Hi everyone,
My problem is an expected one for a 9 week old pup, she bites and she bites really hard ragging my feet till they bleed.I am wheelchair bound and unable to move my feet out of her way or bend to remove her teeth from my feet. Any ideas to stop her as quickly as possible she thinks it's a great game. trouble is I don't .Please Help!

Sooty,

Have you tried a water pistol and a loud NO.

HTH

Norm

The water pistol does work, ive to use it on my 13wk old pup. and a very lound NO and LEAVE. Best of luck

Hi, Welcome to the Champdogs

Fireguard!

I had to use one of these to protect my daughter at times when I could not give 100% supervision when I had pups.

As you are obviously more able than she was you could also try having your pup on the lead so you can control its access to your feet, praise when being good and I agree with the others, water pistol when biting

Christine
PS Why the 1156 after sooty?

Thanks to everyone who suggested the water pistol I will try that one out,My feet are pretty sore now.Not so sure about the fireguard that would be okay while static but Ima move and a grooving kinda chick.
sooty 1156 now that would be telling!

What breed is your dog Sooty?

1156 - month and year of birth, maybe?

Would rattling training disks and a loud NO! help? A bit easier than having to top up the water pistol every 5 minutes. I got one of those plant spray bottles which I used on my dog when he barked excessively at the front door. Little varmint seemed to enjoy it. Stood there til he was absolutely sopping and the bottle empty....then went and shook himself all over me. Just desserts, I think! :D

Hi

My brother is aso wheelchair bound. He has a 12 month old GSP who used to bite (as all pups do) He did a combination of the water pistol and NO + he carried one of those raggy chews on his lap and OCCAISIONALLY played with that with the dog so it didn't think chewing feet = play. Although a bit springy!! Dylan is now a lovely dog and doesn't chew my brothers feet!
:D Annie

hire someone to come out and train him. this won't be the last problem you have.

Thanks again for all suggestions,she has stopped biting my feet touch wood:-)))she is called Lucy and she is a Golden retreaver.
I think the only thing to do really is get a trainer. We have been thinking about it ,but cannot face the residential training that is required for her to become a helping dog. I want her to be a pet.having a pup is a lot harder than my old mongrel was, we knew she would be hard to start with.they are pleasure and pain all rolled into one.

As you are disabled you should have qualified for an assistance dog ,

Also perpaps you could try the sprays to stop biting even applying them to your legs and feet to deter the pup.

Where abouts are you - many members of the APDT may be able to help you to train your own dog in some basic assistance tasks. Failing that - try this Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OC-Assist-Dogs/?yguid=107983511

Thanks again ,well I started going through the helping dog route ,but found the whole thing pretty invasive,I am unable to do residential courses also due to the complex nature of my disability.I live in the grimsby/cleethorpes area of NE Lincs.I could really do with some help shes not a bad little pup just a baby as all pups are.I guess I never realised as my disability has got so much worse while with my old faithful she was 17 and passed earlier on this year .obviously she knew when to get out of the way were as Lucy being a pup wants to be where we are all the time.