How do we make her stop biting?

Excuse me, calm down??? how do u know i need to calm down, try it yourself first & if it works for u i might try it.

I'm glad it's u that have the 4 cats instead of me, lol. We each one have our way of doing things. I did not think it was your place to tell me to calm down. I just made a staement of what i'd do, that is my right.

When I was growing up we always had a dog and we would smack them on the nose with a rolled up newspaper if they were out of hand. When we took our puppy to the vet the other week she said never hit them because it will make them afraid of you. My how things have changed through the years.

Thank you for your ideas. I know this is just a stage and it will pass. I'll see if I can find that spray.

PS My dad called this the "gnaw-it-all" stage of puppy development. The nipping is play, but I am sure she chews on things, or will if she gets the chance. I love my lab and your lab/beagle mix sounds adorable.

Hi Shar, so long as the toys stay in one piece it is better to limit the number so that it helps training. One chew + one ball + one rug and they will really become attached to them. Find the rope! Hide the ball! Retrieve the ball! Cover with the rug! Lots of fun!! Enjoy.

She does love to chew on the knotted rope toy she has. Maybe we should get some more of those.

I do have some treats for her and bought some small puppy chew stix. That kept her busy for about ten minutes. I'm not sure if she's too little for the dried pig ears.

I dont think the treats would help in this chewing problem. Thats mmore for like rewarding for good behaviour. When we had our pomerians the pups were pretty young when they started chewing on the pig ears. The mama dog loved them so much she would go around and collect the ones left forgotten by the other dogs. There are also chew toys you can get. Pups have such a high need for chewing and playing and have very short attention spans. You just have to keep on her till she understands. Let her know it hurts you when she bites you. And that its not a game. When friends come over they start playing with my cats. They try to get the cats to attack their hands. They think its odd that my cats will not play with their hands. I have to explain to them that my cats wont do that because i trained them not to. I instead give them interactive toys to play with my cats.

I like the rolled up paper idea too. Some people would disagree though.

If you consider the damage the dog will do if she is not disciplined then the rolled up newpaper is a better choice. Just this morning I had a stray black lab pup come to this house. She was here yesterday and I just didn't think she had been dumped but apparently she has been. I have fed her and taken some time to know her and she needs discipline and I too will be using the rolled up newspaper as well as verbal commands. I've had two labs the one I have now, Galeena who was abused when I got her at the humane society several years ago and she has always been well behaved. The other one was pup I bought but she was too much dog for me. She got run over and killed and I blame myself cuz I didn't take the precautions of making her mind me otherwise she would still be with me. Now, if this dog does belong to somebody they will come looking for her and she'll be gone, but if not, then she stays but I will have to be very strict with her and make her mind. The rolled up newpaper is a far cry from a cow whip or a stick---just a slight swat in the face and a hard NO! should stop the biting. If not, repeat with the same NO! It might take more time but if you truly want the dog, it's worth the effort and in the long run she will be a great dog that people won't mind being around. Take the time to do the dog a favor and make her understand the rules. Let me hear from you. quita

She doesn't break open any skin.

It is luck for her

We tried the toy technique to. She stops biting for a second, chews on the toy, puts that down and then is back to chasing and biting us. Plus our vet told us not to give her the toy when she bites us because she'll think she is being rewarded for biting. She said to spray her with the bottle first, make her sit, then give her the toy. The toy is the reward for stopping and sitting. So far, it hasn't worked for us.

I think you are right. She needs some more toys to chew on that will keep her busy for a longer time. The ones she has now aren't doing the trick.

Yes, we do scold her too. We give her a stern solid "NO!". She could care less. We're working on another technique now.

I know you are right. Everyone keeps telling me the same thing.

Our dog seems to like the spray bottle too. She tries to catch the water in her mouth. Eventually it will stop I'm sure.

I think I'll try the newspaper idea.

She does have some chew toys and we got her a pack of small chew sticks but she wound up getting sick from them.

We do place her in her crate when she is just too out of hand. After all, we need a break too. I'm trying the high pitched noise like you said, we're acting like a siren. It's pretty funny to see us all sounding like police cars and ambulances just to get the puppy to stop biting. It does seem to work though.