How To Train Your Puppy to Not Bite

Puppies love to play, but sometimes they bite out of fear or frustration. If you don’t train your puppy when they are young, you may have a dog bite incident where a lawyer has to help reconcile the situation. Dog owners in every city, including Salt Lake City, need to train their puppies not to bite to prevent injuries in the future.

Puppies Play

When puppies are young they play bite to learn how hard they can bite before it hurts. You can use this natural teaching lesson to teach your puppy how to not break the skin when they are playing with people. You can see how puppies and dogs play at your local dog park in Salt Lake City or other cities.

Yelp

When your puppy bites too hard you should let out a high-pitched yelp. That yelp will signal to your puppy that their play bite hurt. 

Timeout

If the yelping does not stop the behavior take a 10 to 20 second timeout after the biting incident. This will show your puppy that biting is not a good behavior and they will not get to play if it continues. 

Encouragement

Praise your puppy after they stop biting — this will encourage them. Teaching your puppy not to bite will help them learn to not bite out of frustration or when they are afraid.

Consistency

Consistency in your training is very important. If you do not react to every bite your puppy will be confused and they may start biting later on. An injury that involves a lawyer later on will take more time than training your puppy now.

Dogs

When puppies bite it may not seem serious, but when there is a dog bite it can often result in serious injury that may require a lawyer. Dog owners in cities, like Salt Lake City, should train their dogs early not to bite so that they do not have a dog bite accident later on.

Lura Briggs is a legal writer for Fusion 360, an SEO and content marketing agency. Information provided by Robert J Debry. Follow on Twitter.