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I have a 7mo. old english bulldogge who gets too excited when playing and bites.?
My 7mo male Old English Bulldogge puppy is 50 lbs and gets over excited at times. He plays fine with the older female bulldogge i have. I have 3 kids. He jumps and bites my 13yr old daughter and my 8yr old son on occasion. He bites thier clothes and has ripped them off of them before. I am outside and the kids are trying to play fetch and then he jumps at them and grabs their shirts or pants and pulls and wont let go. I have tried to grab him by the collar to get ahold of him and make him stop and he runs. WHile trying to make him stop I am telling him "No" and when I do get him off, he immediatley goes in his kennel for a time out./ How can I make him stop this??HELP?!?!
Hi there!
Katie did the same thing to us - it's a herding behavior, but your pup needs to learn it doesn't work with humans!
As soon as he jumps, bites, or does anything unwanted, say "ah, ah" and come inside, leaving him outside. "Ah, ah" is better than "No!" because you are less likely to yell when you use that sound. Yelling and physical intervention like grabbing his collar are seen by dogs as a sign of a weak, out-of-control leader (see Patricia McConnell, Ph.D.'s book, The Other End of the Leash, for a description of alpha vs. beta behavior).
Leave him alone for 3-5 minutes, then resume play. If he nips or bites, say "ah, ah" and separate him. Repeat as necessary.
Dogs want to be with us, and quickly learn which behaviors work and which don't. If he is acting up inside the house, keep a leash on him so you can gently, firmly lead him out. If it's too hot or cold to leave him outside, isolate him in a safe, boring place like the laundry room for 5 min.
Ah, play biting. I recommend distracting him with a toy or food when he does this, rather than grabbing him by the collar.
Reward appropiate play with a treat, if necessary. You can also stop the playtime as punishment. As soon as he starts biting, distract him, and instruct the kids that when he bites, the dog's playtime is to end for the time-being. This is referred to as "negative punishment".
Puting him in time-out won't teach him not to bite in itself, but it will calm him down. So you're doing the right thing there.
He probably doesn’t understand why he is in his kennel.
Dogs live in the here and now, he can’t reason out that he must have been put in the kennel because he played too rough or tore someone’s clothing.
You only have 30 seconds or so to correct a dog and hope to have him understand what he did wrong. When he does this behavior a sharp NO, bad dog would be much more effective than a time out.
Teach your kids to correct the dog when he does this. If he does the behavior and they never correct him, how is he to know that he shouldn’t play this way? Also, be sure to pet him and praise him when he plays and isn’t rough.
You might also encourage your kids not to play games in front of him that set him off until he learns to be gentler while playing. No reason to set him up to make a mistake.
Use toys to get his attention off of you.
He is still a puppy.
I would go to rayallen.com they have some nice puppy tugs to play with, once the playing ends put the toys up and away.
Then he gets some nappy time in his crate so you can eat or go do something else.:)
Use toys and get him some extras like a kiddie pool for outside.
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