Paddy Biting !!!

[Gordon]

[Suzanne H]

We stopped puppy biting pretty quickly by yelping really loud and walking away from him and ignoring him. He soon learned not to do it...

We used time out if he was getting too wild - he was shut in the dining room (has a glass door) and only let him back in when he was calm and quiet.

He's an attention-seeker, so best way to deal with it was to not reward him with any attention. He was terrible for jumping up, specially when we came in from work. again, totally ignored until he calmed down and Ian and I always greet each other first.

The behaviour often gets worse before it gets better because they try harder to get a rise...like steal something and run around with it. We just walked out the room...he got fed up

[Jack]

I didn't do anything fancy myself just a very very firm "NO!" They learned very quickly my lot

We still had LOADS of fun and I still allowed play biting to a point so as I could judge for myself how hard they were doing it to each other and monitor the intensity and therefore know the precise moment to step in when they played with each other - pretty vital when bringing up 3 of the little monsters

They are NOT allowed to bite other people though even in play and they know it....unless that person is their favourite climbing frame aka Tim OR are fellow Staffie owners and have started it off - then they're on their own
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[Christina McDermott]

Hello,

Thank you all for your advice. I have tried completely ignoring him and it seems to work!!! Very happy

I will keep going at it as he has been great today....

Christina x

[Gordon]

I'm really glad its working for you. Just shows the power of positive and negative reinforcement. Dogs do learn from their own consequences.