[NAGDU] How to stop puppy biting and potty training

[Tami Jarvis]

Emma,

I do a couple of things to inhibit play biting. When the puppy bites too 
hard, I make a big deal about how it hurts, saying "ow!" in a whiney, 
hurt voice and so on. It's a little silly, but the puppy clues in. As 
the puppy matures, like yours has, I'll begin to stop play when it gets 
nippy. Usually, just a brief pause, ignoring the playful one, then 
resuming in a calm way, will do the trick over time. If I've done brief 
pauses a time or two in a play session and the puppy just must use those 
teeth to have fun, I'll end play and maybe even give a bit of boring 
crate time. And so on.

For potty training, I just make sure to take the pup out at regular 
intervals and praise when it relieves outside. If I catch it in the act 
of going in the house, I hustle it outside to finish. If I don't catch 
it in the act, then oh, well. The thing about puppy bladders is that as 
they grow their schedule changes. About the time I start thinking we 
don't have to go out so often, then the puppy will need to go out more 
often, so mistakes happen. It should be about to click at 4 months that 
relieving happens outside, though you may not be totally out of accident 
territory. Oh, and it seems like during adolescence, they'll have 
accidents again. As near as I could tell with Loki, he would just forget 
to go outside because he was busy doing something else. As their brains 
grow and make new connections, sometimes the old ones get broken, so 
they just forget simple stuff.

hth,

Tami

On 01/20/2018 09:49 PM, Emma Mitchell via NAGDU wrote:
> Any one have ideas on how I can get Sansa to stop biting in play ?
> IS there any advice on potty training.
> She is now 4 months old.
> Emma
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