Dog Biting, A Serious Problem

A dog with a biting problem is by far a pet owner’s worst nightmare. We’ve all seen horror stories on the evening news about Pitt Bulls, Rottweiler’s, along with otherDog Training breeds both large and small viscously attacking, postal carriers, children and other neighborhood pets.

This is of course, the worst case scenario, but unfortunately dog biting does happen on occasion. This alone should be motivation enough for the responsible pet owner to make sure they stop a biting problem before it happens.

There are preventative measures one can take to make their dog does not develop a biting problem. The best way to do this is to begin an anti-biting training program when your dog is still a puppy, by socializing them with other well behaved dogs. The other dogs will correct the pup on their own and help you to teach it not to bite. Training your dog early in life that biting, although instinctual, is not acceptable behavior is by far the best approach to having a dog that won’t bite.

Since most pups are taken away from their mother and siblings after only their second month of life, it is very important that you take on the mother roll. Dog’s learn the majority of their behavior during the first four months of life, which is why rescue dogs and dogs that come from ‘puppy mills’ are more prone to biting than dogs whom come from responsible and respected breeders.

Puppy mills are often horrific places where dogs are kept in cramped overpopulated pens, by owners who could care less about their mental well being so long as the puppies fetch them a profit. Pups which come from such conditions are basically wild with major emotional, mental, behavioral, and sometimes health issues. These dogs have never been exposed to proper etiquette and simply don’t know any better.

The good news is that if you have adopted a rescue dog with a biting problem, there is still hope for reform. It will be much easier, of course, if the dog is still a pup, but if you happen to rescue an adult with dog biting problems, it can still be taught to not bite.

The same techniques apply when training an older dog as training a puppy, but the training must be done at a lower intensity. If your older dog is prone to biting other dogs and animals then it would not be wise to let him loose in a dog park with the hopes that the other dogs will cure him; just as it would be extremely unwise to let a dog with a child biting problem loose in a playground. That is a law suit waiting to happen.

Do the training in increments, walk the dog on the outskirts of the park until it gets used to the idea of other dogs being nearby, and gradually bring it closer and closer. Patience and dedication are the key ingredients to solving a dog biting problem.


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