i have a 4month old bulldog who still likes to play with your feet hands anything but his toys.he will play with his toys but will get over excited and dive for your hands ect ive tryed every thing i think does anyone have any ideas?

Have a read of this link about puppy playbiting:

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

it wont let me into the link

Try here.

hi there

I dont know much about bulldogs but with my pup who is now 5 and a half months old, we used to push her face away gently and very loudly say ahahahaha and ignore her.  It did work for us.  Labs dont like to be ignored, dont know about bulldogs though - may be worth a try.  Good luck.  I bet he's really cute, Ive never seen a baby bulldog before

The only problem with this is that the puppy NEEDS to be able to put your hand in his mouth and to judge how hard a bite hurts.  The reason for this is explained in the above link.  If you prevent the puppy from biting you at all, the puppy will not develop bite inhibition.

very true onetwothree.  We did let her bite and sometimes still do, but only when its nibbling.  She knows now its not acceptable and only ever nibbles, apart from when she catches us when playing with a squeeky toy.  Thats not her fault though:rolleyes:

My pup is now 23 weeks old and he still loves to play bite - sometimes you cant stroke his head without him trying to have a nibble:rolleyes: He does however understand that a firm 'No biting' command means exactly that then we just get a gentle nibble and a sloppy kiss!

My 13 month old still mouths :rolleyes: (breed trait)  But she understands that under no circumstances should she make serious contact with skin. It's now done to say "hello" ;)

From a very early age she was taught "nicely" when she exerted pressure.

Our 'pup' is 8 months old and mouths when she wants to play or just out of excitement.  I don't think she learnt much in the way of bite inhibition with humans before we got her as apparently she wasn't the type of dog to enjoy much of a 'fuss' - she was far happier with the other dogs.  However, with us she loves it!  So we just say 'ah ah' to stop her if she gets a bit rough and are trying to teach her 'gently'.  Also we say 'wait' when she gets too excited with a toy and trys to mouth your hand instead of it and she backs off and stands nicely til you throw it again :)  'Give' is something thats being worked on ;)

As luvhandles said about their pup "sometimes you cant stroke his head without him trying to have a nibble" its exactly the same with our little girl but perseverance and patience will pay off....... I hope! ;)

Pups often bite when stroked as the stroking is too rigorous and excites them - try slowly down the pace a little, it will probably stop the biting.

I've got a 6 and a half month old who, at 4 months, lived up to his name (Nipper) with enthusiasm! However, consistent use of the bite inhibition tips stopped the nipping and although we have occasional episodes of excited mouthing (first thing in the morning when he's full of the joys of being reunited, for example!), teeth do not connect and even the mouthing is quickly stopped by a reminder. One thing that definitely made him worse was over-excitement especially if it was combined with the availability of hands and keeping a laid back atmosphere in the house has definitely had a real effect. This is easy for us because we are (a) laid back sort of people anyway and (b) don't have the distraction of small excited children running around but for sure, removing the the main trigger for the bitey behaviour was key to overcoming it.