Sunday, October 7, 2012

Tips On How To Manage Bulldog Biting

By Paloma Mond


The bulldog has a powerful bite and a single bite from it can inflict a lot of damage on someone. The dog may unintentionally bite a person. Bulldog biting is common and most owners are looking for ways to stop it. Fortunately this habit can be stopped through proper training of the dog.

Before training the dog a person should first try to investigate the underlying problem. In some cases the dog may bite the owner as a way of communicating. A dog that is not feeling well may use this approach to communicate. A dog that is also scared may bite because it may be scared of the new environment.

If the dog is used to people its chances of biting them is minimal. That is why bulldog owners are advised to let the dog to socialize with as many people as possible. Experts recommend that the dog should socialize with close to 100 people in just a few months.

When a puppy is young it will learn the correct amount of pressure to exert when biting, through its siblings. If the dog bites another sibling and it squeaks, it will learn that it has applied too much pressure and it will know that it should bite with less force.

This can be used to the owners advantage A person should follow the lead of the bulldogs siblings. The puppy loves attention and socializing. When the puppy bites an individual, the person should loudly say a word like "Ouch" One should then get up and walk away. This will show the puppy that it is not supposed to bite. This should be consistent until the puppy will eventually avoid biting a person.

The bulldog does not like the rattling sound produced when a can filled with pennies is rattled. This can be used by the owner to help in making the dog to stop biting. Each time it bites, the can should be rattled in its face. Over time the dog will associate biting with this sound and will stop doing it so as to avoid hearing the sound.

Bulldogs learn a lot faster when they are still young. If some habits such as bulldog biting are not dealt with early enough it may be harder and more demanding to deal with the issue when the dog is older. Training should start after it has interacted with the other siblings and learnt that bite inhibition is necessary.




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