Tips to reduce biting?
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YanchaOkami
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
That's a good thing. Dogs can, if teached, adjust their muscle power very carefully and be as gentle as a lick regarding playing with skin.
And as they mostly don't actively want to wound anyone, they try to be careful as well, if not distracted.
No idea why anyone would let a dog bite the face. I would react the same as another canid in that situation and snap back, growling seriously.
They should know that face and head are very sensitive and dangerous things to play with rough as humans and most other fur-less mammals can easily die if pierced by a fang in that region.
Reconscope
Supreme Citizen of ZV
I told my girl "speak with your actions not with your teeth" usually she got the idea
Lonewolf
Zooville Settler
Mals are just really bitey. You can't break it without breaking part of their spirit. If you can't put up with it, you should just stay away from the breed. She really isn't hurtful;, she just gets carried away and you get teeth in the face. She also only does it to me.
I disagree, but even if you get the bitey part out they remain pretty shit dogs to be fair. They are beautiful but as a pet they are terrible. I had a housemate with one for a few years, wasnt raised up to my standards so had to (re)train that stubborn piece of dog quite a bit but it was always testing me and everyone else, and I could never fully trust it. It never bit me though. I wasnt sad to see the owner leave with it again.
Lonewolf
Zooville Settler
Weird. I absolutely love this breed so far. She is smart, attentive, stunningly beautiful and quite affectionate. She is pretty much like a movie star wherever she goes, everyone loves her. She is a bit stubborn, but just enough to show she can think for herself.
Luci
Tourist
It may just be a phase, but if it persists beyond let's say 12 months, something needs to be done. Especially if you intend to let the dog fuck or lick you. For dogs it is not uncommon to nip during sex, of as a foreplay. Problem is, we aren't real bitches, and a human skin isn't made for that. Here is what to do. Whenever he nips, grab his lower jaw by putting your thumb under his tongue and holding against it with your index and middle finger from underneath. A dog cannot close its jaw when you do that. Then look at him and say "NO!" Chances are that he will catch on and stop nipping in order to avoid the unpleasant experience. If he doesn't, then get a vibration collar (some come with sounds). Whenever he nips, push the button on the remote and vibrate him and make a nasty sound. That will cure him.
Farmhand640
Zooville Settler
I am thinking you took my response much to literally. And, like it or not, someone still has to be boss. As a famous vet once said, don't let your dog train you.
saddlebum66
Supreme Citizen of ZV
It probably will, but there are reasons you might want to positively stop the behavior. Especially if there are other things he chews, such as electrical wires, or if you or someone in the house are immuno-compromised, he should quit. A way to accomplish this is pure capsicum oil, available at garden shops or mail order. It is refined peppers....nothing left but the heat. Few critters will chew on it. It will burn YOUR skin, so Id invest in a couple of pairs of cotton gloves with a flesh colored latex glove over a pair....paint the gloves with the capsicum, and maybe one of his favorite toys. Let it dry....then put the gloves on and toss him that toy. It wont hurt him....dogs have much tougher mouths than we have hands. He'll get the message quick. Then when he comes over for a pat and a chew on YOU, he'll scent the capsicum and let your hand alone. Be consistent for a week or so, and he'll forget. Babies of all mammal species learn with their mouths to some extent. Its wired to the brain directly. Its cheap, and it will save your hide.
The stuff is useful to keep deer and the like out of your garden, and cats out of the sandbox....and it will stop horses and cattle from "cribbing"
UR20Z
Dumpster Diver
Sometimes... Knew a cribber/chewer back in arizona. Painted everything he could get to with the hottest stuff we could find. He chewed/cribbed even more - "regular" 2x4 would take him about a week to gnaw through. 2x4 painted with the stuff? Yum! More ketchup, please! He wiped it out in less than a day!
saddlebum66
Supreme Citizen of ZV
Occasionally one will get a taste for the stuff...hard to tell why....but its rare. Cribbing is a neurosis, in its way....probably why.
Donc la relation que tu veux avoir un chien est donc la même que celle qu'un patron peut avoir avec son employé.
Une relation saine, c'est un chien qui obéit parce qu'il voit en toi une personne de confiance et surtout une personne qui est respectueuse.
Ce sont ces mêmes vétérinaires qui font des stérilisations et castrations de masse pour soit dire une question de comportement et de cancer, dans le font c'est surtout pour l'argent... Donc a écouter n'importe qui ont fini par faire n 'importe quoi.
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Y'a du niveau ici, tu pourrais aussi essayer de comprendre le fonctionnement de ton chien et cela évitera d'arriver à ce genre de solutions idiotes.
