mates did, so it is important to let your pup know this.
Biting, Nipping and Mouthing are natural behaviours for puppies. It is simply up to you to teach your pup what it is appropriate to bite, such as chew toys, and what it isn't such as your hands, your shoes, your clothes etc. Once you are consistent with your corrections your puppy will learn very quickly and will grow up with this knowledge.
If you are inconsistent when correcting your puppy, as in, you let him mouth and nip your hands when you are rough housing and you correct him when he nips them later on he will get confused and he will not learn anything.
To learn to stop puppy biting the easy way takes time and patience and you can expect to have a few marks on your hands before you are finished. If you follow the right training methods you will be wondering what all the fuss was about in a few weeks. If you want to teach your puppy to be well behaved and obedient, you can get a comprehensive dog training handbook at http://www.thedogtrainingsite.info covering all aspects of dog ownership, from understanding your dog to problem-solving to complete obedience work.
About the Author:
Eoin McDonnell is an engineer who has had several dogs and cats over the years. He has learned the importance of obedience training with dogs as a benefit for both the owner AND the dog and establishing a happy relationship with your dog which will last his/her whole life.
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