Re: [PyrNet-L] Mouthing

["Dolores Neal" <dneal@scan.missouri.org>]

Doug I forward the message from that Sue Cannimore
When you got it did you get the from address and the addressshe said e-mail
her?? I can't get anything to go
at either place.  Would yousee if you can get something to her?  If you can,
tell her we well call her if she well e-Mail us a phone number.      Good
luck you say   Ha    we'll wait and see.

DN
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Hustins <profitmanage@mgenerations.net>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Mouthing


> The method we have always used is as follows:
>
> 2-3 times per day take your puppy into a smaller enclosed area with a
door.
> The bathroom usually works well.  Play with the puppy until he nips at you
> fairly hard.  Immediately shout "owww" in a high voice and leave the room
> closing the door.  Wait 3-5 minutes and return for your puppy.  Resume
your
> normal routine at this time.  Your puppy will very quickly associate
nipping
> with the cessation of play and since a puppy loves nothing better than
> attention this will work very effectively.
>
> You will have to gradually lower the criteria for the "owww" and leave.
Go
> from hard nipping to any feeling of teeth to soft mouthing to any
placement
> of his mouth on you.  This has an outstanding effect on the puppy.  It
works
> on older dogs but with much more time required since the play desire is
> usually lower in an adult dog.
>
> I really like this method because you are using motivation rather than
> penalty avoidence.  A motivationalist trainer showed us this method a
number
> of years ago and we have trained all our puppies with it ever since with
> great success.  Hope this helps.
>
> Take Care,
> Doug Hustins
> Acroyar Great Pyrenees
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bluebonnet <bluebonnet_72@yahoo.com>
> To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
> Sent: October 19, 1999 7:53 PM
> Subject: [PyrNet-L] Mouthing
>
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I'm new here.  I have a 9 month old pyr, Jake, and
> > and 9 week old, Caesar.  Does anyone have any
> > suggestions for discouraging mouthing in the 9 week
> > old?
> >    We didn't bring my first pyr, who we lost this
> > summer, home until 14 weeks and by then mouthing was
> > firmly established and it took months to break the
> > habit.  My 9 month old almost never did it.  It only
> > took about two corrections and he stopped.
> >    Caesar is much more deterimened but I don't want it
> > to take months to correct the problem like it did with
> > my first.  Those jaws get big in a hurry. <g>.
> >    So far we have been holding his jaws and saying no,
> > sharply or walking away and refusing to play.  Those
> > two techniques don't really help.   What have others
> > done to fix this problem?
> >
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