Stop puppy biting with handling games 

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@@kikopup This puppy is much too sweet to concentrate on their mistakes.The same puppy with the black points and the mother played in the park.This was sooooooo sweet,when the puppy ran to get the mother.Dear,Kikopup,this dogs are too sweet to concentrate on everything.Even,when the puppy bites me,i wanted the puppy go on,sweet pain like beeing tattooed.Too sweet.Every mistake is a reason to love them more.

Thanks Nate!

what is show and tell. I have a VOD on my website for Reactivity

This pup is from Blitzen's Border Collies.

goodness, that does sound like a lab puppy. A lot can be quite excited by food like that and also take the treats really hard. I suggest for the next few weeks to train AFTER he's just had a meal and avoid training when he's not had food for a while.You can also try to begin with lower value food, just as his kibble he eats, and then get him habituated to new foods by adding them to his dinner, so its not so exciting in the training. Here is a video about dogs who are too excited by food ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DR831Q2fv-U.html and one on take treats softly ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KXDWbtx44b8.html

Victoria Kern can get him desensitised to treats by always having him on you in a treat pouch or putting them in a treat jar and sometimes move it without giving any to your dog

write a list of the scenarios in which it occurs and use management and prevention and train your dog what you do want him to do in those scenarios. If its when you sit down and ignore to work on a computer or watch tv or cook, practice settle on a mat on leash, when you have to work or do something put the puppy in a large pen with toys and chews so that he cant run up and bite you while you are not paying attention.

A border collie like my others

I suggest being neutral and just quickly putting him in his pen with his toys. If your puppy is the type that might scream and bark when put in a pen when acting like this, you could sit inches away from the pen calmly reading a book etc to prevent it being some stressful event. Then the important part is to work on calm stuff daily like these handling exercises and the settle. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yr1olzgidMw.html

I suggest using part of his daily meal, if he likes his own food you can use those as treats if not use something small and healthy such as boiled chicken and other types of real meal. Rationing the treats per day and removing some of his food so he doesnt gain weight. If you feed a dog too much food they can gain weight as well as get diarrhea

Can you pls advise, i cant have him roam around the house coz he keeps on biting/chewing stuff.

Most likely he has spent his whole life chewing on stuff. So you will need to teach him as if he were an 8 week old puppy. Have a large pen to keep him in when you cant watch him that has stuff he can chew on like dog chews and then when loose make sure you are watching him 100% of the time.

@@kikopup thanks...

@@kikopup im guessing he also spent all the time in a cage previously, he is too excited coming out of the house

I also have a wannabe shark! Have watched lots of videos but the puppies used to demonstrate are always calm and aren't behaving like mine.

It is normal for puppies to growl. If the puppy growls during this training exercise I suggest reducing criteria to where the puppy looks calm and relaxed during the training. You can try using higher value treats but if the puppy is suddenly very aroused, you can also put the puppy in his pen and then do the exercise when he is calmer.

Dog Training by Kikopup Okay! I was very worried, because we just solved all guarding problems and I was worried they were coming back!! But this video is helping with her nipping and she is the calmest, smartest most mischievous dog we could ask for now lol, thank you!!

lol. Yes he does love his toys now

@@kikopup The australian shepheard is so endless sweet that it's hard to concentrate,if there's a problem. Please,dear Kikopup,understand me right.This is correct and sweet. I think,work with most dangerous protection dogs is another level. Means not,that you don't care for those,i told. But malinois train for military grounds is surely most difficult and painful.

Oh awesome well done!!!

I suggest to keep building her toys as the most reinforcing thing to play with. If she starts to want to bite at you to play you can put her in her pen with toys and sit next to it so you are out of reach of her teeth.

@@kikopup Thank you for answering. how do you build value on toys? do you have a video for that too? your video tutorials have been extremely helpful.

Awe thats awesome!

@@kikopup I hadn't spotted your 'Touch' video or I might have just tried that. But I think there is the extra benefit that I can use the cue 'Lick' when she actually has her nasty little nippers around my hand. She can nonchalantly turn bite into lick without losing face. (A moment or two ago she actually beat me to it, and turned bite into lick before I suggested it!). Your techniques are so, so good (I'm sure you know). I just wish there were more hours in the day, because there is SO much to work on, and I want to do it all now!

