nipping and nibbling
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| What has worked well for me is to give a loud, pained Ouch! if a puppy or dog is playing too rough, especially with teeth, followed by immediately walking away from the play. Then, when the pup has calmed down, come back and resume playing, but again, if the teeth come out too strong, it's a big Ouch!
Even my grown up OES sometimes gets a little rougher than he means. If ever he makes a mistake and actually gets me with a tooth, he looks shocked and very sorry when I say ouch. He immediately stops what he was doing and physically backs away. At 8 months your puppy is still a puppy, and entering adolescence--so tons of energy and little impulse control. Obedience classes for both of you will also be very helpful. |
| Mojo was a nibblet. It was always a playful nip but, still couldn't be tolerated.
To stop it we used a method from our trainer. Any time he made contact with his mouth, we stopped playing. Either just turned around and ignored him or walked away immediately. No need to say a word. Only ignored him for a few seconds and then started playing again. Once he did nip me on the butt when I turned my back on him. We had been rather roudy though. It worked very well and our play times became much nicer. Now all I have to watch for are those huge feet flailing everywhere. |
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maybe ignore mean turn and go from your dog (dont say anything) just go away for couple minutes. After that call him and resume play, if hi start to be rough again just go. |
| thank you guys...it seems like the same method worked for all of you...I will work on it. My oes mix likes to nibble but not to this extreme. My new puppy never had any type of training he has been from place to place until now that he finally found a home so he needs intensive training. |
| It's hard to ignore a behavior when it is painful. I would suggest setting up a scenario in a part of your house where he can be separated from you (in my house I can use the living room and section off the staircase). Come into this area and visit with him. The minute he inappropriately nibbles you leave the room to a place he can't follow you (I would go upstairs in my house). Come back down in a little bit and try again. Very soon he will realize he can only play with you if he behaves a certain way.
We did a variety of the above with our dog, only we made him hold a toy in his mouth if he wanted to play. This is wonderful because he knows he can't wrestle with my hubby or play with me unless he brings us something. We didn't leave the room but we refused to play until he got a toy. He picked it up VERY quickly.  |
| Hi,
Welcome to the forum! Sometimes it's not enough to show them what you don't want them to do but give an alternative behavior which is appropriate. A yelp from you which is universal and easily understood by all dogs that they are being too rough, a firm No and then immediately place a toy in their mouth. They do pick it up quickly..hands are off limits for nipping..toys are good. Remember to give lots of praise immediately even if they only hold the toy in their mouth for a second. The ignoring is good too if they rush at you and want to nip. Turn and walk away. They do pick it up eventually that this is not a good thing. Also never say their name when you are angry or upset. It's better to just say a firm NO and walk away. I personally always had a toy close at hand to give an alternative immediately and thus was able to change the behavior of what I wanted them to do. Herding, nipping is very much part of their breed behavior but even in sheep trials I've heard that nipping is not acceptable and they will be actually be deducted points for this. It's best to change the behavior when they are little. Remember a tired dog is a good dog too. It always makes training so much easier if they've had a chance to run off some energy first. good luck and again welcome! Marianne and the boys (Blue, Merlin and Panda) |
| Lucy's playmates all nibble at one another. Should I not let her nip w/ other dogs who are nipping her? The worst are the Lab puppy,5 months,and the sheperd-mix and alpha of the play group, 1 year +. Actually the sheperd has ripped my neighbors Lab ears so bad he had to spend 2 days at the vet. The others have owners who don't know when, where, or what they are doing. They make a b-line for me and Lucy when we take our morning and pm walks. They basically stay around my house. Thanks to Aspen, the 5 month old Lab, I have had 4 flower bed islands destroyed after being freshly mulched and 3 yard ornaments chewed to pieces, not counting Lucys bed has been shredded thanks to her. Didn't mean to get on a rant, but geeze! Dealing with lots of destruction here in TN!
Salley & Lucy Lou |
Mop lover wrote: It's hard to ignore a behavior when it is painful. I would suggest setting up a scenario in a part of your house where he can be separated from you (in my house I can use the living room and section off the staircase). Come into this area and visit with him. The minute he inappropriately nibbles you leave the room to a place he can't follow you (I would go upstairs in my house). Come back down in a little bit and try again. Very soon he will realize he can only play with you if he behaves a certain way.
We did a variety of the above with our dog, only we made him hold a toy in his mouth if he wanted to play. This is wonderful because he knows he can't wrestle with my hubby or play with me unless he brings us something. We didn't leave the room but we refused to play until he got a toy. He picked it up VERY quickly. We've been doing the same exact thing. We try to ignore it, but once he crosses the line (which is now few and far between) he looses all play priviledges with mommy and daddy for a few minutes. We do NOT give him any attention and we then seperate ourselves from him by hopping over the baby gates..... |
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