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May 19 2009

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Problems with Puppy Biting? How to Stop Puppy Biting the Simplest Way

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Dog enthusiast will often encounter situations that are tough when owning dogs, especially when they are at the puppy stage. This article provides the information needed to deal with the issue of puppy biting. Puppy biting often starts at the onset of playing with your puppy and without your realization quickly forms into a habit. Bite training puppies can however be done in a nice way.

Puppies are known for the biting stage that they go through. This is due to the fact that they are developing teeth at this stage. They bite humans and just about anything. How to stop puppy biting is the dilemma that many dog owners face. The puppy stage is a stage where the puppy is still learning good and bad. This is the stage where most correction will be beneficial before it develops into a habit. One can get frustrated trying to correct the bad behaviors such as biting but this must be done at this stage.

How to stop puppy biting? This is one habit that you want to get rid off as early as possible. This will make future dog training easier and less problematic. The plus side is that puppy biting can be stopped by training and this is easily accomplished.

Always remember that you have to let your puppy know that your serious about stopping this bad puppy habit, which ever process or dog training skill you use.

One of the best methods and favorites of dog trainers is the best to start with to stop puppy biting. The idea focuses on the guilt approach. If you get a puppy bite make the puppy believe that they have hurt you. This means being vocal and saying ouch. This method works as it is a part of natural behaviour. In group play among puppies when they are biting each other the action only halts when one of the puppies yelps in pain. The technique therefore duplicates the puppies’ natural process of learning. Regardless of whether the bite is painful you have to make it seem that way with the proper reaction. Pulling away quickly and even stopping play and affection for a time period are important. Once practiced, your puppy will fast learn that if they bite then play time and fun come to an end.

As long as you identify the puppy biting problem pretty early on in his/her life, it will usually be quite easy to stop the puppy biting from happening.

Puppy training for biting may be as simple as the change of the attention of the puppy from biting a hand to another object. Chew toys and bones can be used to move the puppy from biting humans to these toys. Making certain they know they are being corrected using a stern voice and redirecting them is important. This may be all that is needed for young puppies to stop this habit before it starts.

This guide includes some of the best tips to stop a puppy from biting that you can quickly employ and do immediately. Enjoy them.

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Apr 16 2009

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Puppy Training: Ways to Train My Puppy

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About 90% of American pet puppies live indoors with their owners. Dogs kept inside with your family and you need to be housebroken. The process of potty training a puppy is a prospect that intimidates many dog owners. It is not that difficult, it doesn’t have to be messy and housebreaking can be accomplished without a struggle. Be aware, however, that you are dealing with a training issue, and you will need to dedicate more than just a cursory effort. You will need time, a little more involvement, as well as some training tools such as puppy training pads.

The Puppy is Boss

For those who own dogs or puppies, there are two major puppy training guidelines to follow. The first and most important rule is not to punish your puppy unless you actually catch her in the act! Two, always remember to praise your puppy for good behavior. Don’t let training lead to situations where your only action is saying ‘no’ when you catch your pet doing something wrong. Praise them or offer them a reward when they do the right thing.

House Training/Breaking Puppies

There are many different techniques to house train your pup. When starting indoors, encourage your pup to use puppy training pads or papers to go to the bathroom on. Puppy pads are usually scented with chemicals that attract little doggies to use them. The moment you observe them beginning the pre-elimination routine of pacing and sniffing at the floor, lift up the puppy and quietly relocate them to the paper or puppy training pads, and then offer them a reward for appropriately going to the bathroom.

When the new dog is comfortable with the papers or puppy training pads, they can then be put near the door or even outside. This transition is done from focusing toilet habits at one spot inside the home to one spot outside the home. In the very near future you will have no need for papers or training pads indoors.

The only major problem or setback with this puppy potty training method is that it takes a longer period of time to encourage the puppy to do his bathroom rituals indoors. When house training puppies, other widely used techniques might work; you could, for example, use puppy crate training or cages, always accompanied by the owner’s close supervision.

The maximum amount of time that dogs can hold their bladders and bowels is between seven and eight hours, so you should keep that in mind when using a crate or a cage, trying to housebreak your dog. Usually this technique is very effective because most puppies consider their cage or crate as their sleeping area and they don’t want to have to lie in their own mess. However it is not recommended to leave them in a cage or crate longer than necessary.

The use of crates/cages and papers/puppy pads is not required if you have constant supervision. Here pet owners choose to spend all the time necessary with their pet puppies. This works good for those who are retired, work from home, or any owner that can spend lots of time with the puppy. With this method, pet owners usually hustle their puppy outside as soon as they notice the pre-potty signs. You need to keep a constant eye on your puppy to prevent any accidents or slip-ups.

To sum up, puppy housebreaking and training should be treated as part of the ‘come’ and ’stay’ command trainings. But puppy potty triaining and housebreaking will be the most difficult forms of dog training due to the fact that they are simply the messiest. Do not lose heart!

 

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