Rather than looking like the picture on the left, you sometimes have the impression that your puppy is turning into a little piranha. He is so cute, so adorable, so funny… except when you can feel his teeth ! Then you only have one desire : to return the favor ! First thing : get rid of that idea. Your dog identifies you as another species ; it wouldn't make sense for him to be bitten by you, especially as you would not do so with dog codes.
It is important to keep in mind : dogs need to chew, puppies more. Indeed, the growth of their adult teeth can cause pain to be relieved.
Your mission is to teach your puppy both to chew other things other than your skin and to control his jaw. Dogs don't have hands, so they grab with their mouths. They can grab you hand to be petted, to take you to retrieve a toy stuck under a piece of furniture, to pull you away from danger... If then he hurts you, your relationship can become complicated if you are not a masochist.
I highly recommend that you do not wait to react. If you wait to feel pain, knowing that tolerance to it is variable from one day to another for the same individual, and, variable from one individual to another, your puppy would then find himself in the situation of not knowing how much pressure to apply each time and with each person, testing over and over again. To make future interactions as pleasant as possible, both for you and your puppy, by learning that you are very fragile, that your skin is very very sensitive, he will be more easily drawn to pay attention.
If you only say "no !", "Stop !", "Let go of me !",pushing him away with your hands, potentially this may work, but may also increase his arousal. Most importantly, it doesn't solve his need to chew.
A simple high-pitched "ouch" is enough. Provided that the consequence is informative and interesting for your puppy. If you express a limit in the pressure of the jaw, he respects it, and the consequence is negative (your anger for example), he may not understand at the time because he has just respected your request by stopping ; moreover, remember that you are dealing with a puppy in learning to use his body, and that if you do not say it right away it can be ambiguous for him to know when (whereas the day before you may have been waiting longer). If you thank him for stopping when you informed him that he was reaching a limit, if you offer him the opportunity to transfer his need for relief to other objects, you teach him to respect your skin and that his need is also taken into account.
Keep in mind that his teeth are growing until he is about six or seven months old. He will therefore need to continue this learning over this period.
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