I love to play with my almost 4 month old wheaten/Golden Retriever mix, but he bites me a lot. I know he's teething and i try to teach him not to bite, but then he doesn't want to play. how can i teach him that biting is not playing?
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He needs to chew on something if he is teething, whether it is your hand or not. When he tries to put the nibble on you, put an appropriate chew toy in his mouth instead.
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I have always had luck using what I call the fair play method. Just bite him back not too hard but a quick nip on the ear sometimes helps, or if you can't bring yourself to do that fill a small squirt bottle with vinager and when he everytime he bites give him a spray in the mouth he will quickly learn to associate the two things!
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When he starts nipping and mouthing, stop playing immediately, and say NO sharply and turn your back to him..... he needs to understand that as soon as he starts nipping, playtime is OVER. You are going to have to do this about a trillion times before he gets it, but it works.
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Like many undesirable canine behaviors, destructive habits usually develop because a dog is bored, lonely, or both. It's not fair or realistic to expect your dog--especially a working breed --to spend long hours quietly sitting and waiting for your return. By nature dogs are curious and sentient beings; see that she has enough mental and physical stimulation to minimize the impulse to dig and chew. Here's how to teach him that biting is not playing http://dogtime.com/chewing-digging-behavior.html
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