3 Month Old Puppy That Bites

By

danward

Thanks all of you for this information. We just got a puppy too and he'll be going into his 3rd month. I will keep all this in mind. Yes Cesar is the best!

By

Beth

Puppies need lots and lots of toys. They get bored easily, so change them out and rotate them frequently.

By

olive5

After reading your other advice tips let me say never hit your dog you could make your dog very fearful, then one day you might go to pet your dog but the dog thinks you are going to hit him and end up bitting you in defense. This all takes time keep working at it training is an ongoing thing my pup is 8 months. I always expect her to behave a certain way, i still make her sit or lie down for things and she know i mean it so she listens. I also keep her out of the kitchen while we eat either with a gate or i crate her.

By

olive5

Oh I hope I can help. Always hand feed your pup until he stops biting you while he is eating. Make him sit and feed him one or two kibbles at a time, that way he knows you control his food. Everyone in the family should do it, making him sit first that way he knows everyone is the alpha dog.

If you take a toy away from your pup and he growls and doesn't let go of the toy, do not let go of it very slowly inch your hand up the toy so you are holding most of the toy every time the pup starts to release a bit of the toy you inch your hand up the toy more and more until you are holding the toy.

Make him sit for his toys too keep doing these excercises until he releases on his own. It is very important that you and your family become alpha dog. Cesar Millan has some great books check your library or his web site. Oh make sure you walk out of the house first then the dog, people first dog last. Hope this is a start Let me know if it helps.

By

TXBetty

My 2 yr old daschund was bitting me bad; up until about 6 months ago. I wear my house shoes most of the time when I'm home and the last time he grawled at me like he was going to bite, I took off my house shoe and swatted him in the face. Didn't do any damage but some would say that is cruel. Now when I say "drop it", he immediately drops what I don't want him to have. Sometimes he runs after he drops it and sometimes he just drops and sits.

I took him to training when he was six months old using the treat method. Only way I could get him to mind was a treat; that got old. It was like reinforcing the bad habit. My vet recommended me to a trainer who said he trained like the military. I didn't use him because he was way too expensive but I had to do something and he convinced me that I had to get tough. I think training with treats don't work with dachshunds; they're too stubborn. He's not abused; doesn''t act cowardly and knows I love him. So far the house shoe things is working.

By

Cricketnc

One method I've always used and had a lot of success with is this. Whenever the pup tried to bite I'd let it grab hold, then with my other hand I would tap it's nose with my pointer finger and shake the same finger at it saying over and over again "Don't bite" in a very firm voice until it let go. Then I would praise the puppy A LOT and give it a treat. It took a while but almost every dog I've ever had responded well to this and stopped biting for this type reason.

Granted they are dogs and they do like to grab hold in play. But by doing this, and if they grab too hard I stop the play immediately and say "easy!" and they immediately let loose and want to like my hand to say they are sorry. But most times in play all they do is put their mouths ON my hand without biting down. This way they are still allowed to be dogs and play like dogs do, but they know the limits too.

I have a German Shepherd / Pit Bull mix, he is 3 months old, but he is biting everything, like our hands and legs. We give him toys to chew on he will, but goes back to biting our fingers.