Stop My Dog From Bitting Around
"I am getting headache with my dog bitting habits.
My dog is 2 years old but still he loves to bite around.
When can he stop bitting? He is bitting to ease his teething pains? I need to stop him from bitting.
There are serious cases where dogs are bitting anything.
They ate everything including books, doors, wooden chairs, shoe, or even papers.
" If you are having the problems above then maybe you might want to understand more about your dog in order to help him ease the pain and reduce your difficulty due to his bitting habits.
First, you understand that all puppies love bitting especially during the teething period.
As bitting will reduce the pain during teething.
Your dogs or puppies are always cute and sweet to you but when they start with this bad habit you will get headache.
So let understand why they are bitting and what you can do as a dog owner before it the situation get worse.
Puppies are bitting because they are teething.
When puppies stop teething? By four to six months puppies stop teething.
But it depends on the puppy as some will move at a different rate.
But mostly, between four to six months, puppy should have his permanate teeth.
But, after six months, your puppy still loves bitting around? I guess mostly yes.
This is because puppy who stay with human need to be trained in order to stop them from bitting around.
Naturally, dog learn to inhibit their bite when they are four months old from his siblings, parents and friends.
As he is staying with us instead of his family members so we take up the responsibility to train him.
Dog socialization will help with bitting problems.
As when they are playing with their mates they can communicate, interact and they will control and inhibit bitting.
This happened naturally.
I would recommend starting training your puppy from bitting around from the age of two months old.
How to train him? First, whenever you puppy bite you, you need to inform him.
Let him know you are in pain.
When he bites you, try to yield or making noise showing you are in pain.
He will get shock and stop bitting immediately by looking at you innocently.
Leave him alone for few seconds.
The worse thing for puppies will be staying alone without companion.
So they will realize, you don't like them to do that.
Remember to keep this action consistent and persistent when training your puppies.
What can you do if you are not around? Crate training is the best! As you have no time to supervise them so crate them.
But do remember to leave toys or treats for them when crating them as they might need toys or treats to ease the pain during teething.
When they are chewing on the toys or treats, it will help to massage the gums of puppies.
It will help to break the skin on the gums where new tooth come from and cut down the discomfort.
Besides, chewing the toys or treats will help to ease the boredom when staying inside the crate.
(Puppies are easily got bored with the toys so provide a wide variety of toys from time to time) Tips do not leave shoes or socks for your puppies to chew as this might develop misunderstanding for your puppies when they saw shoes or socks they will just bite it.
If you are having a bitting maniac dog they might want to try with this method.
Putting a nylon bone in the freezer and whenever he start bitting, give him the bone as the cold bone would numb his teeth a little and of course the chewing eases the pain too.
My dog is 2 years old but still he loves to bite around.
When can he stop bitting? He is bitting to ease his teething pains? I need to stop him from bitting.
There are serious cases where dogs are bitting anything.
They ate everything including books, doors, wooden chairs, shoe, or even papers.
" If you are having the problems above then maybe you might want to understand more about your dog in order to help him ease the pain and reduce your difficulty due to his bitting habits.
First, you understand that all puppies love bitting especially during the teething period.
As bitting will reduce the pain during teething.
Your dogs or puppies are always cute and sweet to you but when they start with this bad habit you will get headache.
So let understand why they are bitting and what you can do as a dog owner before it the situation get worse.
Puppies are bitting because they are teething.
When puppies stop teething? By four to six months puppies stop teething.
But it depends on the puppy as some will move at a different rate.
But mostly, between four to six months, puppy should have his permanate teeth.
But, after six months, your puppy still loves bitting around? I guess mostly yes.
This is because puppy who stay with human need to be trained in order to stop them from bitting around.
Naturally, dog learn to inhibit their bite when they are four months old from his siblings, parents and friends.
As he is staying with us instead of his family members so we take up the responsibility to train him.
Dog socialization will help with bitting problems.
As when they are playing with their mates they can communicate, interact and they will control and inhibit bitting.
This happened naturally.
I would recommend starting training your puppy from bitting around from the age of two months old.
How to train him? First, whenever you puppy bite you, you need to inform him.
Let him know you are in pain.
When he bites you, try to yield or making noise showing you are in pain.
He will get shock and stop bitting immediately by looking at you innocently.
Leave him alone for few seconds.
The worse thing for puppies will be staying alone without companion.
So they will realize, you don't like them to do that.
Remember to keep this action consistent and persistent when training your puppies.
What can you do if you are not around? Crate training is the best! As you have no time to supervise them so crate them.
But do remember to leave toys or treats for them when crating them as they might need toys or treats to ease the pain during teething.
When they are chewing on the toys or treats, it will help to massage the gums of puppies.
It will help to break the skin on the gums where new tooth come from and cut down the discomfort.
Besides, chewing the toys or treats will help to ease the boredom when staying inside the crate.
(Puppies are easily got bored with the toys so provide a wide variety of toys from time to time) Tips do not leave shoes or socks for your puppies to chew as this might develop misunderstanding for your puppies when they saw shoes or socks they will just bite it.
If you are having a bitting maniac dog they might want to try with this method.
Putting a nylon bone in the freezer and whenever he start bitting, give him the bone as the cold bone would numb his teeth a little and of course the chewing eases the pain too.
