Rosie play bites
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
United States
January 15, 2012 2:32pm CST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRyPgZdy4sY
Above is a link to my Youtube video of Rosie. She loves her Papa. My son in law is a proud Papa of this Basset hound. He is trying to get her to stop play biting. She is quite the Diva and likes to shout at him. She likes to play with her jaws, as my son in law says in the video... I hope she will get out of that play biting stage.
Did you ever have issues with your doggies play biting? Please share anything about your pets. Thanks in advance.
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@AmbiePam (120903)
• United States
15 Jan 12
Rosie is so cute! Hold is she? She might be teething like Annabelle was when I got her. Annabelle play bites less than she used to although she still does it. She just turned one. She only does it to me, not to other people. So that's good. Sherlock, my previous dog grew out of it. I used to have a dog anmed Chicago who play bit, but did it too hard. So every time he would do it hard, I'd get his ear and bite it. Not with my teeth, because I'm not letting the inside of my mouth touch a dog. But with my lips kind of turned inside. Hard to describe. Anyway, within a week he quit doing it.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
15 Jan 12
Yes she is probably teething. She is 12 weeks old I think. She was 20 pounds at the vet's office last week.
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@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
15 Jan 12
Yes, I had three dogs that would "play bite", but it was always in a controlled situation. Two of them would "play bite" when I pulled on their tails ... it was a game that we played and they never actually bit down on my hand - it was more like they would put their mouth on my hand. The other one would do it on my arm when we were wrestling, but again he never bit down or left any sort of mark, and it was only on my arm.
In general, I would say that play biting is not a good idea, because it can easily get out of control and end up in a real bite. If you know how to train a dog and are comfortable with them, though, then it can be alright as long as the dog knows his or her limitations and always stays within them.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
15 Jan 12
Hi Purple,
My daughter and son in law keep telling her ‘no bite, no bite’ that’s about all the training she gets. She doesn’t hurt us. But her teeth are sharp, and one of her teeth scratched my wrist as she was trying to grab it.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
16 Jan 12
Sorry about that!!! I've responded twice today & both times as I hit submit, my computer suddenly shut down. Before trying to respond again, I wanted to make sure it would go...
Let me begin by saying Rosie is such a cute baby!!! She looks rather young which might be part of her problem. Teething pups tend to chew on anything & everything. IF they don't get her under control soon, they might have a real problem on their hands!!!
My male Lab was bad about biting when he was young, It was his way to demand attention. His teeth were sharp & it hurt. So, every time he bit me, I'd grab his chin & rap his nose with my forefinger & firmly say NO BITE. It wasn't long before he equated the words NO BITE with his snout hurting & he quit biting. I didn't hit his snout very hard...just hard enough to get his attention.
My female Lab has been really bad about jumping on my glass storm door when I open the main door to go outside. She would also jump on me almost knocking me down. I feared she would succeed on pushing me down & had tried everything I could think of to break her. I even tried stepping on her toes, but that didn't work with her. I was shopping one day & saw the latest form of dog whistle. It's the thingamajig sold on TV for $9.99. It only took 2 days t break her of jumping as I'd give her a blast every time she jumped on me or the door. My male learned after only 1 blast that if he turned to walk away when I opened the door that it didn't hurt him. I didn't like the idea of hurting her ears, but I liked the idea of going to the hospital & having a broken arm even less!!!
In the video, it appears that your s-i-l was encouraging her to bite...maybe because he thinks it's cute. From your comments, it sounds as neither of them really discourage her from biting. Dogs love to please their Masters & if she perceives they are happy with her biting; then she will continue to bite. If they make it clear to her that biting is unacceptable, then she'll probably stop biting!!! They really need to teach her this before she gets much older or larger. Bassetts can become a rather large dog & it will no longer be cute when she bites.
I know you know ALL this. I encourage you to impress this upon Rosie's parents...I wish you the best with that project!!!
Saying a little prayer over my computer in hopes this one makes it through!!!!
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
15 Jan 12
Oh I love Yorkies. I've never had one though. that's good your little one never play bit. It's like Rosie likes to chew on us.
