Toy terriers are dogs of the small size who are distinguished by high mobility and ability to bite. Their owners often complain that they during the game of their hand are strongly bitten sharp teeth of their favourites. Many refer it to characteristics of breed, but actually, to disaccustom a toy terrier to bite by hands quite perhaps. Just it is necessary to do it in the earliest childhood of a dog.
Instruction
1. Do not make a mistake, writing off pokusa for the fact that at a puppy milk teeth "itch" and he needs constantly to gnaw something. It is necessary to bite and gnaw to it, of course, – for dogs it is one of ways of knowledge of the world. For this purpose just buy it a toy from latex with which he also will be able to bite in plenty. Get to it a special stone which is on sale in pet-shops, a dry hryashchik. It is quite enough that it could scratch the growing teeth in plenty.
2. That your pet did not perceive your hands or hands of children which play with him, as the exercise machine for working off of skills of biting, use several methods which will help you to disaccustom him to it. Also do it at once, from the very first day when in your house appeared small, almost "toy", a puppy.
3. Arm with the spray filled with water. In attempt to bite you by a hand, to gnaw it, having stuck teeth, you will scatter in a nose to a puppy from the spray. It will not do any harm to a dog, but will force to understand that her attempts to bite you can lead to unpleasant feelings. She can even begin to sneeze if water gets into a nose, but it is not terrible.
4. Some, especially dexterous owners, manage slightly to take a puppy for a language tip when it opens a mouth with secret hope to gnaw your hand in a game. But here, of course, the competition on dexterity can not always end with your victory.
5. Never apply violence and punishment, do not beat and do not slap him. Despite the sizes, that – dogs fearless and such your behavior can provoke it only. Sharply stop a game and leave the room, having left his one. After several such cases, will connect by that the termination of communication with the undesirable behavior.
6. If that tries to bite already having matured, perceive it as domination attempt. In this case it is rather simple to you to show few times who the leader in your pack. If there was an attempt to bite, take him fingers for a skin around withers and slightly stir up as it is done by prepotent dogs with disobedient puppies. It will be quite enough that for some time he forgot about biting. If attempts to repeat, do this trick once again.