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Originally Posted by Walrus
Geez. Biting a dog back won't teach them much other than to be scared of you. This would be considered inhumane by most dog trainers. Did you tell your trainer you did this?
One needs to practice bite inhibition when their puppy is young. You do this by practicing play biting. You play with your dog and when the pup bites too hard, you yell "Ouch!" They learn bite inhibition this way. |
Walrus, we didn't bite her hard at all...It was more of a you nip us, we nip you back. Just how a puppies mother would train her. Our trainer taught us to do that. He said the yelling "ouch" would just get a reaction out of the puppy and she would think it was a reward for biting. So if we got bit, yelling ouch would just stimulate the puppy to bite again. A puppy "nip" which our trainer called it would teach her the same way her parents taught her. And this was when she was a puppy, and she learned within a week and hasn't bit anyone in a year and half since then.
Rotties are very intelligent and great dogs. Very loving and caring. And tons of energy. I'd definitely make sure you have plenty of room for them to run around and play. Just need to be strict and teach them when they are young and you will end up with a great companion.