Strange biting behavior
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| Hello Fragile dog, I have a rescued adult with a puppy brain, and am new to this breed. My dog may have had some professional training, as he responds well to voice commands and is easy to train. He is replete with mystery and suprizes. So, his nipping is normal (?) for an OES, but controlable? Hope so. Here is my method. When he nips I will sharply strike his chin with the command 'no biting'. Then, when I can see a bite or nip is on his mind, all I need do is give the verbal command, without the chin strike, which I know hurts a dog. I truly care for this dog and always want to use positive reinforcement. But this method works, most of the time. Further, this was advice from a professional trainer, albeit, second hand. When we "play rough" he gets very excited, as you can imagine, and I will tolerate some nips and bites of my clothing. If I muzzle this dog he pouts, but will still heel with/without leash and do his 'business', but may pout for hours after the muzzle is removed. And I've never allowed anyone (except professional trainers) to play rough with Tristin. Good luck, Art |
| We recently received advice from a person with years of handling show dogs and one thing that they told me to curb her nipping in the ring was to stop ALL tugging gamess and to switch to catching games. While we haven't been in a ring setting but once since we started this, I have noticed a marked improvement during our regular walks and around the house. Catilyn will still play rough with our other Sheepie but doesn't with the uprights near as much. Ceasing the tugging seems to have helped dramatically. Vance |
Vance wrote: We recently received advice from a person with years of handling show dogs and one thing that they told me to curb her nipping in the ring was to stop ALL tugging gamess and to switch to catching games. While we haven't been in a ring setting but once since we started this, I have noticed a marked improvement during our regular walks and around the house. Catilyn will still play rough with our other Sheepie but doesn't with the uprights near as much. Ceasing the tugging seems to have helped dramatically. Vance DITTO!!! |
I have a girl in a show home that did this. She did this with her family when she was young. She did it to me when she was young. She did it to my friend that helped me at dog shows. She STILL does it to my husband when she comes for grooming. She has a fixation about men. LOVES them. I told everyone to be firm with her, tell her "NO NIP" when she did this & to lightly smack her on the top of the snout (muzzle). The key is consistency & timing. Correction needs to be done within 4 seconds of the act & on a vaery consistnent basis. Like EVERY time. No tugging games either until your dog is older & understands the limits. Strangely enough, she has ceased the nipping with everyone but my husband. And I have figured it out that it is because he isn't consistent. He'd rather give her a 3 minute lecture than put her in her place with 2 words & a light tap on the snout. Hellooooooooooooooo?!?!?!?! Dogs' brains don't hang around for lectures.  |
 My husband tends to "lecture" the dog also..and moe looks and him intently and nods his head..he really is saying "Yeaa..whatEVER pop" like my granddaughter |
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