Dog thread!🐾

[Ilovemychicks08]

I agree with said above. She needs to learn that its ok to take things from here mouth.
High praise and teach her drop it to a point she listens. Drop it is used a lot here and it helped when one tried to eat a rock as a puppy.
Throw a treat if she doesnt let you grab it.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Stopping by to ask a question.

My dog, Haven, snarls and bites if I try to take something out of her mouth. For example, if she picks up a dropped tissue. It’s very annoying and honestly quite dangerous. Tips?

She is resource guarding. you have all ready gotten good advice I have quoted my post from of Lemon-drops thread. I will add be very careful getting information on how to help with resource guarding online, there is a lot of misinformation and outdated dog advice around, when it comes to aggression you really don’t want to be getting outdated advice!

this video has some things you can do to prevent resource guarding (scroll down in the information under the video to find the link to the correct bits of the video)

lots of information on resources guarding (I haven’t read all of it)
https://dogmantics.com/resource-guarding-protocol/

information I have so far on how to prevent it is
-trade for things when ever you can(give them something of equal or more value before taking what ever they have
- toss treats at them when you go past them when they have a chew
-don’t ignore their body language

if you have a dog that resources guards a lot you should find a behaviourist to help

this isn’t something I have done much research on but basically don’t make the dog feel like you take everything nice and make you taking things/being near their food a good thing

 

[nuthatched]

Any tips to train this piranha not to bite pants and shoes?
Our neighbors fosters dogs, and says yo pull his ear but he moves too quickly.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Any tips to train this piranha not to bite pants and shoes?
Our neighbors fosters dogs, and says yo pull his ear but he moves too quickly.
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Don’t pull his ears how old is he? when does he bite? All the time, when greeting you, etc

when he bites try to calmly redirect him to a toy or chew praise him. Its very important to do it calm, no yelling, fast movements or grabbing because that will only make it more fun

 

[nuthatched]

Don’t pull his ears how old is he? when does he bite? All the time, when greeting you, etc

when he bites try to calmly redirect him to a toy or chew praise him. Its very important to do it calm, no yelling, fast movements or grabbing because that will only make it more fun

Anytime I'm moving or standing. He does it more when we're outside and there's nothing to chew.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Redirect the puppy with a toy or chew. That should work

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Sometimes when people ask me for advice for their puppies they completely do the opposite of what i say and make the puppy worse....

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Don’t pull his ears how old is he? when does he bite? All the time, when greeting you, etc

when he bites try to calmly redirect him to a toy or chew praise him. Its very important to do it calm, no yelling, fast movements or grabbing because that will only make it more fun

I actually make a loud noise like ach or no, than redirect. I teach them from day one not to put teeth on me and continue to reinforce the idea as they mature. Some get it right away, so don't. Sometimes stopping all play is necessary and turning your back.

As far as resource guarding, that means your dog thinks it's dominant. I would start by restricting access to higher places like the bed or couch, and not playing when they want to. I would also remove all high resource items so they only come through me. Hand feeding can help them understand everything comes through me. Going back to the basics and working on sit, down, and heeling can help get control back.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Anytime I'm moving or standing. He does it more when we're outside and there's nothing to chew.

It is very hard to give advice with so little information

biting is normal for a puppy so nothing will be a quick fix, redirect him to appropriate things and then try to work out why he is nipping. don’t in courage chewing on you, in courage not chewing on you and wait for them to mature

a few things I can think of
-playing with toys can help so they learn to chew on the toys instead of people
-if he is teething then make sure he has things that he likes to chew on, he might become less bitey once he is done teething (if he is teething)
-puppies are get more nippy when over tired
-they will be more nippy when excited as well, sometimes working on calmness around certain things can help
-make sure he is getting enough mental and physical exercises

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I actually make a loud noise like ach or no, than redirect. I teach them from day one not to put teeth on me and continue to reinforce the idea as they mature. Some get it right away, so don't. Sometimes stopping all play is necessary and turning your back.

As far as resource guarding, that means your dog thinks it's dominant. I would start by restricting access to higher places like the bed or couch, and not playing when they want to. I would also remove all high resource items so they only come through me. Hand feeding can help them understand everything comes through me. Going back to the basics and working on sit, down, and heeling can help get control back.

Ive always said oww when they put their teeth on me since i brought ours home. They are very careful playing now and havent ever laid a tooth on me since probably 12 weeks old. Say oww and redirect