hi ive had my lab puppy now for 2 weeks shes now 13 weeks old. i know all puppies mouth your hands but she does it so hard that shes bruising my hands and arms just wondered if this was normal she also growls and sets her teeth when i try to stop her doing something i dont want her to do. ive had pups before but never one like this. im worried that shes not normalis there anything i can do to help her ive tried the ouch and the no bite but that just makes her worse
thanks brid

Hi - do a search on here for mouthing and puppy biting - you'll find lots of good advice :)

I have the same problem with a 10 week old pup. Ignored the "no bite" etc!!
The advice was give him time. He is only young and he will grow out of it. Perservere with the "no bite"and ignoring him after he has done it.
btw. I am also covered in bruises and bite marks and it hurts like hell!!!

My post was "mad bitey pup" under behaviour
hth
Sam x

hi ....... at lease i know it not just me ....... i thought she was just mad. i took her to a puppy party the other day and we got asked to leave cus she kept pulling the other puppies ears making them cry and she wouldnt let go. shes a real handfull but i wouldnt be without her now

ROFL :P
I thought it was just me until i posted in here and got alot of replies. Monty doesnt seem to stop biting/nipping/chewing. I am dreading taking him to his first puppy party :)
Let me know how she gets on

Sam x

whatever you do.. dont ignore it! it will get worse when hes older! a bop under the chin may work. if that doesnt work, get a squirt bottle and fill it with water.. if water doesnt work then fill it with half water and hald white vinigeer! also.. it may very well be that he needs to be put away for a little bit.. like maybe in the kennel for alone time! i hope that helped, write back!

I think the advice that was referred to was to say 'Ouch' loudly, and ignore the pup for several minutes, as it's litter mates woul do :D
Not ignoring the fact that the pup is mouthing.

jmho

liberty :)

Don't be so silly, Winky! :rolleyes:

Hitting the pup under the chin won't help at all, and in fact will cause him to be wary and mistrustful of you (and anybody's hands, so will be more likely to bite). And squirting even dilute vinegar at a dog could seriously damage its eyes.

Best way to stop a mouthy pup is to say calmly but firmly "No, gently", removing your hands and stopping whatever game you were playing. Take care not to get pup overexcited in the first place. They do grow out of it if discouraged in this way.

Don't forget that a dog's teeth aren't firmly settled in its jaws, so will be uncomfortable, until the dog is about 16 months old or so. Expect mouthing as normal until then.
:)

hi
winky you should never squirt viniger in to a puppies face it could damage there eyes and you should never hit it as you will make it nervous and it dosent understand why your hittting it
as for the mouthing i have started to put her in the kitchen for a couple of minutes on her own when it gets a bit to much it does stop her for a while so i think that it might work if i carry on with that
thanks bridg

trip trap guys. Think of Gerard when replying to winky :)

Sam x

I was thinking along those lines myself, Sam - he seems to be running out of original ideas!

(And there was I thinking I was dull, sad, and needed to get out more! Can anyone think of a good conselling group he could join?)

mine

LOL Emma. Do you have the nice white jacket with the shiney buckle on the back?
I think he is getting a little boring now. Whats with the fascination of vinegar and water???

maybe he is a window cleaner?

Ahhhhh, good point. Wonder how much he charges?
:P

Hi
when you said expect the mouthing untill 16 months or so, you have put my mind at rest abit,
I have a 11 month old GSD who is still mouthing and it doesnt hurt quite as much now, but its still brusing my arms quite badly and its very anoying, it started when she was about 10 weeks old I tried everything and it did stop for a while but she started it again around at aroun 6/7 months old and still hasn't stoped now, I put her out the room or walk out myself, and let her back in 10 mins later sometimes it works others she comes back in and carries on where she left off. I was begining to think I had been unlucky with her and was wondering what to do about it hoping in the meantime that she might grow out of it, apart from mouthing or biting as I call it (although she has never broken my skin) she is a lovely dog.
so my question is whats the best way of coping with it in the meantime and is it really quite normal un till
16 months?
K