Puppy nipping, biting, and mouthing

[Sally]

We got a new goldendoodle a week ago. He is doing well but constantly nips and tries to naw on hands, feet, hair or anything he can get his mouth on. Anyone else have this problem?

[Kaitlin and Ludo]

I would say that probably everyone here had that problem :) I wouldn't worry too much about it.  Young puppies tend to be extremely mouthy.  If you search in the puppy madness groups, you'll be able to find some techniques on how to teach your puppy what is appropriate.  Personally, I let Ludo have my hand in his mouth, but the moment he applied pressure, I removed it and turned away. Also providing him with lots of chew toy options (again, you can check in the puppy madness group for recommendations) will help.  We used antlers and nylabone type toys.  Just always remember to supervise with basically anything :)

[lashanda smith]

   

I really need help with my puppy.. She is 6 months old now but when i got her at 3 months old she started bitting with to much strength .....the thing is... that when i tell her not to bite.. she looks at me really mad and then she starts bitting even worse, I have already tried the crying technique and she became more crazier when i did that noise, I tried holding her mouth but she cried and then she bit me... I have tried to push her back.. and nothing works... I have the electric collar of my older dog but it only work a few times on her then she start ignoring it.. What seems to be helping a bit more is to spray her some water but if i am far away from the bottle she bites me til death
     

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Lashanda, I think you would get the most help by consulting a trainer - whether in a regular training class or privately. You need some specific techniques if you feel that your dog is biting because she is mad at you or in response to what you do.  A trainer could observe your interactions with your pup and give you specific advice.

[Sally]

Our puppy is nine weeks old and have not found anything that works yet.

[Beth]

Hey! Our 17 week old puppy was HORRIBLE with nipping. He drew blood on us and our toddler daily. Someone recommended that we watch doggy Dan on YouTube. He had some excellent points. The main thing we did that helped with our guy was always having a toy on hand for him to bite instead and if he still deliberately tried to get our hands we would immediately put him in timeout and tell him "no bite". We would leave him in there for a couple minutes and then let him try again. He had a ton of time outs at first. Another great point that he made was that you need to be very firm but not acting all angry and upset because they feed off of that. Making sure they are getting adequate exercise also helped. He has gotten much better! He still acts crazy sometiems but it's usually when he isn't exercised enough. Good luck!