Re: [PyrNet-L] New puppy

["smye" <smye@worldchat.com>]

Hi Eileen:
I stopped any biting by. - Grabbing ahold of the sides of her mouth(face)
and tell her NO BITE or NO in really tough voice (She knows I mean business)
as I has looking her in the eye.  It really scared her when I say NO in a
tough voice now.  When she was a puppy she would snarl at the cat near her
food.  I did that same as above and she nows eats with the cat(Harvest).
They sleep, eat and play together .  Like Alison said you have to take
control and become the Pack Leader.
-----Original Message-----
From: PYRGRL1@aol.com <PYRGRL1@aol.com>
To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net <pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] New puppy


>In a message dated 98-07-21 17:24:08 EDT, you write:
>
><< Today, the puppy nipped my 10 year old in the face leaving marks where
she
> broke the skin under his lip. What am I going to do? I have been trying
> different things with her nipping, as she has been drawing blood. We all
> thought she was catching on. We do the OUCH, yell NO, have tried holding
her
> muzzle (makes her more aggressive), I even put Bitter Apple on my hands.
>When
> will she stop the nipping?
> >>
>
>Eileen,
>
>My Pyr puppy did the nipping thing too when I first got her.  I spoke with
my
>obedience instructor and she offered to come to my home and give me a
private
>OB lesson since she was too young to start puppy class so  that I could
learn
>basic commands and start teaching her "no"  "sit" "stay" and mostly "NO
BITE"
>When she starts to nip at you take your hand and Pop her under the chin
either
>with hand straight or with a loose fist.  Since she was a young pup too, I
did
>not pop her with a whole lot of force, mostly it is the shock that stops
them.
>When you pop her in a very loud Alpha voice tell her NO BITE!!!  It only
took
>a couple of weeks for the nipping to stop with Sammi.  I also would try to
>watch when she was around small children and prevent them from putting
their
>faces right smack within her reach.  What I have read explains it as
puppies
>when they are with their littermates nip and chew and wrestle with one
another
>so when the Mom sees it is getting to be too rough she will make quite the
>loud Alpha bark and nip at them to stop it--I have heard other list members
>talk about this and she is probably thinking that your child is like her
>littermate and wants to play like she was used to with the other puppies.
You
>must establish the Alpha role with her now so that she will learn her place
in
>the pack order to eliminate the chances of inciedences such as this from
>occurring.  Have you read Alpha Boot Camp yet?  It is  great reading
material
>for training puppies.
>
>Good luck,
>Steph
>