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Training Your Puppy - Eliminating Biting Behaviors
By Tony Robinson, Fri Dec 9th
Bringing home a new puppy is always an exciting time.Introducing the new puppy to the family should be fun for bothyourself and your puppy. One of the first challenges, however,to the excitement of the new puppy, is curbing inappropriatepuppy behaviors. Preventing biting and mouthing Biting and mouthing is a commonactivity for many young and dogs. naturally biteand mouth each other when playing with siblings, and they extendthis behavior to their human companions. While other puppieshave thick skin, however, humans do not, so it is important toteach your puppy what is appropriate, and what is not, when itcomes to using those sharp teeth. The first part of training the puppy is to inhibit the bitingreflex. Biting might be cute and harmless with a 5 pound puppy,but it is neither cute nor harmless when that dog has grown toadulthood. Therefore, should be taught to control theirbit before they reach the age of four months. normallylearn to inhibit their bite from their mothers and theirlittermates, but since they are taken away from their mothers soyoung, many never learn this important lesson. It is thereforeup to the humans in the puppy's life to teach this lesson.
One great way to inhibit the biting reflex is to allow the puppyto play and socialize with other and socialized olderdogs. love to tumble, roll and play with each other, andwhen play they bite each other constantly. This is thebest way for to learn to control themselves when theybite. If one puppy becomes too rough when playing, the rest ofthe group will punish him for that inappropriate behavior.Through this type of socialization, the puppy will learn tocontrol his biting reflex. Proper socialization has other benefits as well, includingteaching the dog to not be fearful of other dogs, and to workoff their excess energy. that are allowed to play withother learn important socialization
skills generallylearn to become better members of their human family. Puppiesthat get less socialization can be more destructive, morehyperactive and exhibit other problem behaviors. In addition, lack of socialization in often causesfearful and aggressive behaviors to develop. Dogs often reactaggressively to new situations, especially if they are notproperly socialized. In order for a dog to become a member ofthe community as well as the household, it should be socializedto other people, especially children. Dogs make a distinctionbetween their owners and other people, and between children andadults. It is important, therefore, to introduce the puppy toboth children and adults. The best time to socialize a puppy to young children is when itis still very young, generally when it is four months old oryounger. One reason for this is that mothers of young childrenmay be understandably reluctant to allow their children toapproach large dogs or older puppies. This is especially truewith large breed dogs, or with breeds of dogs that have areputation for aggressive behavior. Using trust to prevent biting Teaching your puppy to trust andrespect you is a very effective way to prevent biting. Gainingthe trust and respect of your dog is the basis for all dogtraining, and for correcting problem behaviors. It is important to never hit or slap the puppy, either duringtraining or any other time. Physical punishment is the surestway to erode the trust and respect that must form the basis ofan effective training program. Reprimanding a dog will not stophim from biting - it will simply scare and confuse him. Training a puppy not to bite is a vital part of any puppytraining program. Biting behaviors that are not corrected willonly get worse, and what seemed like harmless behavior in apuppy can quickly escalate to dangerous, destructive behavior inan adult dog. About the author:Tony Robinson is an international author and dog lover. Hiswebsite http://www.dogtraining4u.com contains valuable insightsinto the life of our canine friends.
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