Hi
Would anyone be able to tell me how to stop my 10 week old staff from jumping up and biting my 2 year olds hands. He is very nippy to everyone but my main concern is my youngest he jumps up and she falls over and then hes on her so fast, He gets so hyper that he launches him self at you, I have tryed puting him in hes cage for ten mins, and i have also tried saying OUCH and turning away from him but he does'nt seem to get the message.
Please Help !

Our puppies do that to our 2yr old.

He thinks it is funny though most of the time, unless they nip him quite hard (he does not call them pups he calls them 'bites' - lol)

Maybe put him in another room for 5mins when he does it (The pup not your child!)

He is not being nasty - only trying to play - but it does hurt!

Jo

http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitestop.htm

Why dont you try learning him to sit before he's praised, and when he jumps up on your two year old say no tell him to sit and then let your two year old stroke him. I've got a two and a half year old and seventeen month old, Nina my bullmastiff thinks she a kid two and where my seven month old she is.  She jumps up sometimes to great them but i've been learnng her to sit before she gets a stroke, she's five months old at the mo, so she can't be doing it when she gets big.  Good luck.

Warm regards Susan

Please be aware that toddlers and young children rarely cry out if they are being hurt by a pup :rolleyes: You really must supervise as a running toddler/young child is an invitation to jump and grab for a puppy and terrier pups tend to play rough anyway.

My children do, they rob Nina's toy so she thinks they wont to play with her, and my oldest has a tantrum because she is trying to play with the toy, she doesn't put her teeth by the kids just on the toy.   If you train him while he is still young and teach your kids that the pup isn't a toy they'll all get on together under your supervision always of course.

Warm regards Susan

Hi
Thanks for the advice and i will try what u have said.
Daren

Tohme's recommended site is well worth a look.

You should buy a bottle of "Bitter Apple". It contains a mixture of things that deters the dog from biting. One wiff of it and she'll back off for sure! AND it doesn't hurt the pup or the childs skin. I KNOW! We bought an 8 wk old pitbull mix from a shelter and he did the same thing with our 2 yr old, but after the "Bitter Apple" combined with consistent discipline he rarely bites and when he does he is very gentle at 14 wks. He's an AWESOME pup!

Hi
I would like to try what u have said.Where can i buy the Bitter Apple and are u saying that i would cover my daughters hands and ankles in it.
Daren

The best way is to always supervise and to let him know that this behaviour is unacceptable
He is a pup at the end of the day and means no harm- its how they play but he does need to learn what is acceptable behaviour and what isnt

Hi Daren,

Ditto to Lel's post - the puppy won't learn that the behaviour is unacceptable by using a "spray deterrent" - only that if it happens to be your child's hands, ankles, it doesn't taste so good

What about eveyone else's that the pup comes in contact with? Or your daughter's nose, ears, b#m?  You have to train, train and train some more until the desired behaviour is learned - not simply find isolated ways of avoiding any issues.

Regards, Teri :)