How to train
8 Week Old Puppy Not To Bite
How to Train a Puppy NOT to BITE
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comm those first several weeks of having
a puppy should be dedicated to building
communication with them after all our
dogs have no idea that doing something
natural like biting us or chewing things
up is not acceptable to us so we have to
be very patient with them and show them
how to properly behave fluid
communication doesn't happen overnight
but in this video I'm gonna show you
exactly what to do in order to get
started and minimize that time if you're
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up - now let's go meet Diana Michael and
looky
dianna tell me a little bit about
Lafitte looks he was found on the side
of the road Michael and I went and
adopted him and he was only about five
weeks old at the time he's chewing on
her shoes because he's such a puppy
right now going through the biting stage
chewing things biting things and he's
just like so interested in everything
around him like puppies all I love this
oh why don't you show me a couple of
things that you've done we've worked
with them every day on sit and giving
pawing and lying down sit good boy and
that's a pause that's a good walk very
nice what kind of dog is he do you know
we have no idea we have been told many
thoughts that people have anything from
Park Catahoula lab Australian Shepherd
Roddy we really have no clue our biggest
issue with him right now is biting when
he's playing and it's when he's right
really excited he'll start kissing and
it'll turn into bites and it's starting
to actually hurt cause he's getting
bigger and bigger by the day we don't
want people to be afraid of him and we
don't want him to keep doing this as he
gets bigger dogs bite for a couple of
reasons at this age a they're teething
and B they're interacting with the world
because they don't have hands that's how
they grab things that's how they
investigate things Michael calls him a
Land Shark because he just runs towards
us mouths open just coming at us so some
days it's worse than others but he just
doesn't understand that it hurts us
and so that's kind of an issue and right
now you might notice that I'm picking
him up right now I had him on his back
just to kind of cradle him and see how
comfortable he was being held by a
person you know it's important that when
we have a dog if we do have a dog this
young that we get them used to being
touched kind of firmly you know cuz when
people come up to your dog they're gonna
Pat them like this so it's a really good
idea to desensitize them massage their
paws wherever possible because that I
mean look right there they could
interpret this as play when a human
thinks they're just petting a dog a dog
might think oh this person's playing
with me fighting like this so natural so
expected I mean at this age 10 11 weeks
it's not realistic to eliminate play
biting altogether why don't we get down
here low to the ground and work with him
a little bit let him walk around I still
do feel the need
you warn a stranger that he will buy
your goodbye up there's the bite right
there
Oh got my finger pretty good but that's
you know that's normal that's what you
sign on for when you get a puppy
he seems to be kind of a moderate play
biter the first thing I think we should
do is teach it's kind of a basic
leave-in now you can see he already
knows I've got this real Turkey in my
hand right here I'm just gonna go over
this really quick I have a full video in
the description that will show you how
to teach your dog to leave something
alone but right here when he backs off
I'm just gonna go ahead and reward him
yes there's more going on than just
teaching him to leave something alone
here the big purpose of teaching leave
it is so that we can communicate to them
no that's not what I want because if we
just go up to them and get frustrated
every time they bite us they're not
gonna understand what the problem is
so it's good to establish that clear
communication you know remember those
first three four or five months of
working with a dog is all about building
communication so you're gonna have these
periods of time where it there's gonna
be a disconnect you know and that's
that's totally normal that's why we
teach them that's the point I'm gonna
actually go to the next level with it
and see if I can get him to leave it
alone as I open my palm even just for a
second I would be thrilled with that
look at this huh
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biting is one of the most predictable
behaviors that there is when it comes to
teaching a dog and when we have a luxury
of knowing when an unwanted behavior is
about to occur that is a that's a
blessing that's great because it means
we can come prepared so in the case of
play biting we could approach him with a
toy like this if we know that he's
likely to do it anyway let's show him
what is acceptable to chew on or bite on
rather than getting on him when he bites
us if you engage them with a toy like
this straight away when you know that
they're likely going to be in a bitey
mood this does a couple of things a it
shows them what to chew one B it is the
beginning of teaching your dog tug of
