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Nipping Puppy!

  • 20-08-2018 5:00pm
    #1
    smeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys just looking for a bit of advice.

    My 5 month old pug puppy is a nightmare for nipping. She is totally obsessed with fingers and hands the most. Have two other dogs and neither of them were this bad for nipping.

    The vet nurse advised us at the last checkup that she was teething and to buy harder chew bones and to incorporate toys to distract her more especially when she goes for the hands but this doesn’t really work. She has hurt me now a few times. Yesterday she nipped me right in the soft skin on the back of my leg and I actually cried with the pain which has now turned into a huge bruise. The other day she clenched down on my hand so strongly that I actually lost the full feeling in my hand for a couple of hours and had pins and needles until the next day.

    Can anyone advise? I feel rotten shouting at her and sometimes if I do raise my voice she gets more excited and bites more. Like I said I don’t remember this being an issue with my other two.


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  • #2
    Bells21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Bells21


    Distract/redirect and pre empting the nips is your best bet. If you're playing and your dog nips slowly and calmly take your hands away and stop the play. I'm assuming you were walking with your dog behind you and that's how that sore nip on your leg happened. Throwing something nice in front of you or stop moving when they nip if that's the case. Offering interesting alternatives will also help. Freezing a damp towel/cloth or rope toys might help. Offer a carrot for them to chew. Basically anything else that lets them explore chewing and offer some relief from teething may well cut down the nipping.


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