Puppy Biting Tips.

It is extremely common for new puppies to bite and nip their new owner and as such it is usually the first problem a new owner will have to overcome. Although for the puppy this is completely normal behaviour, it can prove annoying and embarrassing to the owner as well as the potential for danger as the dog grows. To stop puppy biting becoming a problem for you there are some very simple tactics that will stop the danger in its track before it can get out of hand. Puppies bite for a reason, so realising why they do it is the first step to overcoming the problem.

**Understand Why Your Puppy Bites**
The reasons why puppies bite are varied and need various responses so it is essential that you know which is the cause of the biting. 

Puppy fun and games.
Investigation.
To be the boss.
Overstimulation.
Your puppy is angry.
The herding instinct.
Pain relief.
Your puppy is hungry.

Different puppies bite for different reasons and this article is not long enough to advise on them all, here we are concentrating on an overview of puppy biting remedies and specifically the most universal. The most experienced reason for puppy biting is play biting.

**How To Stop Puppy Biting**
The super tips below are recognised as successful ways to control your puppies biting behaviour, of course, success will only happen if they are applied consistently. All the family need to be aware of the approach being taken to control the puppy nipping, kids especially, there should be no time that the rules don’t apply. A bright dog will learn to stop after only a few lessons but some may take a little longer.

Let puppy know.
When puppies play and one bites the other too hard the bitten one will let out a yelp and stop playing for a minute, the offender immediately backs away knowing they have done wrong, after a few moments play begins again, we should mimic this by giving a loud Ouch when bitten and immediately stop playing, your puppy immediately understands this is a bad thing and will try to make friends again. When puppy knows you should either continue the play and repeat the process every time puppy bites, if everyone apples this technique the puppy will stop biting in record time improving every ones quality of puppy playtime.

Tips For Stopping Puppies Biting

1. Let puppies socialize.
2. Ensure puppy has appropriate chew toys.
3. do not over excite puppy
4. Boredom will not help

This is just part of a series of information articles dealing with puppy behaviour problems in more detail.  Don’t delay, training your puppy now will offer your rewards now and into the future.

The puppy years – they are what YOU make them.