Destructive Teeth Grinding

Teeth grinding is a normal need for young dogs, but this behavior becomes particularly intense when they are 5 to 9 months old. Therefore, pet owners need to provide their puppies with enough things to grind their teeth.

There are many things that can be used to grind teeth: soft toys, knot or cloth toys, suitable bones, special teething snacks, and even a carrot. The only thing that needs to be done is when the dog tries to touch something outside of what is allowed. For example, he puts his mouth toward your shoes and yells "No!" Then give him something he can bite, and slowly let him know that he can bite only when the owner gives him something.

Puppies are very energetic, but their owners will not always be around, so it is recommended that you keep your shoes, socks, cables, and garbage away, and provide enough things for your dog to grind his teeth, preferably not at home. Put it in a cage. This isn’t meant to be cruel, but to be responsible for both of you.

Biting

Most of the causes of this matter are dogs playing with you with their mouths and nibbling, but at the same time, this matter must be taken seriously and dealt with.

If you have watched puppies playing with each other, you will find that it is really normal for puppies to bite and play with each other. At the same time, if your dog gets excited about playing, he may also bite you. It's just that young teeth are sometimes sharper, and they don't have the familiarity to control them yet, so they may cause some unintentional injuries.

At the same time, if the biting behavior is not properly guided, there will be some bad variant behaviors, including: attacking the vital points when playing with the dog, not letting go when biting something, making shouting sounds when biting, and shaking when biting. head.

Currently there are two ways of thinking about biting. One is to stop immediately when you find it. This is relatively simple to operate. Another complicated but potentially more effective method is to carry out bite force training. You need to play with the dog with your hands. If the dog bites the owner lightly, scream and show pain. At the same time, you can also feed the dog with your hands to practice.

Pounce on people

Many dog ​​owners will feel that as long as they go out for more than 3 minutes, when they see the dog again, they may be as excited as if they have not seen them for several years, and they will keep running around. , and even pounce on your legs, accompanied by grunting, and even exaggeratedly peeing obediently.

At this time, many owners will lean down and touch the dog’s head, and say, “You’re so good, mommy misses you too.” This “warm” scene is easy to understand, but it precisely causes the dog to “separate” Anxiety” and the source of “servant love” and “love excitement”.

Your petting and praise reinforce the dog's behavior of lunging toward its owner for attention. Sometimes your dog pounces on your dog-loving neighbors and friends, and they will pet your dog and praise him for being so good and good.This also strengthens the characteristics of being aggressive and excited.

What to do?

Ignore it when you go home. If it pounces on you, just "spin, jump, and don't stop." Wait until the dog calms down before petting him. Or quickly give/throw food to distract him when he is excited, or give the command "sit down" and touch it after sitting down.

Excessive barking

Similar to jumping on people, excessive barking in dogs is sometimes the result of inappropriate responses from us.

However, there may be many reasons for barking, and they need to be addressed accordingly. Sometimes it's demand barking, such as being caged before bed. Sometimes it is warning barking, such as when someone rings the doorbell, sometimes it is fearful barking, such as meeting other dogs when going out, or excitement and nervousness barking, etc.

To improve barking, different methods should be used according to the situation, such as ignoring it or ignoring it from time to time, playing TV programs or radios for the dog, throwing toys and sound-making objects to divert attention, or waiting for the dog to be quiet and giving snacks as a reward , and methods such as using sounds such as doorbells as reward signals.