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Originally Posted by eva247 Mouthing (as in biting) - Kane has a tendency to go the extra mile on this one!!! He does stop when he knows that I have totally had enough and me and my daughter ignore him but he trys to go as far as he can on this one :p As any other puppy he gets overexcited whilst playing and tries to bite my hand, tops/backs of our foot and more lately my breast :D . Although this is quite funny in reading it, it is becoming a real pain! I have a trainer and he advised a plastic bottle with coins to shake when he bites. This does work in deterring him from doing the action but I put something else in his mouth and he comes back for more - sometimes the shaking of the bottle, shouting 'no', yelping, etc.. seems to hype him up and he gets worse until I totally lose it (not control) but just walk off in such a hump that he comes to me, sits in front of me and puts his head down on the ground and looks up at me like to say 'I'm sorry mummy' so I give him a stroke and then he goes on his tangent again! |
“but just walk off in such a hump that he comes to me, sits in front of me and puts his head down on the ground and looks up at me like to say 'I'm sorry mummy' so I give him a stroke and then he goes on his tangent again!”
This is one of the best methods to use except you’re making one mistake. Instead of petting him after he gives you that sympathetic look, continue to ignore him.
When puppies are playing and one gets too rough with another, the pup on the receiving end of the over zealous pup will yelp, scurry away from the litter and sit down. Hence, puppies learn that if they bite their playmate too hard, their playmate stops playing with them.
Next time you’re playing with Kane and he gets to pushy with the teeth, abruptly get up (yelping is optional) and leave the room closing the door somewhat forcibly. Stay out for at least 2 minutes – be sure the room is puppy-proofed, by the way.
Then go back in the room and totally ignore him for at least 20 minutes. A high-ranking pack member enforces her status by ignoring underlings!
After that, if you choose to interact with him some more and he gets too mouthy again – do the exact same thing.
He should catch on real quickly that if he gets too rough with his playmates, his playmates won’t play with him.