How To Stop Puppy Biting

When your puppy saw your hands, guests or clothes it starts biting. It may hurt your friends and relatives.

Give them a puppy biting toy and train them to bite it. The most effective way is to understand why puppies tend to bite.

Biting is a normal behavior among dogs particularly puppies. Usually biting is just due to teething. Some other reasons are to investigate objects, to communicate with the boss and to play. There are some cases biting is way beyond the normal and needs to be controlled for the safety of those who are around.

Putting an end to puppy biting problem seems an impossible task. An owner cannot simply tell the pet "Stop that!" and expect that the pet will obey. Dogs maybe highly intelligent animals but that doesn't necessarily mean they can understand every word or command uttered by their beloved owners. They must be trained on how to do things that are acceptable by their humans.

One of the best solutions to this problem is to teach the pup about bite inhibition or the ability of a dog to control the force of his biting. This can be done through puppy socialization and play-fighting. A pup that is properly socialized will be able to learn to control the force of his biting based on the reactions displayed by his playmates. Human reaction can also be used in training a puppy about bite inhibition. This can be done by yelping and acting like you are terribly hurt every time he bites. This aims to make him realize that he is too rough and must be gentle next time.

You can make your puppy understand that biting hurts through the games like tug of war, wrestling, chase or other type of games that can encourage biting and nipping. Physical punishment will not alleviate the problem as well. It will only make matters worse than just mere puppy biting.

Implementing the steps on how to stop puppy biting is quite challenging but through patience, steadiness, hard-work and willpower.