Dog Biting – Understanding Why Dogs Bite
Young puppies may start biting as early as when they’re six months old. However, puppy bites are not really that dangerous nor painful because the puppies’ teeth are not that sharp yet as a grown up dog’s are. In fact some dog owners do not really mind if their young pups get into the habit of nipping or biting into human skin. However, if this behavior is not stopped while the dog is still a puppy, chances are he will grow up to be a biting dog and changing his behavior later on will be too late.
There had been many known cases where dogs who had bitten a person (especially a child) viciously have been put to sleep. Such behavior is avoidable if dogs are given early dog obedience training.
It is the responsibility of dog owners to teach their canine pets not to bite by letting the pup go through a good dog behavior training. As a dog owner you can stop this behavior by first understanding why dogs bite.
Why Do Dogs Bite?
Almost all dogs bite as a method to communicate their position within the pack. Your dog may have acquired the status of being the leader of the pack while he was still with his mother or with his litter. Once you take your pup home, he may try to reinforce his status with his human family by showing his dominant canine behavior.
Although you can home train your puppy not to bite by using ebooks or dog training videos, nothing can take the place of a personal session with a good dog trainer. A professional trainer will also help you understand why your pup bites humans or other dogs and may suggest ways to change this behavior.
When a dog is not trained early enough to realize that his human master is the leader of the pack and not him, he may think he has the right to hurt a human who gets in his way or who does not give him what he wants.
Yes, dogs bite, but you can prevent them from doing so. The key is in establishing a good relationship with your dog and communicating to him that you are the leader of the pack and not him.
