Trainer's Tip of the Month
July 2010
Tips for Play Biting
Most Important Tip:
The best thing to do when your puppy mouths you is to ignore it. If the puppy is mouthing your hand just take your hand away. If they are jumping and mouthing you, simply get up and walk away. Don’t make an event of the mouthing. If you ignore it and don’t reinforce it the puppy will get rid of the behavior at the proper age which is 5mths old.Because puppies mouth you during times of excitement, you need to help them to stay calm enough not to default to mouthing, here’s how: Tip 1: Biting during playtime
Avoid vigorous petting, play wrestling or play slapping. Yes men, that applies to you too! Make sure that all of your playtimes have rules, I.E. Tug-of-war: Take the rope on command and Drop-it on command.
Fetch: Trade between two rotating toys.
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