Still Nipping at 11 months
Can anyone give us some advise on how to get him to stop. |
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| We refused to play with Bingley unless he had a toy in his mouth. He learned VERY QUICKLY that when he held a toy in his mouth he was showered with affection and ignored otherwise. Now when we say "go get your toy" he will. |
Other dogs work well too  |
| No treats, No praise, no obedience, NOTHING short of beating his butt would stop our male at 1 year from biting and jumping.....nothing....
Shock collar end of problem |
| Before ever considering extreme measures in any situation, always seek the help of a behaviorist. Never hit or hurt your dog-- it'll only make him fearful and cause even more problems. |
| Harry still nips at us occasionally. He does it for attention and it feels like a pinch but hurts like heck. He does it less frequently than when we first got him but still does it, like tonight. We usually just let out a loud "ouch" and then in a very firm voice tell him NO! I hate to tell you this but Harry is 20 months old! He seems to be in a maturation stage though right now and I see him getting better with all of his learning including obedience. So this might be our chance to nip the nipping in the bud! |
ButtersStotch wrote: Before ever considering extreme measures in any situation, always seek the help of a behaviorist. Never hit or hurt your dog-- it'll only make him fearful and cause even more problems.
The behaviorist suggested the shock collar, and so did 2 other trainers after seeing the dogs behavior. Any one else that sees the dogs behavior suggests putting him to sleep.... or on a mountain by himself |
| Your coming into the naughty teenage stage, yes it has to be got on top of as they get bigger and bigger and the nips hurt like hell.
I would suggest putting him on the lead in the house, you have control over him then when he is all excited, with a correction on the lead when he jumps up or tries to nip. A firm No, followed by a correction with the lead and using the word "Down" as you correct him with the lead. then when he is quiet & calmer, let him off the lead, if he then stays calm treat him straight away or praise him with a calm "good boy" any nonsense then pop the lead on him again and again control the situation. When visitors come, the lead too, you have total control of the dog then and even ask the visitors to ignore him till he settles, then when he is sitting there nicely and quietly, still on the lead, the visitors can then approach him, if he stays calm when a visitor approaches then treat him straight away or praise with "good boy". As he calms down after the initial excitement of visitors well off the lead then, any nonsense and back onto it. Don't put him away when you do have guests or he will never learn. They are a smart breed and with a regular training routine and having control on the situation when they are excited they will learn to behave in an appropriate manner . It is a hard stage but they do settle down with maturity. Be consistent and he will learn quickly and as butterstotch said never ever hit a dog as it only adds to worse behaviour problems. Best wishes I am sure you will get this problem sorted and have your visitors without them leaving bruised.  |
| You got some excellent suggestions from everyone. Our Avalon is a nipper, she just gets too excited for her own good. She thinks we (her humans) are just other dogs to play with! With consistency and recognizing when she will start nipping we have curtailed this quite a bit. We make sure when playing with her she has a toy in her mouth, and when she wants attention she has to work for it (ie sitting) instead of nipping us to get our attention.
Avalon is 2 years old. Some dogs just take longer to 'get' it than others. Merlin got out of the nipping stage by 5 months. |
 Thanks for the guidance everyone, we'll keep trying........it's nice to know we are on the right track, we just need to stay on it now.  |
Izzie is almost two and still is a nipper when she gets really excited. Mostly when we get home...we usually try to distract her with a sit...then down....then wait 20 - 30 seconds....then treat. By the time she gets back up she forgets she was so excited.  |
lisaoes wrote: Your coming into the naughty teenage stage, yes it has to be got on top of as they get bigger and bigger and the nips hurt like hell.
I would suggest putting him on the lead in the house, you have control over him then when he is all excited, with a correction on the lead when he jumps up or tries to nip. A firm No, followed by a correction with the lead and using the word "Down" as you correct him with the lead. then when he is quiet & calmer, let him off the lead, if he then stays calm treat him straight away or praise him with a calm "good boy" any nonsense then pop the lead on him again and again control the situation. When visitors come, the lead too, you have total control of the dog then and even ask the visitors to ignore him till he settles, then when he is sitting there nicely and quietly, still on the lead, the visitors can then approach him, if he stays calm when a visitor approaches then treat him straight away or praise with "good boy". As he calms down after the initial excitement of visitors well off the lead then, any nonsense and back onto it. Don't put him away when you do have guests or he will never learn. They are a smart breed and with a regular training routine and having control on the situation when they are excited they will learn to behave in an appropriate manner . It is a hard stage but they do settle down with maturity. Be consistent and he will learn quickly and as butterstotch said never ever hit a dog as it only adds to worse behaviour problems. Best wishes I am sure you will get this problem sorted and have your visitors without them leaving bruised. This put Guinness (The Dane) in his place when he was 80 lbs |
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