Using Golden Retriever Training To Reign In Jumping and Play-Biting

What's to be done with the active golden retriever that is hooked on biting clothing and on jumping on people? The average dog can be noticed growing more agitated with its jumping and nipping if it d...

What's to be done with the active golden retriever that is hooked on biting clothing and on jumping on people? The average dog can be noticed growing more agitated with its jumping and nipping if it does not get people to play with it or in general when it does not get its way.

Whether its Golden Retriever Training or any other dog training, prevention is the best cure of course. First of all, the dog may be distracted by long sleeves and any dangling pieces of wardrobe. So keep tucked, tied, folded and-or hidden all those belts, ties, long hair, etc.

The practical solution for our landshark-dog problem is to suddenly 揻reeze?and turn into a statue, looking away, when a dog misbehaves. When it sinks its teeth in, say No Bite in a serious but not emotional tone. But if the dog displays desirable behavior such as sitting or standing on all fours, things return to normal and you can have fun again with the dog.

Interestingly, most of the advice here can also be tried to remedy a dog that is mainly into nipping ankles, fingers and any square inch of human skin within mouth's reach. With nipping, the main point is to discourage the dog or puppy by letting out the yip similar to that of a hurt puppy, then giving the dog the cold shoulder. With that, it understands that it better behave, or else it gets ignored.

To go on, a good no-no to remember is to not yell at the dog when it bites, since the dog may even get more agitated and more confused.

Its also good to try wearing some old clothes in order to teach the dog that biting your clothes makes you freeze. Do this together with an alternative behavior, and soon you may see it stop.

Another solution is to ask the dog for alternative behavior, which then results to a nice treat. In other words, divert the dog's energy into a behavior that you find desirable.

Timeouts is the third option you may want to try out. If ignoring does not work, try putting the dog in another room for a short time out (about a minute). On some occasions this has actually worked to eliminate jumping and nipping in some dogs.

Again, another important Golden Retriever Training tip to remember is that a crate must never be a time place; all crate training falls apart the day the dog is made to see the crate as something negative. Rather, why not use a bathroom, or the laundry room as a time out place?

Keeping the dog preoccupied with other commands may also help. Try practising sit, stays, and reward the dog for doing such instead of focusing on staving its jumping on you.