[NAGDU] Play Biting

[Christina Moore]

Thanks everyone.
She never hurts anyone when she does it but I am
wanting to work with teens that are either troubled or that have 
been abused and I cannot have her doing this.  Some kids could be 
fearful of dogs or say they were "bit" when she was only playing.
I thank you all for these suggestions and will let you know how 
things will turn out.

God Bless,
Christina
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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Abby Bolling via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 22:25:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Play Biting

Hey there!
I discourage play biting in my pups by giving them a firm no and 
a
GENTLE tap on the nose.  if that doesn't work, I will walk away 
from
them.  I have only had my  first dog actually bite down and a 
quick "no"
with a sharper tap on the snout did the trick.
My mom was terrified of dogs before I got Jada, so the last thing 
I
wanted Jada doing was trying to "mouth" my mom and make having a 
dog in
the house a bad experience.  Cricket doesn't really mouth unless 
you are
holding on to her paws or tail, but I can kind of understand that 
one,
yet I still discourage it because I do not want her even thinking 
it is
ok to mouth/bite someone who has to have her paw in their hand 
for what
ever reason.  (like the vet clipping her nails.)

Hope this helped!

Abby and the sleepy Cricket!


On 2/27/2016 8:30 PM, Christina Moore via NAGDU wrote:
 Hi Everyone,
 How do I stop my dog from play biting.
 I tell her pfui when she does it.  Is this sufficient?
 A friend of mine taught her it.
 Thanks.




 God bless.--Christina

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