puppy biting

when i am on my bike or scooter she bites my trousers how do i stop her from biting she is four months old

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New Forest Pet Services
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Hi Lila, hopefully this advice from Tara Choules from a previous question may help:

I understand that this can be frustrating for you so here are is some information on how we train dogs successfully who come to us with those behaviours.
These behaviours are generally born out of frustration and/or a lack of understanding as regards what the owner wants from her. If she is alone for long periods or bored during the day the worse these behaviours will present and the worse they will get.
I would suggest you train her to understand voice cue's for example SIT, LEAVE IT. Putting her into a sit or pushing her into positions will not teach her anything apart from the fact that she is being put into a certain position plus if her owner has limitations we would really want the dog to be able to obey voice cues reliably.
It may be benefitial for you to attend a good training class so as you can get the basics but for now use food or toys to lure her into the position you want, say the word SIT and reward. The more you repeat and practice then you can phase out the food lure.
Feedback is vital at her age when she gets something right. So if she doesn't jump tell her good settle or good sit.
You are now at a stage where a behaviour has developed and she highly reinforces from the result of the behaviour. If ignoring does not work for you simply use the words TOO BAD and then pop her into another room for a minute or so and then let her in again. Once she is calm reward her. Simply things such as calm = lead on, sit = food bowl, sit = rubs etc will help to train her also.
You cannot punish her if she does not understand her words so teach her some new ones. For now SIT would be a start so as you can prevent the jumping up.

At 9 months she should be through mouthing stage so you will need to catch up a little with that. Teaching bite inhibition is important now at her stage and for her to have a soft mouth. If you check out www.dogstardaily.com and search bite inhibition there are excellent articles there to help.

Finally puppies do much better on a high grade food such as Luath or Robbies, burns or James Wellbeloved. One without animal derivatives and preservative. Do not give her supermarket brand foods or canned food as she will have too much energy.

Use KONG toys filled during the day to mentally stimulate and if her owner is really finding it too difficult tell her to pop her up to Dog Daycare where we can do some ground work with her. We only use ethical training methods and we are very successful with dogs like her.

I hope this helps. Well done so far and keep up the good work.

Kind Regards,
Tara Choules CCPDT, MAPDT 00852, CAP1&2, HNC
Dog Training Ireland Ltd.