Biting help!

Aceboogie44luna

We are on our second bull terrier, neither are spayed or neutered. Our first was a male (Ace) we got from a breeder at 6 weeks, and now our second is a female (Luna) from a different breeder we got at 8 weeks. Luna is in the biting EVERYTHING stage and i mean everything, when she is tired she will attack anything insight just to get her teeth on it. We have plenty of toys for her to chew but she only seems to want things she shouldn’t bite, like the humans! I’ve noticed her biting gets significantly worse when she’s tired and ready to crash. Ace bit too however it was never this bad and often and ended when the puppy teeth fell out. I’m concerned she’s making a habit out of it and it’s only going to get worse as she grows!

Any insight on this or ideas on how to make this stop is helpful!

WaldoandJai

I have never had a BT pup. But I’ve had both of mine as “early teens” aka 9mo/2-5yr.

My experience has been that their energy is what drives that sort of behavior. Especially when people egg them on. I can get Lil Daisy dog to spin in circles If I speak in excited tones in short bursts. “DAISY!!! ....(Plus if I use excited hand movements and eyes) GET YOUR TAIL!!”

The fix:
EXERCISE. Not sure where you live but I’m in UT and they LOVE. Sledding there is the hike up the hill. Then chasing you down the hill as you sled (aka you only do half the work haha).

Second fix: keep a calm environment. When I leave my dogs at home for work, I leave the radio on talk radio NPR etc. The voices will make them feel less anxious. I watched them both hiss to sleep to a podcast that was mostly talk earlier today (the long noses tend to make expressive breathing noises lol).

Third fix: Your fear about their behavior doesn’t help. seriously, I was so worried about my BT Waldo destroying my house or any house. I kenneled him while
I was at school or work. AND. Even when home I would have to tether him with a long lead to a railing. Just so he didn’t break everything by going all Tasmanian Devil and jumping from furniture to table to bounce off walls and repeat.

BUT. On a whim while vacationing with family, I let him roam their house vs leaving him in his portable kennel.
And he did.
nothing
Explored. .....
then Just got bored and slept.

I guess the whole time *I was holding him back* (literally) from going hucklebutt or being a TAZ cyclone...I was just adding to his anxiety. He is now and has been the most calm dog since he got house privileges while I’m gone AND while home. Of course he was energetic when I let him be, cause most of the time I tried to keep him contained. Bad idea.

I hope this helps. I know how wild they can be. I have a broken side table lamp on my night stand (that still works Just not the touch function) that Waldo broke with his hard nose when he attempted the floor to nightstand to bed combination jump. He wasn’t phased by 1/2in thick crystal bowl Shaped fixture to the noggin.

Last idea if you care like I do... get some wireless cameras. To monitor while them you’re gone at first. But You wont need them after you see how incredibly. NORMAL the are. but curiosity is hard to cure so I bought a few. And now that I don’t have to worry about my wild dogs. I have security cams just in case there are wild people lol. Or if the dogs happen to have a 2second TAZ moment and I come home to things on the couch. Knocked On the floor. But never shoes or anything naughty. Unless they find the garbage. So keep it up high!

corey90260

Mine did the biting thing for about a year ,I thought she would never stop. I found the best this was whenever she bit or attempted to bite i would say no and turn my back to her ,Good Luck !

that1Boomer

Nothing better than a good "OUCH" then "NO or STOP" and ignore them until the settle down. Say it like you mean it. They don't like being yelled at or ignored.

osantana

I have a4 month old that bit a lot as well when we got her at 8 weeks, especially at us (wife and 2 kids). She hasnt bit down hard in a while it's gotten down to gnawing not actual bites so thats good. it's also slowly getting better the first month she was with us was crazy we all had cuts all over our body from her sharp little teeth.

Her baby teeth are starting to come out so it's getting a lot better but she still has her daily gnawing that we need to yell at her to stop. Shes starting to listen to the kids when they say no as well so thats great. For a month or so she would only listen to me when i told her NO and would ignore the kids no's and keep going after them.

She has randomly growled at us recently when we're taking away toys or get close when shes eating something. It's random though we always pet her while she's eating since we got her at 8 weeks and keep petting her when shes playing with toys so she doesn't get protective of her stuff. The last time we took her to the vet they told me she got really fiesty with them when they gave her atreat and tried to give her shots so that worried me but she's never been really fiesty with us so maybe its around strangers. Did your puppies ever get fiesty with you?

BulliesofNC

https://bulliesofnc.com/dominance-aggression-issues-bull-terriers/