Biting Puppy

[JessW]

I have an 8wk old Staffy Pup. He is very bitey. He has chew toys, bones & teething biscuits but he keeps biting me. I try and ignore it and just pat him or grab a toy but he still insists on biting, hard & vicious too. At the moment, everytime he bites, I squeal to let him know it hurts, then lock him in the laundry for a while. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

[woofgang]

okay, don't lock the poor thing away, he's just a baby...squeal and walk away...he's not being vicious, he's a puppy, its what they do. what you can do is GENTLY tickle the roof of his mouth with your finger right at the back, while telling him "gently" this does work.
If he's only 8 weeks old, you can't have had him long or been trying the bite inhibition thing for long, it takes time.

[monkeywiener]

get some of your homies together and smoke its @ss

[andy-hughes]

While he is small enough, hold him back from you so he can't reach you, and when he tries to bite, say "No!" firmly to him. That, and walking away from him as woofgang suggests will educate him that this is not acceptable behaviour.

As woofgang advises, this is normal puppy behaviour, but it still hurts. The responsibility is yours to train him into knowing what he can and can't do.

[fredpuli47]

Don't lock him, away.He won't connect the locking away with the biting, so you'll have a confused biting dog instead of just a biting one! A sharp squeal and NO! will help. When he was play-fighting and play-biting his brothers and sisters they'd have yelped, and walked away as a signal to stop.If he tried it on his mum (and he will have) she'll have given him a sharp tap or growled and held his neck down, to tell him off.What others suggested is pretty much imitating that 'dog language' he understands i.e.:the squeal and walk away, the holding back and 'No!'.
He has to be stopped (and he will stop if you persist as suggested) because otherwise he could be 'mouthing' (play-biting) you and anyone, even as an adult dog

[woofgang]

umm fredpuli, I don't think that bitches "tap" sharply or otherwise their puppies and this may confuse Jess and make her think that smacking the pup is okay...which you and I know it isn't...no offence intended

[fredpuli47]

Yes, woofgang.I could have explained that better!