Need help with "mouthy" pup, one other ?

[texasgirl]

I would just add one thing to all the other advice.
Don't make the crate a punishment, it should be a place that he always associates with good things, not getting in trouble.

 

[Rosalind]

We do the bite inhibition training by the book: shouting OWWWWW like a drama queen at the least little nip. It took a looooong time for our one dog to get it (I'm talking, six months), but now both dogs are not the least bit mouthy. Well, unless you count licking us to death and drowning us in dribble, but they don't nip.

In the rare event that the Pyr wants to pull me away from something he feels is dangerous, he firmly grabs my shirt or jacket edge in his mouth and tugs gently. When I have to give him medication, if I touch his teeth with my hand, he will actually open wider so as not to nip me. The Newf just licks and licks and licks, and when she gets overexcited, she flops on her back and rolls around instead of nipping. It works, it just takes patience.

 

[Bluemoon420]

Sophie is at that stage as well. We do the OWWW as high pitched as possible, and if she continues we then growl NO/Nein, and scruff her gently until she stops struggling. Rinse, repeat.
We also have a time out corner which worked VERY well for our male shepherd. It was a short leash on hook we had on the wall ( I'm sure we will need one later for Sophie). We would tell Sampson TIME OUT, and put him on that short leash for no more than 5 mins. We ignored him also. He hated it, and it took no more than 3 times for him to get the message he was doing something he wasn't supposed to. Later on, if we even said TIME OUT, he stopped immediately. Sometimes he would sit himself in the time out spot.

Bluemoon

 

[gritsar]

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Okay, so I started doing the loud "yip" when he bites me (so glad no one is around to see

) and it's working.
I didn't know about not using the crate for his time outs. I'll talk to my DH about creating a time out corner. I'm sure the cats will appreciate it, though he's developing a healthy respect for their stickers.
He's under the desk right now chewing on his squeaky instead of my tootsies. Did I mention I love the noise this toy makes?

 

[OlliOlliOlli]

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A little off-topic but you want to make sure you don't use this technique with biting parrots -- loudly yelling makes them bite more

 

[McCracker45]

Our dog sometimes did this biting behavior, especially on the back of a pants leg, or the back of the leg itself. We thought it might be "herding" behavior. Anyway, our dog enjoys "tug-of-war" with a piece of rope, and this seems to have displaced the other biting behavior. We also tie a squeaky tail-ball on a long rope and swing it around in a wide circle. Our dog loves chasing it and jumping for it. When he catches it he takes time for a good chew and then we do it some more. As we incorporate these games into his day, he has quit doing the leg nipping.

Also, it might be something that the dog will find easier to control as it becomes older.

 

[gaited horse]

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thats what i do because thats what there mom does. I used it on a border collie and a small breed mix puppy

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

Goldens are very different from GSDs but our trainer taught our Golden to "go get your toy" on command. When she gets overly excited - especially when visitors come, and gets real mouth (she doesn't nip but just wants to have her mouth around your hand, arm, clothing, etc) we say "go get your toy" and it totally calms her down. Just needs to have something in her mouth other than a human.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

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thats what i do because thats what there mom does. I used it on a border collie and a small breed mix puppy

This is what I do, too. It has always worked with my dogs in the past. The jury is still out on this one. YES, I need to join the club, Hanabal is a nipper, too!!!!

 

[gritsar]

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Yep, puppy stage. I know we'll survive it with most of our sanity intact. What sanity we had left before we got the pup anyhow.
The really nutty part is that we've decided that as soon as we get Jax thru with puppyhood we're going to get another GSD from the same breeder.