My Cavalier King Charles puppy plays rough and nips fingers, toes and arms...?

I know she's only playing but I don't want to encourage her to play like this forever. She gets so excited and nips at my fingers, toes, clothes, whatever she can reach and does little growls, too.





She is only nine weeks and I worry that she may hurt little children's fingers. Those sharp little teeth can dig in.





She is such a sweet puppy but she doesn't understand the word "no" yet. I say this to her when she does it and stop her but she gets even more excited and comes back for more.





Will she grow out of this or what can I do to stop this behaviour now?





She will be going to puppy pre-school as soon as she has her second vaccination but should I be doing anything between now and then?





This is how beautiul she is:





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My Cavalier King Charles puppy plays rough and nips fingers, toes and arms...?
I have two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and have had them since they were babies. Cavaliers are very playful and when they are young, they don't realize that their little needle sharp teeth hurt. My puppies BOTH did this. I had a very easy time training them.





When you are playing with your pup, if she gets a little rough and nips your fingers until it hurts, you want to yelp loud. Then stop playing immediately. When litter mates are playing, they sometimes get rough with each other. When one yelps, they understand that they have hurt one another. Puppies will ignore the offending playmate when they get hurt. It is just what they do. After a couple of minutes, you can pet your baby again and if she wants to play again, you can do it. If she nips you again......yelp again and ignore. I will guarantee you she will stop and figure out what you are trying to tell her.





This worked amazingly well with my cavaliers and have never had a problem with nipping. They are lovely dogs that only want to please.





Congratulations on your new Cavalier puppy!
Reply:believe it or not try ignoring her. and do some investigating into NILIF "nothing in life is free"





Also it is common to over use the word NO and then the puppy gets confused over what no means exactly.
Reply:When your playing with her and she nips you, stand up and say OUCH really loudly and then ignore her. Just to let her know that when she gets mouthy, playtimes over.


It might take a while, but keep at it and eventually she'll get the hang of it.
Reply:Right now, you want to stop her from biting, and move her to mouthing gently. Then when she's older, train her not to mouth at all. Start training her with "gentle" and "time out".





Choose a room that you can play with her in, which you can easily get up and leave her in for a small amount of time.





When playing, if you feel her bite you, YELP! Say ow! Hold your injured appendage to your mouth and act like it was the worst bite EVER! Then tell her "Time out!" and walk out of the room and shut the door. Leave her for about 30 seconds, then come back into the room acting stilla bit hurt.





She should catch on that she doesn't get to play if she hurts you, and start biting softer, and softer. Don't punish her for biting, but rather for biting hard. Ask her to be "geeeeeennntle".
Reply:my best friend's dog is the same breed and had 8 puppies in December





well the puppies are very high energetic and love to play so we have the same problems





well not to be mean or anything but i bought a dog from them and she does the same as yours and what i do is just hit her on the head not hard at all


just like a little tap and i say no


its not hurting them at all believe me i help out at animal shelters all the time and they tell me its ok and it wont hurt them
Reply:Definitely attempt to break the dog's habit while she is still young! Because she will get older, her teeth will get bigger and sharper and she will still think she is just playing around even though it will hurt you more. She may grow out of it, but to try to break the habit, when she starts to nip at you, ignore her to teach her that this is a bad habit. You can also try a gentle tap to the tip of the nose, but do not hit the dog with force because it can cause more agression and its just a mean thing to do! My dog was doing this and my vet suggested putting ur finger in the mouth and making them gag. I thought this was kind of mean to do, but once the dog realizes that she will gag from your finger, she probably wont try to go for them.
Reply:Training puppies is all about positive reinforcement not disencouraging the negative behaviours.


If you've ever watched two puppies play together you'll notice that if one plays too rough the other will yelp and roll onto his/her back. You should try to "copy" this behavior. When your puppy bites you you should say "ouch" loudly, glare at the puppy and walk away. After a few seconds you should find a toy that is okay for your puppy and then give it to her, make sure you praise puppy when she plays with the toy.


This lets her know that it is okay to bite/play rough with toys but not okay to bite you. Remember to be consistant or otherwise she'll become confused and it'll make breaking this habit even harder.


Good luck!!
Reply:even thoe she does not know the word no just still say it and NEVER HIT HER but gentley push her away and say no when she does it and try to play with her more with a toy than just your bare hand and if she still get you say no and gently push her away. hope this helpa and congrats on the new puppy!
Reply:When my pitbull was a puppy, we would say ouch and she would know what that meant and even gave a sad look like she knew it hurt us. lol.


If we play with her and she gets rough, we just say ouch and she stops.


I saw that another person said they used 'ouch' too.


So try it. I know my dog as a large vocabulary.



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