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such a biter!

Posted by:  roberta
Category:   Behavior Problems
Posted on:  June 27, 2002 at 12:36:43

Question:

My female JRT is a sweet loveable dog with a lot of energy but is such a biter! She's only 6 months, and was recently spayed.

When she was a pup, she was quite a nipper and giving her timeouts only helped for a little bit.

She doesn't bite hard and it doesn't break skin (especially since she lost her sharp baby teeth!) but she only bites when she is excited or playing as if she trying to swallow you with love since because she doesn't know what else to do.

We went through puppy school and the trainer suggested using the bitter apple spray. She is now scared of the spray bottle, and I think she knows that it's wrong, but she's such an excited little pup - I want to show her licking is okay and biting is not!

Thanks for all your help!