war now tug of war is one of the most
underestimated rewards in dog training
and most puppies will play it
instinctively now I see is good about
tugging it it's good about letting it go
no not really
and that's required if we're going to
teach our dog to play tug of war kind of
ironic about teaching a dog to not bite
is that if you can teach them to bite
when you ask and stop when you ask that
you can really make a lot of progress
here
that's just play growling that's normal
do you be careful because their aim
isn't very good like when he jumps like
that they might get you so you got to
make sure you're using the right kind of
toy just wait see we're just making it
less interesting that's all we're doing
I'm not trying to pull it away from me
but wait for him to let go on his own
accord yes good now I have a couple of
options here
I could come prepared with a toy and
encourage him to put his teeth on that
and we could make a training session of
it like hey you can bite this but you
also need to let go of it so you need to
be prepared to kind of teach both of
those things or if you have like a real
severe case or a dog that's in a really
really bitey mood then you would want to
come armed with your good food rewards
I'm gonna try I'm gonna pet him at first
yes I like that and I want to follow it
up with something I want yes to mean
something yes good touching him under
his chin there I just want him to have a
positive association of calm acceptable
behavior when people are interacting
with him at no point here has he tried
to go for my hands sometimes he tries to
bite in this situation is that right you
want to get him used to being touched so
I'm gonna grab his paws right here yes
you'll know that you're on the right
track with play biting when they start
licking instead of biting where they
used to bite does that make sense yes
absolutely you know that's okay that's
okay
I'm gonna get his tail here you know I
mean that throws them off there because
you don't want to wait until they
encounter a situation in their life
where they're just totally thrown off by
someone touching them this is a good way
to prevent possible dog bites in the
future you know he's caught off guard
good boy yes I'm gonna try and take it
to the next level yeah I'm gonna pet him
there goes a little biting but I'm gonna
when he stops biting good yes there was
a lick right there I want to try and
reward those licks that's good this
might look a little ridiculous that this
does serve a purpose because we're
proofing it we're trying to get them
used to up look you see the biting there
uh-uh if your dog does fight you simply
say no and remove your arm from them now
if they're particularly wound up it
might be a good idea to just give them a
brief timeout let them relax put them in
a bedroom or something not because
they're in trouble but just to be like
all right I'll let you calm down so what
I think we should do is get him really
playing a good game a tug-of-war be
patient wait for him to let go like we
talked about and then try and pet him so
he's starting to play tug he's into
biting mode get him going pretty good
yeah
now now ask him to let go and if he
doesn't simply make the game
uninteresting let go and be patient if
it takes 30 seconds so be it good good
I'm gonna try something here if you
really likes this toy right now I'm
gonna see if we can get him to do a
leave it like we did earlier with the
toy but this gonna be a little tougher
cuz he's kind of fixated let go leave it
yes that was really good make them think
have your hand there is barrier to keep
him from getting at it provided you feel
safe doing that with your individual dog
but that was really good let's try that
again okay good boy he's got a great
great tug here okay that's enough and
I'm just gonna try and stabilize it it's
a little tougher with these toys but
uh-huh let go yes good very good I'm
gonna try and pet him here good boy good
boy yes yes wonderful wonderful work
I've got to give them a piece of Turkey
for that for those of you at home that
have young children and want to know
what to do when your puppy starts to
play bite them you as their trainer as
the adult need to teach them how to
behave it's not up to your child to
teach them it's up to you if you have a
dog that is very likely to bite guess
when they come over be one step ahead of
them have them on a leash or have them
out of the room so they won't be in a
position to be really mouthy with your
guests I mean there's a lot of things
we're asking him to do here he's been on
this planet 11 weeks and he's doing
remarkable that first few months of
teaching our dogs really needs to be
dedicated to communicating with them and
understand can see here is going back
into the biting you see that I mean
that's normal
uh-huh no yes good but we just have to
communicate what we like and what we
don't like and reward the behaviors we
like heavily let that be the emphasis of
your training and you can't go wrong I
can't wait to see how Lafite progresses
I think you're doing a terrific job well
then he really isn't amazing yeah
amazing dog what kind of dog do you
think Lupita's tell me in the comments
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