Bites. I know it’s like the biggest complaint most people have when they first get a puppy or even after they get a puppy, is those wickedly sharp needle teeth, right?
Those teeth are vicious! They cause a lot of damage, they cause a lot of pain. And the answer to puppy Biting is not a simple one, right? It causes a lot of frustration.
Please note!
This post has been mainly AI Generated from the video below! If you notice any weird phrasing?
Ping me an email and let me know, because I clearly missed it when editing!
The first thing I really want you to know is that this is a perfectly normal puppy behaviour, if you have yet to get your puppy. This is normal, this is what’s going to happen. I’ve never known a puppy to not be a buy a chewy puppy, because that’s how they explore the world.
Please don’t think that either your puppy is broken, because they bite too much that they are aggressive because they bite too much, or anything in that area, I want you to know that this is a perfectly normal puppy behaviour.
It’s perfectly normal, because this is how your puppy explores the world. This is how they can elicit a reaction from weather to find out whether something is dead or alive. That’s actually why their teeth are as sharp as they are.
Because young puppies don’t have the jaw strength that an adult dog does. Their teeth are sharp so that when they bite something like me, or you, you go out, and they go, “Oh, that’s alive.”
That’s how they learn. They’re exploring!
And it’s actually the biggest way of communicating at this age. Because I’m hoping that you’re not letting this go too long. Because it’s not good for you if it’s going too long. And if you are late, go a little bit longer than it possibly should. This live should really help. Um, so let’s start with why.
Let’s start with why a puppy may be biting you. Because it’s always best to know the why. Before we get into the like, what to do, okay, cuz, sure your puppies biting you.
If we don’t know why they’re biting you and what they’re trying to say and what they’re trying to communicate, you’re not going to be able to solve that as easy as you could if you did. And I find, again, that’s where like, you know, the cogs don’t line out occasionally.
That’s where I find some of the frustration is born from. I want to tell you a little bit about why Murphy’s Law I want to tell you a little bit about why your puppy bites and why. What’s going on in their little puppy brains, when that’s going on.
If you can get that you can figure out how to tackle it, right?
The biggest the single biggest reason if we were to isolate it to one reason because usually, it’s a bit of a combo, so you know, just makes it all nice and leaner, more of a puzzle, but that’s fine. We can deal with puzzles, puzzles are acceptable.
if your puppy bites redirection can work really well, but it has to be in the right context.
The biggest reason usually is overtiredness.
Usually when your puppy gets tired, they get cranky, and they’re gonna bite you more than they would at any other stage of the day. It is pretty much the exact same as what a child or a toddler will go through when they’re learning.
They get overtired and they get cranky and then all of a sudden tears. Um, yeah, so you get tears them and it’s one of those things that is inevitable, essentially, when puppy, you know, starts learning what to do, where to go and how to do it.
Ever seen your pup go into zoomies?
The next big one is over-arousal, which is not anything sexual in any way, shape, or form. It’s just a trainer term that we use to say that they’ve gone overboard on their excitement and overboard on what they want to do and they’ve just kicked into this other gear of crazy essentially and shockingly, that crazy puppy ends up biting more.
Pretty simple stuff.
Teething this by the way, whilst is something that that happens a lot, and is a very strong reason for puppy biting, teething is a phase of development, but it’s not a phase that they’re going to get through the end of and go, “Oh, I suddenly now know not to bite my I know not to chew on Dad”.
Whilst it is a phase of development, they are not going to learn appropriate behaviour just because they’ve left that phase of development, you have to teach.
Teething and that phase of development, they will get worse with biting, because their teeth hurt and in some masochistic way, and the only way they can alleviate that pain is by chewing. So vicious circle, right? P
uppy bites, more teeth hurt, Puppy bites, more teeth up until it stops.
And it does mean that you know, you’re going to have a bit of a rough ride during that, which is why I thoroughly encourage my puppy parents to resolve puppy biting before the teething stage, which comes in at about 14 or 16 weeks.
It’s a bit of a turd, I’m not gonna lie, because that’s when they’re going to really start like focusing on inappropriate things to chew on, which could be you it might be your furniture, it might be your cat! Only kidding…
there is the regular dog fears, and that they may be biting, which is fear. And I’m really, truly hoping that your puppy is not biting because of fear. And if they are, that’s something we can talk about. And I’m not going to talk about much on this live because it’s quite a specific thing that we need to talk about in that instance. And it’s a little bit too sensitive for alive.
remember that Biting is just their way of communicating, they are not doing it to hurt you, they are not doing it to, to get at you, they are not doing it to deliberately hurt you. This is just their way of communicating. We just have to understand what they’re saying.
