My son braught home a pup again

[bell_peaches]

about a Month and a half ago my son went to the store located on a main highway. A person slowed down and opened the pasenger window and threw a 5 week old pup out the window. son saw this called me asked what he should do. Ya like there was a choice bring it home let me see if hurt ect ect. took him to vet the next day doc says about 5 weeks old blind in one eye from trama. ok Rudloph (christmas name) is living with us and our two other dogs. he chews everything digs holes in the yard like crazy. He is a beagle mix. mix with what have no idea. The problem is biting he is constantly trying to bite he will even try to get our faces. If you are trying to give him cookies he takes your fingers also. tried cupping hand to give him. We tell him easy no bite. He learned to sit and give paw in less than a week. Smart dog. If i have food for all three dogs he is like a hoover vacum in super mode. very pushy. even trys taking food out of oldest dogs mouth. She has gone off on him a few times. how do I stope the biting and is there ever going to be any help to slow him down on eating. He is going to get hurt if he pushes Older dog to far. She has not hurt him yet I think she is more vocal than anything with him but he has yelped when she said no way are you taking food out of my mouth. I am trying to prevent serious hurt to us and him. I have an apointment to be fixed first week in Feb. Hoping this helps him also. Not sure how or what to do. any advice appreciated. Thanks.

[Muddy4paws]

Have you tried yelping when the dog bites you? Keep a toy handy and put a toy in his mouth when he tried to bite you. I find this helps alot also dont give him any attention when biting, if he wants to bite you he doesnt deserve attention and he needs to learn that. so next time he bites you yelp loud and push him away and ignore him. He will eventually learn that he doesnt get any fuss when he bites.

Sounds nasty but sometimes it takes a older dogs to tell them off to establish their position in the house. Most dogs will make alot of noise but not actually damage. Maybe seperate them while being fed? one of my dogs is quite food agressive with my other dog and it works well in my house. Its a bit annoying but it ensures they are both safe without any fights.

[SemaviLady]

Part beagle and tasmanian devil or something. Would love to see a pic. I hope he will turn out okay.

He's not too young to begin teaching him about 'self control'. One way to do that is to use NILIF techniques. You can google for 'NILIF' and read several of the pages to get an idea.

Basically he will learn that he gets attention if he sits and waits (for a few seconds anyway) initially. Later as his attention span improves, he will sit automatically for attention.

Don't indulge him. Have everyone in the family be consistent. If he walks up for attention have him sit first. (we all tend to pet automatically, this is not good for pushy pups expecting vending machines) Once he sits, the loving begins.

Sit is easiest to teach to pups via hand signals. That is a wee dime-thick piece of hot dog or tiny cube of cheese, held over his nose and with the hand moving toward the back of his skull will make him sit.

Pups use their mouths and paws to get attention. As he learns he must sit to get attention and that you are not 'love vending machines' that dispense on demand, he will learn more control.

When he does put his mouth on you, yelping like a ki-yi-yi-yi, screaming dog with a paw stuck in a closed door will impress most pups and make them pause. Everyone must be consistent. If you have kids not coordinated enough to be consistent, they need to be out of reach when the pup is not supervised. I have had one or two pups that thought the screaming bit was entertaining, and they would eyeball their victim with definite mischief in the eye and chomp again, as if we were squeak toys. With these pups, we used stronger methods to stop the squealing.

What that means is we put the entire exercise into THEIR control. If they want some fingers in their mouth, give it to them--- *generously* which means most of your fist too! No no... Not like you are punching them but if they go for fingers, let the hand slither like a wedge into the mouth too. The moment they gag, stop and take your hand out and ignore them. Usually it doesn't take many of these gag reflexes but all I'm suggesting here is that some pups may seem to enjoy making people yip and scream. (I learned this trick from a Labrador trainer who also knew some persistent pups).

What you really have going on is not just a mouthy problem however, it is probably going to become a lifetime issue of not having self control. NILIF is very gentle. It's like a mental boot camp. Reprogramming so that the dog thinks, sits, then patiently waits for attention. This will also pave the way to helping to prevent jumping up.

[bell_peaches]

Thank You Trying To Figure Out How To Get Pic On Here Lol

[Ariana]

My parents didnt approve of me bringing home stray pets because we had other dogs, and didnt want to bring a sickness home to our pets, but we would often get pets from other people, if they were nippy or too rough my parents told me to just tap them on top of their nose, they have a sensitive spot there that they dont like tapped....so try that maybe