[Lassic]

Well Bishop is 11 week old now and he loves to bite and bark back, So I'm wondering what I should do im stuck on should I tap him on the but or keep saying no when he bites. I really don't want him to be scared of me or be scared of people when thy put there hand up. I mean we all hope nothing ever happens when your with your dog or even by our selves but i would hope if some one ever went to hurt me while im with my dog i would hope that the dog would no. I no these dogs have a bad rep already and this is not the reason i have a APBT, even if i had a greatdane i would hope that the dog would no that someone is hurting his master, But like i said this is not about helping me if something happens its about the dog never getting out of hand latter on in life because i wasn't more strict with his training.

[Michele]

I would try a stern NO.....and then ignore him....

[Lassic]

The only reason i ask is because i have seen others dogs and i have seen what comes out of hitting and also what comes out of extensive hitting and i dont like the out come very much.

[Michele]

Yea, I agree with you Lassic. I would continue the stern NO and then ignore every time the dog does the behavior until he understands that he's not supposed to do that

[Lassic]

One other thing is daisy and bishop love to play but i am afraid daisy will hurt him because he is so small and his lil bones are fragile.

[Michele]

If you see the play is getting too rough, do the same thing. A stern EASY or NO.

[airwalk]

If you watch dogs when playing if one gets too rough, the other let's them know and then play is over for a bit...Michele's advice is right along those lines...a stern NO and then play time is over for a few minutes - so he is verbally corrected and loses the fun he was having.

[Lassic]

Yeah I have been doing the firm no, Sometimes thay keep going because there so in to it but i just keep telling them, sometimes thay just stop and relax but it will take a lil time.

[Noelle's Mom]

Nods, I agree with everyone here. I don't think anyone in this forum promotes physical discipline such as hitting your dog. A stern "NO" and ignoring if the dog bites you and a stern "NO" and seperation for a bit when it's another dog.

[Marinepits]

As far as the biting goes, I will say NO and then shove a chew-appropriate toy in the puppy's mouth.

[Lassic]

Yeah i agree about the no hitting today i gave them both a lil tap on the A$$ because thay both got a lil out of hand but nothing i couldint handle.

[maryellen]

let me get this straight, you have an 11 week old pup and didnt bring him on sunday???????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????


as far as the biting, at that age, some of them are just more excited then others and dont know how to contain themselves... like others said, a stern no, shove a toy in his mouth, or turn and walk away (and put him in a time out...).. and, we really need pictures to really see him to understand what you are going thru......

[Drgnrdr]

good advice, IMHO
I like to YIP in a high pitch tone, ( a tone you'll need to find your dog responds too, they are all diff in the pitch they know, cause all dogs sound a bit diff also, the tone is like a wounded puppy), it tells the other he is biting way to hard and they walk away and the game stops for about 10 seconds, and when going back give them a toy to bite on and PRAISE them for biting it.
I hardly use NO at all, too many use NO as a all around universal word, and the dogs not sure what does NO mean, no jumping on someone, no bite, no leave the cat alone or child, no get off the sofa or no get away from my wires, pretty soon you're having to say more than 1 no, and the dog starts to tune you out, until you use that serious NO tone.
Using a yip is the way they communicate, it's important they stay with mom and littermates to learn mouthing inhibition.

[tat2stuff]

Originally Posted by Lassic One other thing is daisy and bishop love to play but i am afraid daisy will hurt him because he is so small and his lil bones are fragile.

when I had Dexter and Bella together I was worried about that too, I ended up giving Dexter a tennis ball to keep in his mouth when they were playing(which surprisingly he did ) It calmed the mouthing down with Dex and they seemed to play a little nicer, he played keep the ball away instead of demo the new puppy.

As far as the puppy biting, I do a high pitch squeal or a loud no. I never raise a hand to my dogs or hit them in any way. A good scruffing will do for really unacceptable behavior. You can try turning your back on the pup too if the behavior is unacceptable and resume play when he acts appropriately again.

Daisy should be teaching bishop mouthing inhibition also. Buffy is a good teacher to Bella when she gets a little too ruff or bites to hard.

And like Maryellen said...these dogs better be at the next meet

[maryellen]

and lassic if you still have problems with bishop i will be more then happy to borrow him and teach him...

[Chiapit]

Paco and Big Girl play a little rough and I used to be a nervous wreck...I taught Big Girl "Nice" and its really cute because I first taught her to take things nice...so she very slowly and gently takes treats and toys when I say "Nice"and then I started saying that when they get rough and she will sllloooowwww down whatever shes doing...

Once...before she knew "Nice" they were in the yard and she was laying in the grass and Paco was running around her playing...well she decided she wanted to change locations so when he moved close...she grabbed him by his back leg in her mouth and started walking with him...I almost had a heart attack...Paco never made a sound and there were no marks at all on him...Thats when we started working on acceptable/unacceptable playing.

[Lassic]

Originally Posted by maryellen and lassic if you still have problems with bishop i will be more then happy to borrow him and teach him...

Yeah he likes to still jump at daisy some times but i think he is gonna get better.

[maryellen]

does daisy correct him when she does? or does she not correct him? some dogs wont correct pups, and others will.. redirecting him if he is annoying her with a toy or tug will work.... for the biting, reward for the positive, the more you reward him when he is being good the more he will get it.. plus, at this age, he is like a baby but with 4 legs, sohis attention span is probably about 4 seconds....

[Lassic]

OK yeah ill try the reward. Daisy just plays along with him never really tries to hurt him but she is just so much bigger then him so some times she does hurt him. He is about 12 weeks now i was thinking about starting with some normal training like site,lay you no the basics another one i think i should start now is "easy" when he is taking food from my hand well a milk bone not real food i dint give them any real food. Do you think it is to early because this is when i started daisy i really want to do everything incorrect this time well as best as i can i should say.

[Michele]

He is about 12 weeks now i was thinking about starting with some normal training like site,lay you no the basics another one i think i should start now is "easy" when he is taking food from my hand well a milk bone not real food i dint give them any real food.

Lassic: I think you can start with these..