Omg, I know. Sorry about that. You can play drinking games with my other videos. I tend to repeat some phrases too.

Dog Training by Kikopup .....LOL WHAT-?....

@@shiromaniw3527 yes

This is the comment, doctor

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Hello, I know its a year old comment but I am really hopeful to know how your BC is doing now since I am new BC pup owner. Thanks

Awe! Glad I could be of help!

PS Bonnie is a 12 week Border Collie

Hi PermaHeretic, its Dr Ian Dunbar that promotes the games where you gradually shape a puppy to bite less hard. And I love Ian Dunbar and respect his work. My thinking is on preventing rehearsal of biting humans completely. And the results Ive gotten is dogs that never get mouthy on humans when aroused. I do think bite inhibition is extremely important and for me the best way to train it is that the puppy played with littermates and mom and other dogs up until 8 weeks or more. That the puppy plays with other puppies or dogs who are a calm influence and have polite play manners, and for me most importantly the owner is working with training daily and feeding the puppy treats to the mouth in which the puppy learns to open and close the mouth delicately to take the treat- here is a video called take treats nicely which you can do if your puppy takes treats hard. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KXDWbtx44b8.html If your puppy is not taking treats hard that is a super awesome sign. What you describe where the puppy snarls and bites you sounds related to frustration and arousal but I of course am not there, and you could get help from a vet behaviorist if you start to worry its aggression. For me the root cause is over arousal and frustration. 1 - you need to prevent it happening as much as you can - write a list of times it happens and situations it happens in 2 interrupt it as soon as it starts 3 keep up the training where you are teaching your puppy not to bite and be calm when hands touch her, when shoes shuffle, when objects move, and lastly when you move. Here is a video on interrupting behavior ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yLr3ame9Ptk.html I would quickly pick up the puppy and put her in a large pen where she can play on her own, rather than be loose and bite you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-62NNwZtbtIA.html Start conditioning the collar grab, but dont try to use if for when the puppy gets mouthy because it most likely will make her more mouthy. But train this daily for 2 weeks so taking the dogs collar has a calming influence. That way in the future if your dog gets over aroused you can take the collar to help calm the dog down. If the behavior is frustration related and you use punishment it can have the potential side effect of the biting getting more severe.

I trained 2 of my dogs by distracting them with toys every time they started to bite and I wanted to try something new by training my most recent puppy by the ouch method. It worked for me to get him to stop biting as hard but he still sometimes will nip at my feet when he's feeling playful. My other 2 dogs didn't have this problem so I'd say I wouldn't worry too much about missing your window just try to get the puppy used to biting toys instead of extremities and the pressure of a bite won't matter because they will always know you don't bite people anyway. At least that is my experience, best of luck!

@@kikopup Thank you so much Emily, it is very kind of you to take the trouble to leave such a full reply. She has started to take the treats harder; she was very gentle at first, so I had been thinking it was time to watch that video. I think she does have different bites: the play mouthing, which is actually quite soft, and a snarly leap-at-me type - which I think, as you say, is over arousal, but also tiredness. She has a good go, then flakes out (just like toddlers do). I think that is the behaviour I should simply not allow, and set things up so it doesn't happen. I will look up the collar grab; I hadn't spotted that one. Unfortunately no puppy-club or playdates at the moment with coronavirus social isolation, but I bought her a pen which arrived today, and I think that will help. She seemed pretty happy in it earlier, without any training, just me working alongside - she actually chose to go and lie in her crate, which I thought was really sweet. Now I will make my way to your donation page, because I really value your advice and videos! Cathy

I 100% needed to see this today. We have a puppy that we mistakenly got early (6 weeks). She is a bully breed (pit mix). She is mouthy when over aroused. We are really training her to be calm in situations and manage her environment. I was trying to work on bite inhibition and when she is just calmly playing/mouthing she is gentle. When she is aroused / excited she bites. I have two children (3 and 8). They know to be calm but knowing and doing are two different things. So I have the issue of teaching a 9 week old puppy calmness around excitement. Plus trying to say ouch doesn’t work when she’s aroused. I’ve gone to this training method. Zero teeth on humans. It’s a process. I’ve been frustrated to the point of tears. Thank you SO MUCH for putting out this content.