How can you teach them that it’s inappropriate to bite people?
When your dog grows up, and they become a very large dog, or even a very small dog, I really don’t care what size they are. They put teeth on a human when they are fully grown, that’s just not acceptable is it?
So we have to teach them that the way to say ask for play, we have to teach them the way to, like:
if you have a biting puppy, chews are great to help them settle and focus their sharp teeth on something they’re allowed to chew on
So a lot of the reason that puppies buy is that they want to play if they want to play?
Redirection is what you need. Because as soon as you go I thought I might have had a toy on my desk and I don’t and as soon as you go, hey puppy, this is this is not right.
This is what we play with his a stuffed elephant which is my favourite for him and probably his favourite. And this is how we play. This is how you play with me. And this is the appropriate way to do so. As soon as you start guiding them in that and you do it consistently.
The way you actually do that is essentially to get that toy. Make that toy, the most fun thing in the whole wide world and make sure it intercepts every attempt for your puppy to bite you. And make sure that their teeth end up on the toy.
I ended up actually doing this so well, accidentally with Indie, when he was young that he will now no longer roughhouse with a single human being, even when my husband tries desperately he will do it, he goes, he will run off all excited and come back with a toy, because he’s like, this is what we play with that. This is what we do. And it’s like, Ah, look at that!
So it does work. And it’s my point.
And all you’ve got to do is just keep being consistent. And keep trying, essentially, the more you do this, and the more consistent you are applying it, the better the result will be. And the quicker the result will be, which I know is really important. And I will come back to that.
chewing and biting inappropriate things may be a sign that they’re teething…
The overtiredness, and this does involve a teeny tiny bit of observation from you. So you need to watch pop, you need to know roughly how much sleep they should be getting that is something that I do include in my pupdates.
So every week you will get a this week they need X amount of sleep and it will vary depending on their age.
Because you know, not drastically because a young puppy needs 20 hours a day, and a full grown dog needs between 14 and 16 hours a day.
Shelby is very passionate about getting her 16 hours of sleep, trust me on that one. And it makes her a...
Those teeth are vicious! They cause a lot of damage, they cause a lot of pain. And the answer to puppy Biting is not a simple one, right? It causes a lot of frustration.
Please note!
This post has been mainly AI Generated from the video below! If you notice any weird phrasing?
Ping me an email and let me know, because I clearly missed it when editing!
The Biting Is Normal
The first thing I really want you to know is that this is a perfectly normal puppy behaviour, if you have yet to get your puppy. This is normal, this is what’s going to happen. I’ve never known a puppy to not be a buy a chewy puppy, because that’s how they explore the world.
Please don’t think that either your puppy is broken, because they bite too much that they are aggressive because they bite too much, or anything in that area, I want you to know that this is a perfectly normal puppy behaviour.
It’s perfectly normal, because this is how your puppy explores the world. This is how they can elicit a reaction from weather to find out whether something is dead or alive. That’s actually why their teeth are as sharp as they are.
Because young puppies don’t have the jaw strength that an adult dog does. Their teeth are sharp so that when they bite something like me, or you, you go out, and they go, “Oh, that’s alive.”
That’s how they learn. They’re exploring!
And it’s actually the biggest way of communicating at this age. Because I’m hoping that you’re not letting this go too long. Because it’s not good for you if it’s going too long. And if you are late, go a little bit longer than it possibly should. This live should really help. Um, so let’s start with why.
Why Your Puppy Bites
Let’s start with why a puppy may be biting you. Because it’s always best to know the why. Before we get into the like, what to do, okay, cuz, sure your puppies biting you.
If we don’t know why they’re biting you and what they’re trying to say and what they’re trying to communicate, you’re not going to be able to solve that as easy as you could if you did. And I find, again, that’s where like, you know, the cogs don’t line out occasionally.
That’s where I find some of the frustration is born from. I want to tell you a little bit about why Murphy’s Law I want to tell you a little bit about why your puppy bites and why. What’s going on in their little puppy brains, when that’s going on.
If you can get that you can figure out how to tackle it, right?
Puppy Sleep!
The biggest the single biggest reason if we were to isolate it to one reason because usually, it’s a bit of a combo, so you know, just makes it all nice and leaner, more of a puzzle, but that’s fine. We can deal with puzzles, puzzles are acceptable.
if your puppy bites redirection can work really well, but it has to be in the right context.
