Q&A for How to Make a Dog Stop Biting

Wait until you think your puppy is about to bite you, then say a command like "no" or "no bite." If he doesn't bite you, reward him with praise and a treat. This will be more effective than telling him off after he's already bitten you.

The trick is to reintroduce him slowly to the grooming tools, in such as way that he associates them with good things. For example, leave a comb beside his food bowl and store his brush in the toy chest. Then show him the brush, and when he acts calm, praise and reward him. Gradually build up his tolerance of the brush being near him by rewarding good behavior. It might be wise to try a different type of grooming tool than previously (so maybe a Zoom Groom rather than a deshedding brush) and start on a part of his body that he's most tolerant of, and reward his co-operation.

Firstly, be extremely careful and never leave the child unsupervised near the dog. For many dogs a young child triggers feelings associated with chasing prey, so extreme caution is needed. Ideally, consult a trained behaviorist. In the meantime up the dog's basic training, and teach a solid "Sit" and a solid "Go to your mat" so you can control the dog and interrupt chasing behaviors.

If the adult dog doesn't growl or correct the puppy, then you should correct the puppy by saying "no" and taking him away. Do not correct the older dog for growling or snapping. He is teaching the puppy.

Your dog may have pain when being brushed, while grooming monitor whether this is occurring in one particular spot. If this seems to be the case, check the skin and the hair. Any matting being brushed will hurt. The dog may have had a bad experience at the salon or previous owner. If this may have happened then train them to enjoy grooming time with treats.

Take her and the puppy for walks together. As long as your Kelpie sees you as the leader of the pack, she will accept the puppy as a new member simply because you do.

Your puppy bites because he is most likely teething. All puppy teethe, just like babies. Get him a bone or a chew toy.

Pulling their teeth is almost always a bad idea, unless you give extremely soft foods for the rest of his life. Consider putting him up for adoption instead of putting him down.

To some extent that is natural dog behavior and if you try to interfere you might get hurt. If the dogs are hurting each other, try to keep them separated whenever possible. If the issues are prolonged, you may have to consider re-homing one of the dogs.

Never leave the dog unsupervised. Maybe have some friends or family come over and have him "sit" and "stay". If he doesn't listen, put him on a leash or in a crate. Consider buying a muzzle for the dog.

There are some sprays you can put in things they commonly chew, like the chair. Once you spray what they chew, it will taste bad and prevent further chewing.

It depends. Sometimes they're hungry too and want to be fed, but other times they might just want whatever you have (or your attention!).

Yes, it is possible. Check to make sure, though. It's also possible that she just wants to play, or that she doesn't like something you are doing. If it's an issue, try leaving her alone or distracting her with a toy.

If it's not bad and you know the dog isn't rabid, disinfect the wound and bandage it. If it's bad or you were bitten by a stray, go to the doctor.

Aggressive bites are faster and usually accompanied by stiff body language.

Try to keep her calm, and when she charges or bites, give a reprimand. When the dog walks past strangers and does not bite, give positive affirmation.

You may need to get him or her a muzzle to prevent them from biting. You may also try obedience training as this will help the dog recognize that you are the one who is in charge.

We have a very possessive dog who originally bit us when we went near her toys, food, or bones while she was using them. To train her, we took her food bowl and everything else away and put them in a place that she could not reach them. When it was time for her to eat, we would feed her by hand. This teaches her that all food came from us, and she did not get to be in charge of it. With her toys/bones, we would hold it out of her reach, and make her sit before we gave it to her. This taught her patience and that she could trust us to give her what she deserved. At the end of each day, we put everything away, and repeated the drill the next day.

Rawhide bones, Bully sticks and rubber toys. As a puppy is teething you'll notice that it'll nearly bite anything, including you. It's best not to allow your puppy bite on your hands as this can spiral out of control. As soon as your teething puppy bites you, correct the behavior and give your puppy an acceptable chew toy.

Use a spray bottle and spray when bitten. This will stop her from biting. Be sure to repeat and she will learn biting ankles are bad.

Correct him by pulling him away from the dogs, and putting him in 'time-out' until he's calm. If your dog is nipping at others, you can get into trouble for it if you go to dog parks. Try to socialize him more, and be patient.

If your dog draws blood and/or injures the person badly, sadly it has to be euthanized. If it's minor, yes, he can be trained.

As mentioned earlier on this site, find out why he's biting you. Sheep dogs are protective dogs. Figure out if it's from aggression, fear, a learned behaviour, etc. Seek professional advice.

This is usually a learned behaviour. At sayome time, probably when he was young, he was not corrected when play biting. So ,he believes it is ok to bite when he is excited (as in happy). I would use the same techniques described here for aggressive biting. The goal is to prevent it (command "no" when you see it coming, and reward if he doesn't bite). Repeat and repeat. While playing or during excitement reward randomly when he's not biting (positive reinforcement). If he does not comply abruptly stop the play or exciting situation and put him on time out for about 30-60 seconds. Create the same situation several times using same techniques to reinforce quickly.

See your vet for medication and to find the source of the allergy. Try to avoid the allergy trigger. There are creams that don't taste good that you can put on the trigger area as well. Also use playful distraction but do not reward the biting directly. Say "no", then play or go for a walk.