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How Do I Stop My Dog From Biting?
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I have a 11 month old lurcher and he keeps biting me and my parents. We have tried so many things: tapping him on the nose, distracting him with a toy, ignoring him and pushing him away. He comes back harder when we push him away or tell him off and he ends up using us as the chew toys. I'm sick of this behavior and shouting at him, it has no effect. The only reason we haven't got rid of him yet is because he can be really sweet and affectionate at times. We can't really afford a dog trainer so I was hoping somebody could give me advice on what to do.
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Hi Kayleigh, I had a beautiful lurcher many years ago and he was a 'nipper'. The best advice I've ever been given for when dog play biting gets a bit out of hand is to teach him what you DO want him to do instead and be consistent - he won't learn from the first time you reinforce a positive/ negative reaction. For example: When he bites, squeal (it works, as it is...
10:33 Tue 28th Jan 2014
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He's still very young, and is testing you...and his teeth...;-) I have a lurcher also,and when she gets very excited she can be a bit nippy. She was worse when I got her as two year old rescue. I tried pushing her away...but what worked was to simply get up and walk away from her. Pushing him away serves to do the opposite of what you want...you are giving him attention for bad behaviour.
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Cannedgranny....the dog is a lurcher. Not a pedigree. So quite likely a rescue or bought/adopted privately.
@ divebuddy....still...putting it in a shed? Anyway...the question was about biting,not how the dog copes with being left.
Sorry if I'm going on about the shed...but my lurcher was rescued from one.
@ divebuddy....still...putting it in a shed? Anyway...the question was about biting,not how the dog copes with being left.
Sorry if I'm going on about the shed...but my lurcher was rescued from one.
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This is a lurcher http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Lurche r
don't bite it, don't drag it anywhere, if you squeal that may trigger it to try to bite again as human squeals can sound like rabbits. What training and exercise do you give him? What mental exercise? have you taught him to settle down when you ask him to? Where did he come from? what is his history? how long have you had him?