Train Your Puppy Not to Bite

Instructions Teaching Bite Inhibition Step 1: According to dog breeder, trainer and author Liz Palika, the mother dog and the littermates teach a puppy not to bite so hard. They encourage the puppy to practice bit inhibiting this behavior by yelping...

Puppies bite for several reasons. It is a natural part of puppy play behavior; this is how a puppy interacts with its littermates. Biting can also be instinctive, such as with herding and cattle dogs, where the dog will use small nips and bites to...

Most people love puppies, but no one loves to have fingers nipped or clothes and furniture shredded. Nipping and chewing are natural behaviors in puppies; they learn about the world around them by exploring things with their mouths, and they chomp down...

Puppies mouth objects, including fingers, as a normal part of play and to explore their world. However, this behavior becomes increasingly troublesome as your puppy gets older and larger. Teaching it to keep its teeth off of you and other people will...

A dog or puppy that bites people, especially children, will often be confiscated and destroyed, depending on the local laws. But why do puppies or dogs bite kids? It's usually because they are afraid of them. They make a lot of noise and sudden movements...