Awe thanks :)

Thanks for the comment!

Hope we will get an answer from "dog training kikopup" ?

I use their food when I can- kibble. But for some behaviors I need a higher value treat, so I use real meat or tiny bits of cheese or healthy hot dogs (turkey dogs I use the most). Sometimes commercial dog treats, but they tend to have a lot of weird added ingredients that are not healthy.

@@egolfandenmatten5813 I use their food when I can- kibble. But for some behaviors I need a higher value treat, so I use real meat or tiny bits of cheese or healthy hot dogs (turkey dogs I use the most). Sometimes commercial dog treats, but they tend to have a lot of weird added ingredients that are not healthy.

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It depends on the puppy, my puppy Wish did not either.

Yes :)

If the dog is not drawing blood or causing pain and its soft biting you can use the same games in this video. Obviously if your dog is actually biting you you'll need to hire a trainer to help you so you dont get bitten. Sometimes dogs mouth when feeling conflicted frustrated or excited. SO you have to know the situations it happens in and be prepared before hand to use management. You can also do training set ups where you teach your dog what you do want him to do in the situations he gets mouthy. here is a formula for solving unwanted behavior: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6vAk98000wc.html

I'd not use licking as the alternate behavior. Id wait until shes older and not biting any more to get the trick of giving a lick on cue. This is because licking is so similar to mouthing, you could get a couple licks then a nip. It would be easier to teach ignore the hands and let them do what they are doing rather than lick them.

Hi Daria, I really do suggest getting help from a trainer. I can't help with this sort of thing online but another trainer I know does online consults for this - www.completecanines.com/michael-shikashio/ This is a problem you really need help with because if it keeps getting rehearsed your dog when he gets frustrated or aroused can start mouthing and biting and the size of your dog makes it extremely important to seek help. Using punishment can actually in some cases cause the side effect of more biting. So the most important plan is preventing the behavior to begin with using management and getting help from a trainer you can come up with a great plan for management and behavior modification.

That sounds really frustrating. I suggest when you leave him leave him and cant watch him in a large pen and not a crate, with a bed area and toys. To encourage him making choices and playing with the toys. I suggest getting a toy on a string- you can make this and drag it around (when there are no treats present) to see if the movement excites him. I suggest for walks just begin with treats and being focused on them. you can feed him for position like in this video instagram.com/p/CHbuvgUnh7C/ Then you can sprinkle a few treats in the grass and teach him to search for them. This will get him sniffing and exploring in the grass. If he looks up at you the whole walk, choose those moments that he turns his head to look at something else for a milisecond and use that time to tell him hes good and then move to feed a treat.

I suggest acting calm when you first open the door you can drop treats on the way to go outside to go to the bathroom. Then if you want to "say hi" to the puppy wait about 10 mins after you have come home to tell your puppy how much you love them... and the puppy will be calmer and less likely to bite. You can also practice in training sessions talking to your puppy in a high pitched excited voice and marking and feeding for not jumping or biting- because most likely guests will slip up and do exciting stuff. Keep up the handling exercises in the training session as well it is so important. When guests come over you could first begin with the puppy on leash getting treats for seeing them but not getting to say hi until calmer, or you could begin with little walk together outside before they come in.

How is he now?

I suggest playing games like in this video with clothes and shoes but with the movement of you just walking past ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PwLfbkc8N24.html And then in situations you know your puppy will go for your feet and it isnt time to train just pick up your pup.

@@kikopup OMG I tried this earlier today and it's already working wonderfully. Thank you so much. I didn't think of picking her up during non-training times, so that's a good idea too.

Dont use a crate, keep the puppy in a large pen with the crate inside, then the puppy can play in the pen and then choose to rest, then you can mark and reinforce those moments the puppy chooses to settle.

@@kikopup what if the puppy once in its pen wants nothing to do but get out?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6P_MYUhd_BY.html I have this video that gives examples of sizes. Then there is this video on how long to train ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wn9qtqlZguY.html

Thank you so much.

a border collie