I might get a bunch of nasty's from this advice but here it goes any way. When he bites to hard bite him back. Thats what his birth moma does. On the ear is effective. I've done manual labor all my life so I guess my hands are tougher than most. But I'm beginning to get "Dove soft" hands. I'm retired. Remember you are just another dog to him. You must become alpa dog. Numero uno, the boss. Feed him after your done eating. don't let him ever think he's got the upper hand. He will respect you and love you more for it and training becomes easier. Bogie was nice till he got comfortable in his new home. Then he started trying to take control. Wouln't sit with me, I couldn't pet him nothing. Then I realized I had let the cute little pup get the upper hand. I put an end to it and now he can't wait to snuggle and be my buddy. He knows I'm the boss now. He's A different dog.

I agree with not being cruel to dogs. The ASPCA does a great job but then there are organizations like PITA that go overboard and think they are Gods. We don't live in India. I see no harm getting physical during your training. It's what they expect and need. No matter how cute and how much we would like to think they are little people, the fact remains they are dogs. My dogs are part of my family and are treated as such, but as in every dog pack there "has" to be leader. You need to be that leader. My girlfriend will not take the time to show the dogs who is higher in the pecking order and how ever much she hates it, she has dealt her own hand.

I'm experiencing the same thing with my 9 week old, Maggie. I take her to work with me, and once we get home, look out! She runs from the kitchen, under the table, around the recliners, under the rocking chair, leaps onto my lap and runs back in to the kitchen. Then repeats. Its hilarious but I think she's just getting out all of the energy that she's been holding in all day. Suggestions on the biting would be helpful though...now I know where the "Boston Terror" phrase comes from!!

We never really had that biting problem. When they did it I said a loud "AUTSCH" and walked away. I think it helped because they stoped it really fast

I find that nothing works better than another dog to teach young ones how to behave. They help in potty training too. The younger will imitate the older and the older will remind him that biting hard is not okay. When my dog tries to nip I give a sharp no and ignore him for about 5 seconds. That usually does the trick. He is older so it is easier but since they want your attention first and formost, I find that it works well. Mine is a recent rescue so hasn't been taught proper behavior. Good luck!

Tank did the biting for the first couple weeks after I got him, drew blood a couple times...just a little bit, you know how sharp those puppy teeth can be.

I took my index finger and pointed it at his nose and said 'ah ah no bite' sometimes he'd tried to bite my finger and I'd give him a little thump on the nose and he'd back off. Basically just touching the nose quickly was enough to stop him and get him to back up.
I would also pick him up and place him on the ground and ignore him when he got too rough, he learned that play time had to be nice or it stopped. Sometimes he'd jump back up and go for my hands again so I'd hide them till he stopped.
I also used toys such as a tug rope as a distraction. If he'd start biting (basically he was trying to get us to play) I'd go get a toy and play with him, now he chews on his toys when he wants to mouth something.

My older dog didn't really help teach him not too bite cause he is a big baby and just barks at the puppy haha, well I guess it did help a little. Tank isn't afraid of the big dog at all so he nips his neck, ears, tail to get him to play, but I'm sure if he bit too hard Chubs would let him know. He doesn't nip at any of the dogs at the park, just jhis big brother.

It takes a couple weeks of being consistent and they will learn to mouth nicely, Tank still places his mouth on my hands, but he doesn't bit down. If he gets a little rough I just say 'no bite' and he stops.

Sounds like Walter and Tank are a lot alike! My boyfriend just starting trying the flicking of the nose last night. It sounds like we are doing all the right things, so hopefully with time it will get better. I think it will also be very helpful when it gets warmer here (it has snowed a lot and has been cold) and we really haven't been able to take Walter on too many walks...

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Henry plays with his "imaginary friends" too I think it is too hilarious. I love it, but it is a bit crazy when he just all of the sudden jumps up and starts running into every room in the house! My favorite is when he plays with himself though, rolling all around and grunting and "woofing" at imaginary things. When he wants to play with us he puts his slobbery toys on us. It's gross, but we get the point I guess.

Doc(5 Months old) still gets the crazies where around 8-9 PM he would run around the house really really fast and he would try to "dig" through his bed LOL. He had his hard biting and nipping phase. What we did was every time he would bite to hard, we stop play right away and walk away from him and ignore him completely for about 10 mins. He now "play bites" and his teeth usually just barely touching our skin and he stops.

Sometimes it looks as if Millie is trying to catch her shadow!