Dog training…..?
29 Jul 2008
I have a pekignese and he will be 6 months old soon.. I was training his since young not to bite my hands, leg and clothes. I waited until his baby teeth drop and adult teeth come out since he might feel itchy. Now, everytime he comes to me he bit my hand eventhough i said NO!! How should i train him not to bit?? I am thinking to bring him for the dog training when he reach 1 years old, but i would like to teach him correctly right from the start since he might get confused…
7 Responses
2008 Aug 02
I would so hate to see you with a rottweiler.
Don’t wait to train him - it takes 10 minutes to train a dog and months to train their owners.
learn to growl and it will need to be deep down and guttural and when you can do that you say no as you growl and your dog should back off.
make sure you don’t change your mind in what is right and wrong as this leads to confusion from the dog.
if in doubt find a good trainer and find them now.
2008 Aug 03
It sounds mean, but it’s not, if you really want to get your dog out of the habit. I know you didn’t want to make your dog in even more discomfort, but it was bad to stop punishing him when he bites. Ther are some good products out there he could bite on that you could’ve got him.
One method is flicking it’s nose and firmly saying: No!
Another is every time he bites, yelp. Practically, it’s saying: Ow! That hurt! Don’t do it again! In dog.
You can also grab his lower jaw when he bites and say: No bite! Firmly to him.
You can also squirt him with a water bottle. It’ll get a quick reaction from him, and then tell him firmly: No bite!
Whichever one you use, should help over time. I’ve used all but the yelpnig one, and they seem to do the trick. just give it time, and don’t think I’m mean. ;P You don’t want your pal getting into bad habits, do you?
-Fezz
2008 Aug 06
6 months is old enough for training classes. I start mine at 10-12 wks. The longer he can get away with it, the worse it will likely get. He is not using you as a chew toy to help his teething, he is biting period. Curb it now.
2008 Aug 08
6 months old is the perfect age to start a beginner obedience class. Please don’t wait any longer. You need to learn how to train now, not 6 months from now. Please don’t wait.
2008 Aug 09
You should never put off training of any kind. You could have started all this stuff five months ago. In any case, it’s never too late.
Please do NOT try the methods like flicking his nose, grabbing his jaw, etc. All these are really confrontational methods and will only serve to create fear in your dog. He is just trying to play and you don’t want him to associate play with a bad experience.
Read this - it will help a lot.
I would also enroll in a basic obedience class immediately. He is not too young at all; this is the perfect age. He’s not going to get confused.
2008 Aug 11
If you’re planning on taking him to training classes don’t wait until he’s a year old. Dogs are ALWAYS learning, from the very moment they come home…there’s absolutely no reason to wait until they are a year old and have had a year to learn and practice bad behaviors. The longer a behavior is practiced the harder it is to untrain. Now that your dog has had six months to practice biting your hand it will be harder to train him not to bite than if you had practiced not biting from the get-go. Any basic obedience class instructor should also be willing and able to give you plenty advice on how to curb this biting behavior.
For the biting, just saying no isn’t going to do the trick. Your dog has been allowed to bite on your hand for six months and has learned that it is appropriate behavior. When he bites your hand, yelp loudly and then get up and ignore the dog. Leave the room and put up a baby gate if you have to. No yelling at the dog or hitting him. Just get up and “abandon” him for a few minutes. Do this every single time. Most dogs are very social animals and they do not like to be left alone. If you get up and leave him completely alone every single time he bites he will learn that biting makes all the fun go away and will change his mind about how appropriate that behavior is.
2008 Aug 12
This works with my pit bull puppies. Regardless of what the others say. I either grab the lower jaw with the thumb on the tongue for a minute to create discomfort not pain or fear, or stick my hand to the back of the mouth and create a quick gag. With the smaller dog you would probably use only a finger or two. The idea is to make the dog realize the teeth on skin makes a really uncomfortable feeling happen. You may have to wash your hands a few times but it should take only a few times of gagging or losing control of its mouth to make the dog learn. Proof the dog by making it want to nip your hand then train. Make the dog fail and learn until it doesn’t greet you with and open mouth.