puppy nipping

[dena cifaloglio]

My 12 week old puppy loves to nip at my son and I. She is not that interested In the toys we have. What else can we give her to chew on rather than our skin??

[Miss Ellie]

Our 11 week old puppy loves Bully Sticks.  

[Gail and Bailey]

If you join the Puppy Madness Group I am sure you will find many ideas.  You can search the discussions in that group or just post this same message there and new puppy owners will respond.  Good luck with your new pup!

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

bully sticks came to our rescue and he still enjoys them at a year old

[Robin & Josie]

We were having a nipping problem and I put that in the search box in the Puppy Madness group and TONS of suggestions came up. Personally, we use distraction - always give the puppy something appropriate to chew - bully sticks, himalyan chews, antlers, ice cubes, good, tough rubbery teething toys, things that squeak etc. When she was nipping us, we ignored her. Stop playing, turn around and pretend you're a tree :)

The good news as that this stage passes.....Good luck!

[Wendy and Myla]

When we first got Myla her favourite thing to chew on was a big stick we gave her on a restbreak on our long drive home and a plastic water bottle filled with pebbles!  She really loved the water bottle!  We had balls etc but those were what she chewed on the most.  She still chews on sticks!

[Adina P]

Nipping, in my opinion, isn't about chewing really.  At least my nippy puppy wasn't redirected to chew toys.  He want to play and that was his favorite way to do it....  It just took a lot of hard work in obedience training (not just 'don't do that' training, but actually learning to obey commands) to fix it.