Help!! puppy bitting and its really sore!!

[walkandtrot]

My parents have a gorgeous Red setter puppy, he's 14 weeks old and loves people, he's very friendly but he's not happy with a cuddle he now he wants to nip you and he's sinking his teeth in! he's got lots of chew toys, but can anyone advice what to do when he does it, we read that red setters are quite domineering, so we dont want it to manifest into something worse!

 

[wireweiners]

Its normal for puppies this age to mouth people. If he gets too rough, yell Ow! in a loud and hurt tone. He'll get the picture. You can also gently grab his muzzle, give him a little shake and in a stern voice tell him No Bite! If he was still with his mom or siblings they would tell him off when he got to rough so his human pack must do that now.

 

[whippet]

When he does it, do a high loud yelp (as his mum & littermates would do to tell him he's gone too far), get up and walk away without looking at him, and don't engage in any further play until he's quietened and has stopped asking for attention....this way, he'll learn his boundaries and essentially he's getting your attention/playtime on your terms, not his. Be consistant

I don't know a great deal about Setters (besides thinking they're beautiful dogs

).... but I expect someone on here does and can give you some expert advice.

ETA, Oops, more or less same post as ww, with more words

....pretty much the same advice, I'm just a slow typer

Lol

 

[ShadowFlame]

I had a similar problem with my Chow Chow puppy. It started off with light chewing at around 8wks of age which didn't bother me. As she got older, she got stronger, and by the age of 13-14wks she was drawing blood every time she bit and quite often was leaving scars. It was obvoius she wasn't meaning to be nasty, but she didn't realise her own strength. I tried "yelping" when she did it and she took no notice, if anything it made her even more excited. I did some research on the internet as Chows are known for being very dominant dogs and found some advice to treat her as her mother would when her mother was upset with her behaviour. Hold the scruff of her neck, give her a light shake and tell her "no" in a low and growling voice. It didn't hurt her, but whenever I did it (only when she went overboard with the biting) she would stop and sulk for 5 mins before calming down and stopping biting.

It is something you need to crack down on when they're young to prevent it from turning into a real problem. My girl is now 18wks old and only nips when VERY excited, and when she does it is only very lightly. 95% of the time she licks instead of biting.

 

[wizzi901]

our 4 month old still has bity moments...we simply after having yelled OWWWW, so he knows! - ignore him or put him immediately in kitchen for cool down time. DO NOT punish, but simply reward the good behaviour that you want and ignore the behaviour you dont want.

They need to learn to bite as puppies and learn their bite strength. If they dont learn and then get trodden on later in life they will turn and have your arm off because they have no idea that their bite is painful, our chap is doing really well and only turns into a monster when over excited, again we ignore or remove from the room until he has calmed down. He is only 4 months and it does work.