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This guest article advocates a different way of responding when your puppy nips at you. I’ve always found it worked to say an aggrieved and loud “Ouch!” before moving away. Aidan has another idea, down a ways in the article.

Ouch! My Puppy Dog is Biting My Hands and Clothes
By Aidan Bindoff

This article explains in plain English the fastest way to stop your puppy dog biting at your clothing, hands or other body parts. If you have “tried everything” or simply have no idea what to do, the answers are all here and made easy. Methods are humane and pet-friendly, utilizing positive reinforcement and ‘time-outs’ instead of spanking or scolding. Read the rest of this entry

So many interesting and maybe scary things happen in our everyday world. Wherever you live, you have things going on nearby. Maybe some of these:

• Cars stop and start.
• Rock music blares out as a teenager practices drumming.
• Cats, squirrels, birds, and other animals move around.
• Greasy papers from a fast-food joint are lying in the gutter.

Once your puppy is old enough to go out into the world with you, who knows what you will encounter and how your puppy will react? Read the rest of this entry

If you have a puppy, you have to deal with puppy biting. It’s just a natural part of how they explore their world and their interactions with other dogs and with humans.

But what to do?

The OUCH AND AVOID method works really well. Read the rest of this entry

There is no getting around it: puppies have very sharp teeth and it hurts when they nip you. Here’s a short audio program, just under 4 minutes, where I talk about puppy bites and people, specially children.

If you would rather read than listen — or want to do both — this audio is based loosely on this page of my website: Puppy bites and people.

By far the best resource that I know of for really mastering puppy biting — and puppy socialization — is the classic DVD Sirius Puppy Training, with the great dog trainer Dr. Ian Dunbar.I am happy to say that hundred of copies have been sold through my website… I think it’s the best-seller from here, and I think it is that important!

Click on the image to find out more at Amazon:

If you would like to download the audio on this page to listen to on an mp3 player, for example, here is the direct link to it. Just right-click or the Mac equivalent to save it to your computer.

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/puppybites.mp3