My 14 week old beagle puppy keeps biting. Whats the best method to train him not to bite...?

Please listen very carefully to this because so far you have not been giving good advice in this thread. The main thing you have to realise is that you have taking this puppy away from its siblings and mother and therefor the social good manners it would normally learn from them is now completely up to you to teach her. One of the major lessons she would normally learn from about a few weeks old to around 4 months is known as bite inhibition.

Now bite inhibition is not teaching her not to bite you but instead teaching her how to control and inhibit the force of her bites. You will teach her this skill through play but it also ensures that if one day she goes to bite in a non playfull manner she will be alot less likely to hurt or even break the skin. You can see this in properly socialised dogs when n they have a fight for dominance or over food etc etc , where it is all growls and snarls and teeth flashing at each other, it will be unlikely they will actually hurt each other.

And this is because they have learned how to control the force of their bites even when they are not playing. Now if you instead teach her not to bite you she will never learn to control the force of her bites, so one day when she is hot, bothered, in a bad mood and somebody or another dog does something to make her snap she will bite at full force and likely cause some serious damage. To teach your puppy bite inhibition, first you will encourage him to play with your hands.

Continue play until the puppy bites especially hard. Immediately give a high-pitched yelp and let your hand go limp. When the puppy startles and turns to look at you or looks around, remove your hand.

Ignore the puppy for 30-60 seconds or, if he resumes mouthing, get up and move away for 30-60 seconds. The next step is to return and encourage the puppy to play with you again. This is critical for teaching the puppy that if he is gentle, play continues–but if he is too rough, play stops.

Play with the pup until he bites hard again and repeat the sequence. As you detect that the puppy is inhibiting those really hard bites, target slightly less painful bites. Persist with the process until the puppy can play with your hands but control the force of his bites to the extent that you feel little or no pressure at all.

This can take as little as a day, or as long as a few weeks. Sounds like your puppy wants to play with you- he is playing too rough and you need to check him. Next time tell him to stop, then turn around and walk out of the room- make sure to put your back to him.

Rough play= no play Once the puppy is 4-5 months old you can then teach him not to bite you at all, which should not be hard as by that stage he will likely only playfully bite you if you initiate rough play with him. Personally I always continue the play fights through out the dogs life as they quickly learn how to be exceedingly gentle, they enjoy it immensely and it is naturally a good bonding experience for both of you.

I find the most effective (in general) for dogs is to yelp really loudly and then get up and just ignore them for a while. It's the ultimate (kind) punishment! I've always felt slightly uneasy about giving them a chew toy when biting because I felt like doing that was rewarding them for biting - I just made sure they had a chew toy at other times - as in when they weren't biting me.

The biting phase length varies depending on breed and how she responds to training. It can take months so be patient!

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