The puppies are at that age where they are being mouthy. (and puppy teeth are sharp) All dogs need to be taught to NOT put their mouths on a humans skin.
This is information from a puppy class I took:
MOUTHING
*Puppies mouth each other in the litter and now that you are their new pack, they will probably mouth on you.
*Whenever your puppy starts to mouth on you, say AHH, AHH or similar word and put a toy in their mouth.
*Place a toy where in the areas of the home the puppy stays so that you can give it the them as soon as they start to mouth on you. ( I sometimes use a bully stick too)
*Try ignoring your puppy. When you puppy starts to mouth you or play too rough, simply stand up, cross your arms and turn away from your puppy.
NIPPING
*very common in puppies
*when your puppy puts his teeth on you, let out a LOUD yelp
I highly recommend getting your puppies enrolled in a PUPPY KINDERGARTEN class very soon. You will learn so much. Your puppy will learn from you. Honestly, I learned more in Puppy Kindergarten than in Basic Obedience. If I did it over again, I don't think I would have even done the Basic Obedience since 80% of the information was in Puppy Kindergarten and the other information I don't really use anyway.
About Me
- Cricket
- I'm Cricket. I am a rescue dog from a shelter in Alabama that found my own family in 2008. I was adopted from Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI. With this blog, my family hopes to share information about the foster dogs that we care for while they are waiting for a family of their own. The pups are found on petfinder.com, Hartland, WI.....My mom loves taking pictures and meets all the transports to take new photos of the incoming dogs. She upkeeps several blogs for other foster parents helping their dogs find homes too.