Dog Biting Problem - Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?

If your dog is biting, even if it seems only playful at the time, you  may have future issues. It's not just that it can be annoying - it can be downright dangerous at times. All of this comes from not teaching a puppy to behave in the right way around people. If this is how things were when your dog was a puppy, offering training once your dog reaches adulthood can be quite a problem - you do recall how you can't teach an old dog new tricks. This can especially be true of a dog that grows up to be large and strong. So what do you do? Is there a way to get a dog biting problem under control? There certainly is.

In canine society, biting is something they do, not just to express annoyance, but also to express solidarity or camaraderie. Often, it is also meant to show dominance. It's just a natural thing for them to do. The best time to get this out of your dog system is of course when it's a pup that's less than six months old. Dogs are the most pliable around this age, and they learn the quickest. It's natural for a dog to try to assert dominance as far as it can. When you have a young puppy and it tries to do this, it can seem like harmless innocent playfulness if you aren't really clued in to what it's trying to do - asserting dominance. You need to take a clue right then and put an end to this behavior.

How do you deal with this then? You bring on bite training for your puppy. About the best time to do this is when it's still nursing and when it's with the rest of the litter. You first get your puppy of chew toy so that it uses that to bite on instead of a fellow puppy or a human hand. When the puppy comes to bite you, right away, you're supposed to hand it the chew toy to bite on instead. There should be no member of the family who tries to let the puppy have its way with the biting. Of course, sending your puppy to obedience school can be a great way to get biting out of its system. Make sure that you never play games with your puppy where it would be natural for it to bite -games such as a wrestling should be out of the question. It will only make your puppy more aggressive.