How Get Your Dog To Stop Biting
Need to get your dog to stop biting? Prevention is always the best course. No matter how friendly your dog is or the size of your dog there is always the potential for your dog to bite. Biting can be a natural response in self defense. It ‘s up to you the dog owner to teach your dog that biting people is not an acceptable response.
The best time to train your dog to stop biting is when they’re a puppy, however that doesn’t mean that you can’t teach an older dog. It just means that it may take longer and require more consistent perseverance on your part.
An important part of teaching your dog to stop biting, is teaching the dog that you and in fact all humans are higher up in pecking order than the dog. Don’t think that this order will mean that the dog won’t be a member of your family or that your dog won’t love you.
Dogs are social animals but even dog society has rules. There is a hierarchy from the top dog down and every one in the pack knows their place. This order gives the pack a sense of security.
If you don’t establish yourself as the leader of the family and teach your dog their place in the hierarchy, your dog can become stressed and anxious about it’s place. Uncertainty about place can lead to aggressive behavior as well as other behavior problems. To train your dog to stop biting, you need to be the leader of the family.
One way to teach your dog that humans out rank them is to control their food supply. In the pack the top dog eats first, don’t feed your dog at the same time you eat.
Have the dog sit while you place their food in reach and then when when you give permission they are allowed to eat. Don’t allow the dog access to food all day, have a specific feeding time.
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If you want to get your dog to stop biting, never allow the your dog to nip at your fingers when you give the dog a treat or to get your attention. Train your dog to sit, then when the dog is seated quietly, reward them with the treat.
If you dog has become territorial about a specific piece of furniture or toy, ban the dog from that item and enforce this consistently or remove the item from the dogs access area.
Dominance is not the only reason dogs bite. If your dog is fearful, be careful to only introduce the dog to new settings or people in a slow relaxed manner, rewarding and praising the dog for staying clam and behaving well.
It’s wise to limit the number of new people or the length of time in new setting, until you build the dogs confidence. Never punish your dog for being afraid as this will only make matters worse.
Some dogs bite when they become over excited. If your dog is highly strung the best way to get your dog to stop biting, is to not wrestle or play tug of war type games. Teach to dog to sit and drop the ball or stick, rewarding them with a treat and lots of praise when they drop the item.
Limit play time to short periods, make sure the dog is calm before beginning to play. If the dog becomes over excited and aggressive stop playing and ignore the dog until they calm down. Do not resume the game until the dog has calmed down.
It your responsibility as a dog owner to train your dog to stop biting. be consistent in teaching your pet what is bad behavior. Always supervise your dog around children and timid adults. If necessary get professional advice from your vet or dog trainer
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