"montana" wrote in message
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"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.

this type of thing would work well with Lola, but Manu is pretty oblivious
to gentle anything when he's excited. i'll try closing his mouth for sure,
but i'll have to catch it first!

BTW- when i prompt him for kisses, he gently nibbles on my ear. it's cute,
really, but not exactly what i had in mind!

-kelly

"montana" wrote in message
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In article ,
"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.

this type of thing would work well with Lola, but Manu is pretty oblivious
to gentle anything when he's excited. i'll try closing his mouth for sure,
but i'll have to catch it first!

BTW- when i prompt him for kisses, he gently nibbles on my ear. it's cute,
really, but not exactly what i had in mind!

-kelly

"shelly" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, culprit wrote:

he's a Pit Bull x Lab mix, and i hear that mouthiness can be
hard to break in Labs. anyone have any first hand experience
or know methods that work?

elliott was mouthy as a pup. i tried all sorts of things, but
what worked was folding his lower lip over his teeth and
letting him bite down on my hand with the lip in between.
ouch! i think it took 2-3x of him biting himself for him to
get the idea that biting is bad, m'kay. to this day, he's got
100% bite inhibition. except for licking, he won't put his
mouth anywhere near a human body part.

hmm, that's a clever idea. i think i'll try that as well.

i'm getting some good suggestions today, this is great. thanks.

-kelly

"shelly" wrote in message
arble.net...
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, culprit wrote:

he's a Pit Bull x Lab mix, and i hear that mouthiness can be
hard to break in Labs. anyone have any first hand experience
or know methods that work?

elliott was mouthy as a pup. i tried all sorts of things, but
what worked was folding his lower lip over his teeth and
letting him bite down on my hand with the lip in between.
ouch! i think it took 2-3x of him biting himself for him to
get the idea that biting is bad, m'kay. to this day, he's got
100% bite inhibition. except for licking, he won't put his
mouth anywhere near a human body part.

hmm, that's a clever idea. i think i'll try that as well.

i'm getting some good suggestions today, this is great. thanks.

-kelly

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"Tara O." wrote:

This is pretty normal in bully breeds.

And Labs as well. g

If the squealing and
withdrawal of attention doesn't work, and you don't want to carry a bitter
apple bottle around, then wrap your fingers around the lower jaw (don't
pull
or apply pressure, just stop his mouth), look straight into his eyes and
give a very loud, sharp NO then withdraw your hand and attention.

I've used something similar, and found it effective- as Tara says, this is
for dogs who don't respond to the other methods. I don't take hold of the
lower jaw, but the loose skin under it or beside the dog's ear, and say
something sharp like "Hey!" or "Ach!", then let go. Again, as Tara says,
the taking hold isn't to hurt the dog (and with a Lab/Pit, it won't g) but
to both stop it and get attention.

If you watch older dogs dealing with pushy puppies, you'll see that they
don't "yelp and withdraw", but tell the puppies in no uncertain terms that
the behaviour is unacceptable.

--
Sarah
Brenin, CGC, AD, O-EAC-V, O-EJC-V, EGC
Gwydion, Handy Cat
Morag Thistledown, Novice Triple Superior, S-OAC, S-OJC, O-OGC, EJC
Robyn Meezer, Inspector of Human Activity
Rocsi Cadarn, S-NJC, NAC, NGTG, OGTG

we can be seen at: http://photos.yahoo.com/amberdogs1
and http://photos.yahoo.com/amberdogs2

"Tara O." wrote:

This is pretty normal in bully breeds.

And Labs as well. g

If the squealing and
withdrawal of attention doesn't work, and you don't want to carry a bitter
apple bottle around, then wrap your fingers around the lower jaw (don't
pull
or apply pressure, just stop his mouth), look straight into his eyes and
give a very loud, sharp NO then withdraw your hand and attention.

I've used something similar, and found it effective- as Tara says, this is
for dogs who don't respond to the other methods. I don't take hold of the
lower jaw, but the loose skin under it or beside the dog's ear, and say
something sharp like "Hey!" or "Ach!", then let go. Again, as Tara says,
the taking hold isn't to hurt the dog (and with a Lab/Pit, it won't g) but
to both stop it and get attention.

If you watch older dogs dealing with pushy puppies, you'll see that they
don't "yelp and withdraw", but tell the puppies in no uncertain terms that
the behaviour is unacceptable.

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"culprit" wrote:

"montana" wrote in message
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In article ,
"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.

this type of thing would work well with Lola, but Manu is pretty oblivious
to gentle anything when he's excited. i'll try closing his mouth for sure,
but i'll have to catch it first!

BTW- when i prompt him for kisses, he gently nibbles on my ear. it's cute,
really, but not exactly what i had in mind!

-kelly



I'm not suggesting closing his mouth, just closing your hand over either
his upper or lower jaw. We did this when Bella was calm, rather than
excited (she also was too quick). If kisses mean something different to
Manu, then teach him a different word for licking!

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"culprit" wrote:

"montana" wrote in message
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In article ,
"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.

this type of thing would work well with Lola, but Manu is pretty oblivious
to gentle anything when he's excited. i'll try closing his mouth for sure,
but i'll have to catch it first!

BTW- when i prompt him for kisses, he gently nibbles on my ear. it's cute,
really, but not exactly what i had in mind!

-kelly



I'm not suggesting closing his mouth, just closing your hand over either
his upper or lower jaw. We did this when Bella was calm, rather than
excited (she also was too quick). If kisses mean something different to
Manu, then teach him a different word for licking!

"montana" wrote in message
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In article ,
"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.


- We did the same thing with Sambo, it also worked for nipping at feet,
clothers etc. It took 2 days and then he had stopped all that.

Lone

"montana" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"culprit" wrote:

Manu has been pretty mouthy since he came to live with me.

One thing we've done is to, when a hand is in a mouth, gently close the
hand over either the upper or lower jaw and say no bite. We also trained
kisses and say no bite, kisses. If our pup got mouthy, we would also ask
for an apology kiss.


- We did the same thing with Sambo, it also worked for nipping at feet,
clothers etc. It took 2 days and then he had stopped all that.

Lone