How to Stop Your Puppy from Biting

After reading this, you’ll probably never think about puppy training in the same way again. Hopefully you’ll start to look at training issues through your puppy’s eyes – and that’s when you’ll start to understand them and begin to understand how to stop your puppy from biting.

In this post, I’ll cover some easy steps to stop your puppy from biting and I’ll also give you information about a super effective, easy-to-follow puppy training program called, The Perfect Puppy Program.

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The Biggest Mistake Puppy Owners Make!

Millions of puppies are taught by their owners to gently mouth their fingers and hands. This is the most common mistake people make with puppies when it comes to mouthing, chewing and biting.

That’s right, we are training our puppies to do something that we don’t want them to do later on! How odd!

And yet, this is what we do – we teach our puppy to “gently” mouth, “gently” bite…when the fact is we shouldn’t be encouraging them to mouth or bite at all! It’s not us (our hands, specifically) that our puppies should be chewing on!

Watch My Video: How to Stop Puppy Biting

How to Get Puppies to Quit Biting

Here are 5 easy ways to get puppies to quit biting:

Always provide your puppy with chew toys, or other stuff to chew on (could be a piece of wood)
From the very start, encourage your puppy to leave your fingers and clothes alone – OUT of their mouths!
If your puppy mouths you, redirect them onto something else. For example, replace the finger he’s chewing on with a chew toy!
If they continue to mouth you, then place them on the floor and give a little yelp noise to let them know that their sharp teeth can hurt and move away
If they continue to mouth you or your clothes, take them calmly and quietly and place them into timeout for a minute or so.

For more discussion on puppy biting, read my article, “How to Stop Puppies from Biting” that includes 4 steps to stop your puppy from biting

A Couple of Things to Remember About Puppy Biting

First: When your puppy is only a few weeks old, you should give them several chances if they do accidentally mouth you.

It’s really around the five-month-old mark that you must no longer tolerate any mouthing at all.

Second: When you call your puppy to you, make sure that you have something in your hand to put in their mouth. If you don’t, you are setting them up to fail.

Humans give affection through our hands but puppies and dogs tend to use their mouths more so they need something to mouth when you are cuddling them!

Third: The last tip is this: When your puppy starts to mouth you and ignores the chew toy, stay calm and place them on the floor.

Do not start saying “No!” or “No Bite!” in your most superior voice. (Another very old school training technique).

This will only get them more excited… that’s the last thing you need!

Understanding your puppy is the key to developing an amazing relationship with them. When you’re able to see things through their eyes, you’ll start to see how your actions make them feel.

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Why Do Puppies Bite?

There are several perfectly logical reasons why your puppy keeps biting you, frustrating as it is! To learn about the common reasons for puppy biting, read my post, Why Do Puppies Bite?

When Will My Puppy Stop Biting?

Puppies typically stop biting excessively between 4 to 6 months of age as they finish teething and learn bite inhibition. During this time, they explore the world with their mouths, but with consistent training and socialization, they begin to understand what’s appropriate and what’s not!

For more detailed information on when you can expect your puppy to stop biting, read my post, At What Age Do Puppies Stop Biting?

Puppy Biting vs Nipping

Puppy biting and nipping are not the same. For more information about puppy nipping, check out my post, How to Stop a Puppy from Nipping.

Also check out Doggy Dan’s brand new training program, Biting, Nipping & Chewing.

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Where to Get More Puppy Training Techniques

I learned these tips from professional dog trainer, Doggy Dan’s video website The Online Dog Trainer. If you check out the site, you’ll see it includes a video and a section on mouthing.

Even more exciting is that Doggy Dan has a video series called, “Project Moses.” Doggy Dan adopts a beagle puppy named Moses at 8 weeks, then does weekly training videos with Moses all the way up to 1 year old.

You get to see the entire training process! Click below to visit Doggy Dan’s Perfect Puppy Program:

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