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Originally Posted by Cflames_12.5
I figure this might be the right place to get some advice. We recently adopted a puppy. Husky Shepard cross he about 3 months. He's great, but he's a puppy. He likes to bite at the kids feet, he loves the sock. He's still got his puppy chomps those things are needles. It's playfully but it hurts. What's the proper way to stop it. Do you put him in his crate everytime he gets excited? Do you yell at him and put him outside? I just want to understand the proper level of discipline for the dog at this age.
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Actually, the best way to deal with this is to act like a crying puppy when he bites you. Make yelping sounds and that way they learn that it hurts and shouldn't do it. You can also just turn and walk away, leave the room and don't give him attention. He will learn that the biting behavior isn't appropriate and he won't get attention when he does it. This does work and we have had success with the foster dogs who were strays and didn't know better.
Like others said, never put your dog in it's crate for punishment. Another thing is if you have a dog bed, or a bath mat that you can use anywhere you go, that is his spot. When he is too excited, use a treat and get him to go to his mat (use mat as the cue word), like I said, if you use a towel or a bath mat you can take it anywhere you go. This is great for teaching them to calm down.