Dog Bitting
You panic and do not know what to do because you have just realized that your dog has a biting problem. He is a cute little loveable five pound dog, but not anymore he is your cute five pound monster that bites anything. You do not know what to do, but you know you have to do something to stop him from biting before he bites someone or something other than you. Thankfully he is still young enough that he does not have the bad biting habit ingrained in him.
Dog biting is a common problem for many people and this problem needs to be addressed quickly before the dog bites someone other than you. One of the reasons that dogs will feel a need to bite is because they are stressed out or scared. Another reason is that biting is a way that your dog is trying to establish his dominance and move up in the “pack” system.
Now you know that you’re going to be the leader of the pack no matter what your dog has to say about it, but he insist on biting. To handle this you are going to have to make sure that your dog knows that your boss. You can do this in a non-threatening way that will not hurt you or your dog. The way that can be used is the stare down.
A stare down is basically how it sounds, you stare at your dog when he is staring at you. The big thing is that you have to hold your gaze and not look off before your dog does. Once your dog loses the stare down he will try to challenge you every so often with more stare downs, but you will be able to win them more easily because he will start to learn that he is not going to win. The stare down will help establish your dominance over your dog and help stop him from biting.
The stare down will not work with all dogs though, and you will need to get a dog that is biting to an obedience class to have the issue addressed further, but the stare down will give you a good starting point so that your dog will learn that you are the boss. Remember though that when your dog does stop biting and starts keeping up a good behavior you will want to reward that behavior as much as possible.
