How To Stop Puppy Biting: Avoid Mistakes With Susan Garrett's Backup Plan #234 #podcast

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I have a 14 week old, 35lb, Labrador. He's doing pretty good at bite inhibition in general situations and will pull back or start licking after a few nibbles. In the collar grab training game he does good as well. However, if he wants something that he can't have he will really start snapping and biting at clothes or whatever. Jumping up to try and steal it. If waiting at puppy gate at stairs at dinner time (ate just 2 hrs earlier) where he is required to sit by his choice before I open gate, he won't settle and sit and starts jumping at me at biting, grabbing clothes, etc. If I try to do collar grab at this point he snips at me. I don't yell at him, I try to stand still, but I usually feel helpless at this point of getting him settled and not rewarding him by going thru the gate until he offers the sit behavior. I've listened to all your podcasts on biting and many, many others, and am in Recallers, but I feel at a loss when he gets in these situations.

I have an almost 12 week old spaniel pup …he was having really bad “witching hour”’s in the evening especially the first week I got him. I had a schedule where I would walk, play and train him every day so I felt that he was getting enough exercise and play and training. I did a number of different things that so far has seemed to help. Also keep in mind that a pup in a new home for at least the first week will have higher cortisol levels due to the stress of being in a new environment. I cut back on his play, train, and walking by a little bit..half hour a day total, is what I cut out. I also played fetch with him more than tug and when I do play tug I let him do the tugging, I do not get aggressive with the tug toy at all unless it’s just to engage him with it very briefly. I also started the collar grab and scruff of the neck move with a firm, No! It depends on your dog….you can try different things and see if they work…I also gave him a couple hours of crate time in the afternoon instead of being penned up in the kitchen. I was concerned that he wasn’t sleeping enough. When he gets really bitey at night, close to his bed time, it’s then time to go to bed in his crate. I do need to work on getting him to relax though as I need to trim his nails and clean his ears. Hope this helps someone….

I have a 7 week old puppy and I just watched your video. I am going to go back and watch and study each of your videos. Thank you. This is Robin Gail from Midwest City Oklahoma. Johnny is a dachshund pit bull mix.

Good video. I liked that you listed all the reasons a puppy may bite. We have a 14 week Aussie Shepherd/Border Collie mix (we've had an Aussie Shepherd mix in the past) who is a little raptor gator lol. He is great in every way and has even been potty trained for the last 3 weeks. He is a typical puppy but seems to want to test me more than my husband. A lot of what I've tried that seems to work for others but he ignores me and just continues to bite after correction. The only thing I have found that works for me (he seems to do better with my husband) is putting him in his kennel for a 5 min time out. I give him chances to correct his behavior but after many bites, the chances are down to 2 or 3 lol. After 5 min i open the kennel back up and tell him to come out. Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't and just lays there and yawns at me which probably means he was tired 😄. He has no issues with the kennel and goes in it very well making no sound whatsoever. So learning the whys of biting and which it is we are dealing with is a big one for us. As you said, sometimes he's just being a puppy.

I would LOVE to take a peek at your dog training journal. (Might be a good podcast). 😊

This is so valuable & helpful. I have a three month old puppy and he loooves chewing on my hands and ankles. I've been doing the collar grab and also focusing on holding him when he's overstimulate. It's been working good and consistency is key. At the same time letting him be a puppy :)

Currently have an almost 14 week old Jack Russell- least bitey puppy I've ever had and I credit the schedule she's on and so many other things listed in this video. When she's tired, she's a barracuda but that happens once a week at most and when it does she instantly gets put in her pen where she fights her dog bed for about 30 seconds and then falls asleep. This video is spot on. Many thanks to Susan and Crew for what I've learned from them over the years.

