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Luna tore up my hands, arms and legs with her biting when I got her at 7 1/2 weeks. It took about 4 weeks for her to stop. I did a combination of things:
1) I never got her excited by talking/playing unless I had a toy she could chew on.
2) I tethered her to me when I was at home. ALWAYS. That way she never had the opportunity to chew on something she shouldn't, or if she did I was close enough to just give her a toy in exchange and reward her for chewing on the right thing.
2) Redirect, redirect, redirect. I always have a toy handy around the house, or in my pocket.
3) If she did manage to bite me, I would sream "Owww" like a puppy would. That startled her and she would lick me instead.
4) A few times she got so excited playing that she would not listen. That got her a 10 minute time out in the bathroom, with the lights off. She only did it 3 or 4 times and never again.
Now, at 4 1/2 months, I'm able to roll around with her in the floor and she won't bite me at all, and if I feel her teeth around my skin I "ouch" and she immediately wags her tail and licks me. So cute
Sometimes it feels as if it would never stop, but patience and consistency do the trick. They get it, eventually
1) I never got her excited by talking/playing unless I had a toy she could chew on.
2) I tethered her to me when I was at home. ALWAYS. That way she never had the opportunity to chew on something she shouldn't, or if she did I was close enough to just give her a toy in exchange and reward her for chewing on the right thing.
2) Redirect, redirect, redirect. I always have a toy handy around the house, or in my pocket.
3) If she did manage to bite me, I would sream "Owww" like a puppy would. That startled her and she would lick me instead.
4) A few times she got so excited playing that she would not listen. That got her a 10 minute time out in the bathroom, with the lights off. She only did it 3 or 4 times and never again.
Now, at 4 1/2 months, I'm able to roll around with her in the floor and she won't bite me at all, and if I feel her teeth around my skin I "ouch" and she immediately wags her tail and licks me. So cute
Sometimes it feels as if it would never stop, but patience and consistency do the trick. They get it, eventually
