Puppy nipping is a huge problem, watch my unique method to minimize it.

One of the few trainers on youtube that actually treats dogs like animals, not tiny humans.

I love it when Jeff says, "I don't care what he wants". Bleeding hearts shutter, I'm sure. It's the right attitude to have.

Finally a trainer that's willing to answer truthfully how to stop the nipping!!! Thx Beckman.

I felt like I was going crazy watching all the other training videos and all they did was feed them copious amounts of treats and didn't solve the problem. My 16-week golden was only behaving when I had treats in my hand. If I didn't she blew me off. So glad I found your videos that actually deal with the real-life problems and disipline in an effective way.

For anyone who wants to try this, get your dog used to collar grabs first with some food conditioning, so the collar grab isn't scary and your intent is clear. Then indoors. Then with another dog. In hindsight, I did this wrong trying this for the first time in the outdoors after my 3 month old puppy 'lost his head' and he didn't know what the hell the sensation was. In short, it made it much worse because he didn't know this sensation meant 'calm down' and he started freaking out even after 'calming down' he would come back and start nipping and biting and zooming more aggressively. This went on outside for a good 10 minutes, with him calming down then I would release and he would be even worse. Unfortunately this kind of damaged/confused our relationship for a while. It's obvious in hindsight, but I'm mentioning this in case anyone wants to try this for the first time in a challenging environment. Also, you may inadvertently create drive toward yourself or others when tension is held like this so be careful.

Wow! My pup used to nip whenever I grabbed his collar and I came up with the same lip/thumb move you did! I used to do it all the time. It really saved my hands. It’s nice to know others are supporting it 👍🏽

I love how Bailey went to the savest place in the room: behind your back!

This video is amazing! Thank you for using untrained dogs and allowing time to see the progress unfold. This is real world for us!

It is so refreshing to see someone out there giving good advice on correcting issues that don’t positively reinforce the issue. I’ve grown up with dogs my whole life and have never utilized a professional trainer before, but have more and more felt self conscious about making corrections in public (I still do) because I never know how someone who sees what I’m doing might react. Thank you very much for sharing. I have used the finger trick too. Love it.

Thank God you posted this. I have a 4 month old Belgian Malinois German Shepherd mix that is truly a maligator. He has been here 2 weeks. Your training on loose leash walking is amazing. It took 1 day and he walks beautifully with me. I have been looking everywhere for help with this. I found similar techniques that just didn't work. The thumb with his lip? Brilliant!!! I have also had a hard time with him being to hyper with moms senior dog. This video couldn't have come at a better time thank you! More puppy videos please! Your videos are the best I have found on YouTube! Thanks

Our 10 week golden puppy is a little alligator and this video was extremely helpful. We were already letting her know she wasn't going to win the little battles but seeing more of it and seeing the part about the more dominant dog was incredibly valuable. Thanks for the great content!

You can tell when Bailey started coming over to you shes like "man dude you got this under control, im hanging out by your side because i know you will protect me". Shows you how much being the "leader" matters.

Funny you’re uploading this now because I have a 3.5 month old lab puppy who is pretty calm at home but still nippy at times & crazy hyper with other dogs. I started bringing him to play with my sisters 6 month old golden puppy every morning & we just let them go at it. They can wrestle & nip each other for over an hour. I’ve noticed a huge difference in my puppy since doing this. He’s MUCH less nippy at home & he has learned that he can bite his puppy friend, but biting humans is off limits. Granted, not all dogs will want to play that way, so that’s something we will still need to work on.

Thankyou Joel! Loving this puppy series and appreciate you talking us through the behaviour psychology too!

This was really fun to watch. That little "allegator" is so cute, but also SO out of control! I love the "bite the own lip" technique. I had not done that but will in the future because we are thinking of getting a puppy. In the past with my other puppies what I did (and taught my kids to do too) was stick my hand/arm "further" into their mouths maybe to the point they might gag and release/turn away on their own (they didnt like it). But the "lip bite" technique is the same idea, let them decide that they don't "like" that and so stop doing that. I realize that with my prior pups/dogs we did "some" things right (teaching them to respect us, treat my younger son better), but other things we never figured out and never got right (loose leash walking for 1, I want to be sucessful with that!). We had always just had a lot of land for ourselves, and so at least an acre for dogs/kids to play/explore in, they did enjoy life, but trying to take them out into public was always a hassle and they were pretty wild. I am learning so much from these videos!! Wish I had known about you 20 years ago!

The amount of confidence I have now with my dog Charlie after watching your videos is so satisfying. Thank you so much.

Wish I could like this a million times! Thank you so much! I’ve been struggling with my own puppy-gator, so this has been extremely helpful. That puppy is like a carbon copy of mine and how he acts.

That was fantastic. It was great to see you working with Kai for - by Youtube video standards - quite a decent amount of time. And we could see the improvement in Kai straight away. Thank you.

I know you get lots of thank yous, but I have a puppy coming in a week or so and I've been trying to prepare. Your content is amazing and I'm guessing will be so helpful. Your Dobermans are so eye-opening for me with my preconceptions and prejudice. I do appreciate seeing them in action. Thank you.

"Some say, the battle rages to this day....." Excellent video, very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to do your videos, they're very much appreciated. They're clear, concise, and all have great examples. Some of the best I've found so far.