I have a JRT puppy who bites constantly 😂 if you touch him at any time. Hes super mouthy. If you pick him yp from something fun he growls and bites seriously. Ive raised a LOT of puppies . He is the most bitey one ever & I've had Malinois & GSDs

Love your podcasts getting an 8 week old bullmastiff and watching all the puppy podcasts. Not born yet but very excited. My best friend is getting a litter mate too.

Mine is not a puppy. Almost 2 years old. I've had him since he was 12 weeks old. He's fine with me, but recently, someone came over and he was crazy. He wanted to play, but his play was all nipping and flailing and going crazy. I don't have friends and I've worked from home since I got him. He's been the most challenging dog I've ever had (he's my 5th throughout my life) bc I live in an apartment so potty time means going down the elevator and possibly seeing over threshold distractions. He's perfect indoors when it's just me. We play, he listens, he learns new tricks, etc. Another element in our space, and he gets crazy. He does seem to stop if I use some sort of interruptor, but I don't want to have to interrupt all the time bc it doesn't last. It's already hard making friends as an adult, and I don't want him to be the reason to not invite people over anymore.

I was so inspired by you and Prophet that we now have new puppy. Thank you Susan for giving and giving to our dog training community. You are a blessing to all!

Our 14 month she still gets abit mouthy, usually she tired so she goes into her crate for rest. She is waaaay better than when she was 3 months.😊

Great advice susan thanks. I'll let you know how it goes. Because he's got a bad habit of biting

You are the best. Thank you for what you do. I always learn something from you podcast.

Really helpful episode… reminds me to record keep details and put my train8ng on the calendar. We are playing crate games and collar grab and starting IYC with my new 9 week old Aussie! Thank you

This episode was very helpful and reinforcing what not to do as well as creating a plan B regarding puppy biting. At the shelter I currently work at I work with the puppies to get them ready for their forever home. The current group of puppies came in at 8 weeks and a few needed to be hand fed. I sit with them in their kennel to get them use to humans. When a puppy in the group gets too excited I can get nipped. I do the ouch sound and get up and leave. They got Kennel cough and had to limit my time with them. Plus, twice a week they get bathed for a skin condition. Yesterday they got fixed. Now, I will take one at a time and work with them doing the different games and puzzles you have covered. I will put this information to good use for my puppy I brought home because there was not room at the inn.

My puppy bites all day. Legs arms, everything

Susan, does this work with an adult rescue? I've had her a year. Demand barking is somewhat better thanks to IYC. This week she started mouthing to get her way. It first happened while playing fetch, after a demand barking/IYC ... She just decided to grab for ball, which was in my hand which I tented, but when I uncovered it and put in the chuck it, as one arm came back down across my torso, she made a grab for my arm. My forearm was in her mouth, she quickly released, almost like dogs do when play nipping one another. I made note of it. Then last night at dinner, another IYC , she didn't wait as usual and mouthed my arm again. Show had been a few feet away, but move quietly, and I wasn't able to reverse direction and remove the food. I did take her by the collar, to get her out of food dish and put her in the hot spot. Waited a minute or two, then presented the food in IYC fashion successfully.

Yep! Just like human babies, they investigate stuff with their mouths! My seven-month-old Shepherd girl Sophie “gently” mouths my fingers and hands, and I can tell she is telling me, showing me, that she loves me in the only way she knows how to tactically communicate it that feels good to her … and (she believes in her puppy mind) feels good to me. At seven months old Sophie is so smart and sensitive that she gets a worried look on her face if I say “ouch” or “no” when her love-mouthing becomes a bit too over exuberant. Everything about her body language and countenance virtually oozes crazy love to please me. I am discouraging her love-mouthing the older she gets and the longer I have her … at this point - 3/6/2024 - I’ve had this beautiful girl exactly one month, so we are still in a honeymoon, getting to know each other phase. Sophie is going to be my Mobility/Support/Bracing Service Partner, and we are going to go lotsa places, and have bunches of adventures together! Thank you for the informative, educational video to help us on our way … Sophie says a big “woof” too! 😊