Ok I posted about my drake biting toes and I've been doing the smoosh him to the ground dominance thing but he doesn't seem to care he calmly lays there then gets up and bites me again. AND yesterday he started it with my hand and this morning with the top of my foot- which hurt like @@@@ I was sitting in a lawn chair petting the chickens yesterday and he started the toe biting thing (I assume for attention) as usual and I totally ignored him and continued cuddling the chicken. Well he stopped biting and stood their waiting patiently for his turn. The problem with this solution(if it actually IS a solution and not a coincidence) was it normally hurts to much for me to ignore like that- its just not normal to sit there calmly while your toe gets amputated. So is there another way to teach no biting? Or am I doing the smoosh thing wrong? I have a hand on his back holding him down and one on his neck flattening it out to the ground. And he rarely struggles he usually just lays there like nothing is happening. plus if I'm being really consistent and smooshing him everytime he makes a move for my foot it tires me out (I'm doing this over a pregnant belly) and I'd never get out of the backyard I think I could literally be out there for hours smooshing him down letting him up smooshing him down again etc. He's obviously more stubborn than I am- I finally met my match ha ha ha.
