Stop Puppy Biting Now
Pug.com is your puppy central. As a new puppy owner you will have to overcome quite a few difficulties, puppy biting will more than likely be one of them. We can offer you a few tips to help stop puppy biting. Number one on our list is to socialize your new found best friend. Puppy biting will be directed towards not only people but towards other dogs as well. The earlier you socialize your puppy to other dogs as well as people the better your experience will be against puppy biting. Do not resort to physical violence when your puppy bites you. Hitting or slapping may be an instinctual reaction to some of us when we get nipped but it will just make it worse. Your puppy may think that you are playing around and will definitely not deter from nipping you over and over again. This will more than likely be your biggest pitfall when you are trying to stop puppy biting.
You should always encourage good and acceptable behavior as well as discourage behavior that is unacceptable. There are plenty of different ways to discourage puppy biting without hitting; you can look for them on pug.com. During the training process to stop puppy biting you will want to refrain from playing games such as tug of war and other chasing games with them. This may just make the puppy biting worse. While playing you may get bitten and then yell at your puppy, this in turn will either make the puppy play harder or at the other end of the spectrum associated playing that particular game with being yelled at and they will not want to play that game again. For other fun games to play with your new puppy while you are trying to train them against puppy biting check out pug.com. One reason why your puppy may be biting is because they are trying to show you that they are dominant over you. If this is why you think you have a biting puppy it must be stopped immediately. Biting for this reason will only lead to bigger and much more severe behavioral problems down the road. One great way to help teach your puppy to stop biting is to say ouch! If you ever notice when puppies are playing amongst themselves they stop only when one of them lets out a sign of being hurt, like a yelp.
Try this, when you get nipped let out a little yelp, say ouch and see what happens. If your pup senses that they have hurt you they should back off even if it is just for a second. They will hopefully then after time realize the strength of their own bite! For more tips on how to keep your puppy biting to a minimum look at pug.com. They can give you advice from vets and other loving dog owners with methods that are proven to work.

