Bringing a new puppy home is exciting and you may think at first that puppy biting is cute before becoming annoyed. Before your puppy gets any bigger, you will need to put this to a stop no matter what your reaction is. If you do not teach your puppy that it is not okay to bite people he could grow up to become a dog that is rambunctious and even dangerous. It is your responsibility as a puppy owner that he gets taught correctly and quickly that biting is not appropriate. Take the steps outlined below and you will solve the problem of this undesirable behavior.



For a puppy to engage in puppy biting, remember, this is not necessarily natural behavior. All puppies will bite and play with their mothers and litter mates, but will be reprimanded at an early stage for playing to hard. When puppy biting gets out of control, it is immediately stopped when the puppy is still with his mother and siblings. His mother will freeze and then bark loudly at him, while his litter mates will yelp and stop playing with him. These signals will tell the puppy he is doing something wrong and that he needs to stop. Keep this important information in mind, when you are looking at making sure that puppy biting is a thing of the past.

Take lessons from a puppy's mother and his brothers and sisters when you try and cure your puppy of puppy biting. You will yelp really loud or even bark at your puppy when he gets to biting to hard. All that counts is making a loud enough noise to get your puppy's attention the same way that the puppy's mother and siblings would. It is important that the playing immediately comes to a stop for a little while. You are teaching your puppy the connection between being to rough and the play stopping. For puppies that are very young, when they start biting, give them a rubber toy to chew on. This is an easy way to redirect them. Consider wearing a glove with something that taste bad for more persistent or serious bitters.

You never want to hit your puppy.....he may not know what caused the blow and it can only make your puppy scared of you. It is important to remember that when your puppy starts biting on you that you stop playing with him. This involves tugging or pulling something that he is holding, as your puppy will only think you are playing with him. The biggest thing when it comes to puppy biting is to not delay putting this to a stop. The idea of treating the problem of biting is to start sooner rather than later.