Thanks Birdiewife & Rainbow - good to know there is some light at the end of this seemingly long tunnel! My hands are fairly shredded again this morning - he seems to be having a particularly "hyper" day despite trying to wear him out with some training and playing. It is strange how much this puppy phase reminds me of my children being small - trying to adhere to advice and schedules and do the best, with very mixed results! It is lucky he is so gorgeous!

It's the only reason they survive

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Hi

When my boarder collie was a puppy he did this when he didnt get his own way, we stoped this by putting a bit of yogurt on our hand and when he did it we carmed him down and told him to be gentle when likking the yogurt, worked a treat and he stoped nipping straight away, incedently he is now 3 and loves youguts what ever flaviour

My 10 week old beagle has suddenly (almost over night) gone from a few nips to full on biting and today she actually drawn blood from me

I tried the yelping but that actually seemed to excite her even more. I am saying quite loud and low no which initially stopped the biting but today she actually turned and jumped at my face when I said it.

I take her to the kitchen where she has timeout for up to 5 mins depending how quickly she settles down but now when I pick her up to take her she is continuing to bite me and this is when she punctured the skin on my hand.

When she is good and licks and plays nicely she gets lots of praise and treats its just the biting is now taking over the play-she wont take any interest on a toy instead of a hand.

Just wondered is there something I am doing wrong or do I continue with removing her and praising the good play? I have just returned her straight to the kitchen after 5 mins as the first thing she did on coming back in was bite my son who is sick on the sofa

Many thanks xxxxxx

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You seem to be doing everything right, another trick you could use is a tin, fill it with some pennies.When she starts to nip shake the tin. This will make a really load noise that puppies don't like. The other thing you could buy is a product called bitter apple. Bitter Apple is a non-toxic, safe and effective chew deterrent. It has a bitter taste to discourage pets from licking, gnawing and chewing on surfaces where applied. Stops pets from biting and chewing fur, wounds and bandages. Can be used with any animal dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets etc.

You can buy if from amazon here is a link i hope it helps

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Hi

My name is susanne and I have started a blog called www.Labpuppytraining.com I thought I would join this forum to see what issues dog owners have with their new puppies and try and help.

Susanne

Some dogs DO get more excited by high-pitched yelps - it's one thing to be wary of, particularly if your dog is a type bred to kill rats and/or other squeaky things

Look for a profesionnal method in order to change the behaviour of your dog.
Try here

This might be useful to you too;

Train Your Puppy Not to Bite

I've personally used this 'yelping' tactic and it works a charm.

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How To Solve One Of The Biggest Issues With Your Dog

Storm is a 12 week old Alaskan Malamute and most of the time he is so gentle and loving, but when he is overtired he gets very nippy and growly. Yelping and saying no just makes him worse, I have found giving him "time out" in his crate for 5 mins and ignoring him while he is in there seems to work to calm him down.
My father in law has not helped by "tapping" Storm on the nose when he gets like this, despite me telling him not to
I think the whole family has to be consistant in their methods of handling nipping puppies or the poor puppy will just be confused

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1 puppy Storm 1 rabbit Snuffy

Ok Bella is getting worse?? Im making sure I am consistant with my behaviour towards her-I remove her straight away from the room with 1 firm no and then place her in the kitchen behind the gate and I dont speak to her again after the inital no. The time it takes her to settle after being placed in here is also getting longer-she whines which she has never done before except for her first night her and generally gets herself more and more wound up.

Today she has just really growled and bitten me when I came in and sat down on the sofa after letting her out for the loo. She wasnt hyper, playing just walking back on the room and bang lunged.

I also noticed today during our training session she became over excited about having the reward and began jumping on me trying to get the treat off me, where as before she was very well behaved and would sit, lie on command and wait for the treat.

Food hasnt changed, meal times the same, her daily routine is still the same?? I really dont know where Im going wrong im following all advice and like I said she has been really very good but im feeling a bit lost at the moment.

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