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There are many reasons puppies bite. They can be motivated by aggression, boredom, fear, or simply not knowing better. Read this entire article to try to figure out which category your biting puppy fits into.

Teething Puppies

puppies bite because their teeth are coming in and through mouth needs stimulation, and they bite in play. the teething puppy will grow out of the stage and will bite less if provided LOTS of toys to play with. Most puppies bite during play and it shouldn’t be a long term problem if dealt with properly.

Puppies Who Haven’t Learned Better

Puppyhood is an important time to teach appropriate play. In fact, this is a huge part of those last two weeks with the puppy’s litter. Puppy’s play with their brothers and sisters constantly, and when a puppy bites another puppy, that puppy yelps!! If your puppy did not stay with his litter long enough to be taught not to bite in play, you should yelp and withdraw from play whenever your puppy bites. This is the best and most natural method, but if you find this method is not working you can try the below methods:

* After a bite, immediately place it in it’s crate alone for just 2 or 3 minutes.
* bop the dog gently on the nose and say “no bite!”
* fill a small spray bottle with water and spritz the dog when he bites.

To help prevent your puppy from biting:

* make sure you have lots of toys available that are “bite safe”
* avoid some of the older latex and vinyl toys that look like hands or feet
* never play tug-of war with your dog
* never wrestle with your puppy

Teething Puppies

To help prevent your puppy from developing aggressive biting habits as an adult:

Socialize, socialize, socialize. The more time your dog spends outside of your home, and inside your home with strangers present the happier and less likely it will be to bite as an adult.

Make sure your puppy meets your neighbors and frequently invite them into your yard. Make sure you puppy is used to strangers entering his home or backyard (don’t worry, when it comes to protection a well socialized dog “knows” a dangerous situation and will respond- simply having a dog will deter most criminals)

When the mailmen, delivery people, meter readers, newspaper delivery people come to your house, put your puppy on a leash and let them sniff and meet these people as much as possible. Most adults injured by dog bites are in these professions. By associating uniformed people with good things, you can help make sure your dog will never bite one.

Try to have your puppy interact with children as much as possible! Many dogs raised in all adult homes become dogs with a tendency to nip or bite children. Walking your puppy at parks with playgrounds is a great way to let your puppy play with children.