Mais bon comprendre son chien c'est prendre du temps et prendre du temps c'est chiant.
Surtout que dans ce cas tu n'arrivera a rien, un chien c'est pas con ....
saddlebum66
Supreme Citizen of ZV
English would be nice ( sorry, I dont think the translator likes "Bubba")...But by the time you "understand" the obvious, the dog COULD BE DEAD from electrocution, OR someone with a compromised immune system could have a bad infection. Dogs may have a rep for a cleaner mouth, but puppies eat anything....including cat shit. I dont want the little bugger drawing MY blood after that kind of snack, although in your part of the World it may be an Hors d 'oerve. So with as much due respect as you merit with your idiot answer....print it, roll it tight, and put it where the sun wont fade the ink.
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saddlebum66
Supreme Citizen of ZV
And then there are guys with their heads UP their butts. NOTHING like them is there?
Luci
Tourist
RebeccaAlx
Tourist
I think this could be two things
He is still young, when he gets older he should stop that, but as he is still youth, by raising your voice to reprimand him and spanking him a couple of times with a belt, he will learn who is the boss and will stop it every time you show it to him.
In the other hand, If you yelp showing that he hurts you, he may relate you as a female dog, and he is tring to dominate you by playing, he may not know very well what he is doing, but he may be playing and learning for future mating.
Just show him who is the boss at this momment.
Hope this can help you
He is still young, when he gets older he should stop that, but as he is still youth, by raising your voice to reprimand him and spanking him a couple of times with a belt, he will learn who is the boss and will stop it every time you show it to him.
In the other hand, If you yelp showing that he hurts you, he may relate you as a female dog, and he is tring to dominate you by playing, he may not know very well what he is doing, but he may be playing and learning for future mating.
Just show him who is the boss at this momment.
Hope this can help you
J'ai écrit en anglais mais le forum a tout traduit en français alors désolé et merci pour l'effort d'avoir traduit ton texte en français.
Mais attends c'est a toi de faire en sorte que la maison soit sure, le meilleur conseil aurait été de lui dire d'aller voir un BON éducateur canin.
Apres pour stopper son mordillement essayer de trouver des alternatives Exemple : Si il te mort dis : "non" et passe lui après un substitut qui peut mordre sans danger et non douloureux comme un jouer pour rediriger son envie de mordiller et lui faire comprendre que morde mon bras c'est non mais le jouer c'est oui.
Y'a plein de raison pour demander un chiot mordille. Mais si tu t'y prends de la bonne manière et avec un peu de temps ça devrait le faire.
Et j'insiste si on ne sait pas faire alors il vaut voir un BON éducateur canin plutôt que de jouer les apprentis sorcier et détruire la relation maitre-chien.
Physiquement parlant moi non plusJe n'ai jamais eu un patron qui essayait de me mordre.
saddlebum66
Supreme Citizen of ZV
Not worth the effort to translate. If you dont like the solution, froggy, no one said you must do it. But its a solution, it works, and its quick enough to be worthwhile. If you can't understand that, its not my problem, its yours...Enjoy your Day.
Veux-tu vraiment le meilleur pour le chien ? N'est-ce pas la condition pour être un véritable zoophile ? Cette sexualité si particulière qui nous amène un tisser un lien puissant avec ses animaux ?
Ce n'est absolument pas une question de goût mais celle de la relation que l'on veut entretenir avec son chien. Qui veux-tu être aux yeux de ton chien ?
Tu me parles de rapidité mais comprendre le chien ça prend du temps et tu ne sais pas comment est la personne à qui tu donnes tes conseils, tu ne sais pas non plus comment elle va les appliquer.
La vitesse est a proscrire car c'est elle qui amène les gens a taper leurs chiens car ce sont des frustrés avec un ego démesuré et qui ne veulent pas réfléchir avec leurs chiens parce qu'ils veulent tout, tout de suite.
Il y a pleins de façon d'apprendre un chiot à ne pas mordiller simplement il faut s'y prendre de la bonne façon !!
Tigercat
Tourist
I second this. This is almost the exact method we used. (Lab/rottweiler mix) A little bit of training made a big diffrence. We also took him to a professional a while back and that further reinforced good non-bitting habits.
Luna507
Tourist
I have a pitbull puppy who also bites me hard... the first time he started with licking and then when he felt more fluid come out of me he bit me lightly... the second time he bit me hard I can say he bit me so hard that I saw A lot of blood comes out of my lips... I love that he licks me, and takes my fluid in a soggy soup with his tongue!