Comments on: Dealing with Puppy Biting and Chewing http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/ Jenna & Snickers Promote Humane Education and Responsible Dog Ownership Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Maura http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-348 Maura Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:27:28 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-348 ooooooooooo.. sushi pants.. not a bad idea.. right now "Chunk" is just a jumping nipping happy boy. Not sure what his name will end up being but he's such a chunky pup.. no, seriously.. it's not fur.. It's Chunk! Jenna. LOL! I just know it's really nice to pick him up and smell shiba puppy goodness. Unfortunately the camera i have isn't that great with action shots so.. when Chunk is gracious enough to pose, we get a picture. ooooooooooo.. sushi pants.. not a bad idea.. right now “Chunk” is just a jumping nipping happy boy. Not sure what his name will end up being but he’s such a chunky pup.. no, seriously.. it’s not fur.. It’s Chunk!

Jenna. LOL! I just know it’s really nice to pick him up and smell shiba puppy goodness.

Unfortunately the camera i have isn’t that great with action shots so.. when Chunk is gracious enough to pose, we get a picture.

]]> By: jenna http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-347 jenna Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:41:40 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-347 Bonnie - Further proof that Shibas will get away with anything and everything they can if you don't put your foot down. ;-) MAURA!!!! I so wish I could see your new pupster in person. We may have to set you up with a blog so you can chronicle his life in photos online. :) Bonnie – Further proof that Shibas will get away with anything and everything they can if you don’t put your foot down. ;-)

MAURA!!!! I so wish I could see your new pupster in person. We may have to set you up with a blog so you can chronicle his life in photos online. :)

]]> By: Maura http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-346 Maura Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:36:05 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-346 Are you reading my mind??? I'm in the throes of the whole nipping, biting, chewing, and mouthy business of my shiba. when i get a free moment, i'll read it all again.. gotta go see what he's up to now.. too quiet! Are you reading my mind??? I’m in the throes of the whole nipping, biting, chewing, and mouthy business of my shiba.

when i get a free moment, i’ll read it all again.. gotta go see what he’s up to now.. too quiet!

]]> By: Bonnie & Sushi http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-345 Bonnie & Sushi Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:52:52 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-345 I actually had pants I called "my Sushi pants". Pants I wore at home only because Sushi loved to chew on them while I was wearing them! We were not consistent in stopping Sushi's nipping/chewing behaviour. By 7 months, Sushi was still nipping. We'd had enough, so we enforced yelling OUCH!!!! like we really meant it, then calmly telling to "go in" (into the kitchen, that was where his crate was). He was give a quiet, calming timeout. No one could speak to him, touch him or even look at him. Not even our 2 cats were allowed in the room. After 5 mins., once Sushi had chilled out, he was allowed to come out again. Within 3 weeks, the nipping had completely stopped. It is important to reinforce the timeout in a calm, positive manner, not for the dog to see or feel it is punishent. Just time to chill, and then they are praised and rewarded for it. <abbr><em><em>Bonnie & Sushis latest blog post..<a href="http://lifewithashibainu.blogspot.com/2009/03/want-to-know-everything-and-anything.html" rel="nofollow">Want to Know Everything and Anything about the Shiba Inu?</a></em></abbr></em> I actually had pants I called “my Sushi pants”. Pants I wore at home only because Sushi loved to chew on them while I was wearing them! We were not consistent in stopping Sushi’s nipping/chewing behaviour. By 7 months, Sushi was still nipping. We’d had enough, so we enforced yelling OUCH!!!! like we really meant it, then calmly telling to “go in” (into the kitchen, that was where his crate was). He was give a quiet, calming timeout. No one could speak to him, touch him or even look at him. Not even our 2 cats were allowed in the room. After 5 mins., once Sushi had chilled out, he was allowed to come out again. Within 3 weeks, the nipping had completely stopped. It is important to reinforce the timeout in a calm, positive manner, not for the dog to see or feel it is punishent. Just time to chill, and then they are praised and rewarded for it.

Bonnie & Sushis latest blog post..Want to Know Everything and Anything about the Shiba Inu?

]]> By: jenna http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-344 jenna Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:25:35 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-344 You're welcome! I'm glad you're getting lots of advice. Every dog is different, so different things work for different people/dogs. I didn't use time outs per se. Puppies are so "in the moment" and Snickers was soooo highly energetic, I didn't think anything longer than about 10 or 15 seconds was going to mean anything to him. He would have just been bouncing around wondering why he was alone! We ignored him instead. If we reprimanded him and he didn't respond immediately, we turned our backs on him. After a few seconds, he would run around to try to get our attention. The hard part is NOT LAUGHING while you're keeping from making eye contact. If you respond with anything other than a stone faced ignore, it becomes a game. It really worked well. It doesn't take long for their puppy brains to figure out that being ignored is no fun and if they don't do X they don't get ignored. As an adult, if he won't calm down and listen to me, I put him in a down stay. Then I <b>reward</b> the down stay and THEN we go back to whatever we were trying to do. You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re getting lots of advice. Every dog is different, so different things work for different people/dogs.

I didn’t use time outs per se. Puppies are so “in the moment” and Snickers was soooo highly energetic, I didn’t think anything longer than about 10 or 15 seconds was going to mean anything to him. He would have just been bouncing around wondering why he was alone!

We ignored him instead. If we reprimanded him and he didn’t respond immediately, we turned our backs on him. After a few seconds, he would run around to try to get our attention. The hard part is NOT LAUGHING while you’re keeping from making eye contact. If you respond with anything other than a stone faced ignore, it becomes a game. It really worked well. It doesn’t take long for their puppy brains to figure out that being ignored is no fun and if they don’t do X they don’t get ignored.

As an adult, if he won’t calm down and listen to me, I put him in a down stay. Then I reward the down stay and THEN we go back to whatever we were trying to do.

]]> By: Toan and Cindy http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/03/dealing-puppy-biting-chewing/#comment-343 Toan and Cindy Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:14:20 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=442#comment-343 Thanks for taking the time out and writing/posting about this. It's good to get reinforcement on ways to deal with the mouthing. We have been looking for all sorts of advice on the mouthing and there's been a big improvement. Did you ever use the time out sessions? Thanks for taking the time out and writing/posting about this. It’s good to get reinforcement on ways to deal with the mouthing. We have been looking for all sorts of advice on the mouthing and there’s been a big improvement. Did you ever use the time out sessions?

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