How do you keep a puppy from biting?

I recently bought a puppy, a golden retreiver. She is very crazy, you go to pet her and she bites, its not really a defensive bite, more of a play bite, but her teeth are really sharp. Any ways to keep her from doing this?

How do you keep a puppy from biting?
Hi! Congrats on your new golden retriever puppy! It's very normal for puppies to nip while playing -- I think all puppies do it. Please don't whack your puppy on the nose. You want to establish a relationship where your puppy respects and obeys you, not one where he does things because he fears you -- that is not a good way to get consistently good behavior (i.e., your puppy might end up only behaving for you).





Luckily, there is a very easy solution to the biting problem. The thing is, puppies and dogs play with each other by using their teeth. They don't know that this hurts humans -- you have to tell your puppy it hurts. When your puppy bites you during play, pull your hand back and say in a very high pitched yelp, "OW!!!" Your puppy will likely look at you, startled. In the "dog world," when a puppy bites another puppy too hard, that other puppy yelps to let the biter know that that was out of line. After you say OW!, ignore your puppy and stop play for about 30 seconds (not longer, she'll forget why you're ignoring her). Then, resume play. If she licks you instead of bites, reward her with a treat and say "Good girl!"





Do this gradually -- at first, say OW and ignore only for the big bites. Then, work it up to even the gentlest scraping of her teeth against your skin gets the OW-Ignore treatment. You can even work in a time out. That's where you do the OW thing, but then you say 'Time out' and put her in social isolation (either gated in the kitchen or behind a closed door) for 30 seconds. Then let her out. Repeat if she bites. Soon she'll learn that if she wants people to play with her, she cannot bite. Biting is unacceptable.





Our trainer taught this to us, and within two weeks our puppy stopped biting. He never bites now -- even if you stick your hand in his mouth, he'll just back away gently from you. Be consistent, and this will work!





Oh, and another exercise we did -- we held a yummy treat (like a piece of hot dog, or a favorite biscuit) in our closed fist, and let our dog lick at our fist. If he licked (and didn't bite), we slowly let him have the treat, a bit at a time. If we offered a bit of the treat, and he got too eager and bit us (or even teeth scraped against our fist), we stopped offering him the treat. We'd try again in 30 seconds or so. This was also how our puppy learned patience and that biting gets him nowhere.
Reply:thump her in the nosie when she does that. I do that to my puppy and he is starting to learn to stop bitting me. He still nibbles a little but he doesnt mean too. Its just there way of playing. So just thump her on the nosie every tiem she does that and she will get the picture sooner or later.
Reply:The solution is the same for puppies and older dogs. First, do not hit the dog. It is not effective in the long term.





Do not allow a puppy or dog to play with your clothes, hands, or any other part of your body. They can mouth tug-toys, but not you. This trains the dog that people are not OK to nip.





If the puppy or dog nips you, simply stop and leave every single time. The puppy wants interaction, and will soon learn that nipping does not work.





Please take a dog obedience class with your puppy. It will teach you how to manage your dog over it's lifetime.
Reply:when he tries to bite you, or nip, or whatever, grab his bottom jaw and hold it down, saying "BAD, NO BITE!" it sounds mean, but its not, and it works. ive done it with the past two puppies ive had. good luck! %26lt;3
Reply:there is a spray that you can spray on yourself. it as "apple" in the name, but i can't remember the rest. find it at a pet store, and by the way, it's nontoxic.
Reply:ShibaGirl's advice is right on......please take the time and disciplin to follow her directions.
Reply:Shiba hit it right on! I also incorperated the command of "Nice" into my dogs training. Everytime we play and they get to rough they settle down when I say nice. I started saying this in a loud voice at first to make them understand it hurt and now I just say the word without raising my voice and it seems to work. I also use the word nice when giving them a treat. It broke them from snatching or taking the treat to aggresivley out of my hand.



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