The biggest reason usually is overtiredness.
Usually when your puppy gets tired, they get cranky, and they’re gonna bite you more than they would at any other stage of the day. It is pretty much the exact same as what a child or a toddler will go through when they’re learning.
They get overtired and they get cranky and then all of a sudden tears. Um, yeah, so you get tears them and it’s one of those things that is inevitable, essentially, when puppy, you know, starts learning what to do, where to go and how to do it.
Over-Arousal
Ever seen your pup go into zoomies?
The next big one is over-arousal, which is not anything sexual in any way, shape, or form. It’s just a trainer term that we use to say that they’ve gone overboard on their excitement and overboard on what they want to do and they’ve just kicked into this other gear of crazy essentially and shockingly, that crazy puppy ends up biting more.
Pretty simple stuff.
Teething
Teething this by the way, whilst is something that that happens a lot, and is a very strong reason for puppy biting, teething is a phase of development, but it’s not a phase that they’re going to get through the end of and go, “Oh, I suddenly now know not to bite my I know not to chew on Dad”.
Whilst it is a phase of development, they are not going to learn appropriate behaviour just because they’ve left that phase of development, you have to teach.
Teething and that phase of development, they will get worse with biting, because their teeth hurt and in some masochistic way, and the only way they can alleviate that pain is by chewing. So vicious circle, right? P
uppy bites, more teeth hurt, Puppy bites, more teeth up until it stops.
And it does mean that you know, you’re going to have a bit of a rough ride during that, which is why I thoroughly encourage my puppy parents to resolve puppy biting before the teething stage, which comes in at about 14 or 16 weeks.
It’s a bit of a turd, I’m not gonna lie, because that’s when they’re going to really start like focusing on inappropriate things to chew on, which could be you it might be your furniture, it might be your cat! Only kidding…
Fear…
there is the regular dog fears, and that they may be biting, which is fear. And I’m really, truly hoping that your puppy is not biting because of fear. And if they are, that’s something we can talk about. And I’m not going to talk about much on this live because it’s quite a specific thing that we need to talk about in that instance. And it’s a little bit too sensitive for alive.
What Can You Do?
remember that Biting is just their way of communicating, they are not doing it to hurt you, they are not doing it to, to get at you, they are not doing it to deliberately hurt you. This is just their way of communicating. We just have to understand what they’re saying.
How can you teach them that it’s inappropriate to bite people?
When your dog grows up, and they become a very large dog, or even a very small dog, I really don’t care what size they are. They put teeth on a human when they are fully grown, that’s just not acceptable is it?
So we have to teach them that the way to say ask for play, we have to teach them the way to, like:
- Cope with their tiredness
- Express their desires without teeth meeting human skin
- Appropriate ways to play with humans
if you have a biting puppy, chews are great to help them settle and focus their sharp teeth on something they’re allowed to chew on
Redirecting Play
So a lot of the reason that puppies buy is that they want to play if they want to play?
Redirection is what you need. Because as soon as you go I thought I might have had a toy on my desk and I don’t and as soon as you go, hey puppy, this is this is not right.
This is what we play with his a stuffed elephant which is my favourite for him and probably his favourite. And this is how we play. This is how you play with me. And this is the appropriate way to do so. As soon as you start guiding them in that and you do it consistently.
The way you actually do that is essentially to get that toy. Make that toy, the most fun thing in the whole wide world and make sure it intercepts every attempt for your puppy to bite you. And make sure that their teeth end up on the toy.
I ended up actually doing this so well, accidentally with Indie, when he was young that he will now no longer roughhouse with a single human being, even when my husband tries desperately he will do it, he goes, he will run off all excited and come back with a toy, because he’s like, this is what we play with that. This is what we do. And it’s like, Ah, look at that!
So it does work. And it’s my point.
And all you’ve got to do is just keep being consistent. And keep trying, essentially, the more you do this, and the more consistent you are applying it, the better the result will be. And the quicker the result will be, which I know is really important. And I will come back to that.
chewing and biting inappropriate things may be a sign that they’re teething…
Biting Because Of Overtiredness
The overtiredness, and this does involve a teeny tiny bit of observation from you. So you need to watch pop, you need to know roughly how much sleep they should be getting that is something that I do include in my pupdates.
So every week you will get a this week they need X amount of sleep and it will vary depending on their age.
Because you know, not drastically because a young puppy needs 20 hours a day, and a full grown dog needs between 14 and 16 hours a day.
Shelby is very passionate about getting her 16 hours of sleep, trust me on that one. And it makes her a...