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Upbringing & character How to care for a puppy, how to socialize it, the most common problems with CzW, how to solve them.... |
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16-11-2007, 20:08 | #1 |
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Bitting
Hello everybody,
It has been quite some time sionce my last visit as i have been enjoying my living with Tristan. It seems that he is now healthy enough to enjoy life. Unfortunately there are some minor issues that remain unsolved (like soft stoll or sometimes eating the stools) but those are the left overs form his giardia problem. I was told that he must have some damage to his intestine that causes these problems and this cannot be solved. At least he has grown to a handsome friend. My problem is that when anybody tries to pet him he turns his head to bite. I do not mean in an aggresive way, he jsut wants to have in hios mouth the hand. I have tried almost eveyrhting to make him stop unsuccesfuly. Do you have anything to suggest? Thanks Nicholas |
17-11-2007, 11:40 | #2 |
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try puttin penut butter on palm of your hand and then clench it, when your dog goes to it say lick then open your hand so he can lick the penut butter of, do this quite a bit, after a while hopfully he will recognise the comand lick, then when you go to pet him say the comand hopfully he will lick insted of bite, good luck with him....
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17-11-2007, 13:56 | #3 |
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This is quite normal. Grap his upper jaw remove it from the hand and say no everytime he does ist. Be sure to positivly reinforce greetings as long as he doesn´t grap the hand.
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30-04-2012, 13:03 | #4 |
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How old is your puppy? Mine did the same up until he was about 3-4 months old. He is now 5 months old and anybody can pet him without having their hands chewed up. The change happened rather suddenly, but he is now teething, so the mouthing has not fully disappeared yet. Keep in mind that this is normal, up until about 6 months of age, when his adult teeth have fully emerged. However, I tried to inhibate his biting of human hands (lol) by saying a firm 'No!' and then offering him one of his toys in his mouth or rawhide bones and such - these were his favourites. Good luck and lots of patience, it's worth it!
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01-05-2012, 14:18 | #5 |
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01-05-2012, 20:41 | #6 |
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02-05-2012, 07:31 | #7 |
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I'm not sure about Nicolas' pup. Mine had this "habit" extremely strongly developed, probably also because she has always been very lively on the one hand and quiet on the other. She hardly ever made any sounds and we understood this was her method of communicating, asking for attention, showing affection, etc. With time we managed to teach her to grab our hands very gently, only when welcoming us or asking e.g. for a walk, and NOT to grab hands of people from outside the immediate pack. But I must admit it wasn't easy at all and the process took us about one year.
We found very helpful teaching her the command "plug" - carrying a soft toy when welcoming a visitor made her mouth busy and prevented her from grasping hands. In fact she is deeply convinced now that a well-mannered dog welcomes a guest by running around him with a toy in the mouth |
02-05-2012, 07:53 | #8 |
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Awwwh, that is such an extremely cute habit!!!
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01-05-2012, 22:42 | #10 |
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Yeah, I only realised the post was from 2007!!! only after I wrote it, lol! But anyway, did the habit disappear? If so, at what age? Hopefully Nicholas will answer us.
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02-05-2012, 03:32 | #11 |
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