Hello! My boyfriend and I have had Titan for about a month now and have a question that I couldn't exactly find addressed elsewhere. He's about 7 months old now, and always always has to have something in his mouth. The only time I don't see him chewing on something is if he's asleep. We have rope toys, plush toys, hard toys, bones, rubber toys, blankets, ect. If he tries to chew something that's not his I get him something of a similar texture and take the bad object away telling him "That's not yours" and put his toy in his mouth and give him praise and rewards for biting down on it instead.
He does like to chew on our hands, and will sometimes get extremely fussy and pouty about it. He whines, yips, and wiggles when he tell him no. He's learned the command "Go get a toy" and usually obeys. Sometimes he doesn't want anything besides our hands though, and will refuse anything we try to give/throw, and try to get our hands. When this happens we cross our arms over our chest, putting our hands in our armpits and use our elbows to keep him out of our faces. We will tell him to "get a toy" and as soon as he does, we praise and pet and play with him again. Sometimes he doesn't, and will jump, lunge and snap (not actually making contact) in an attempt to get us to use our hands to deflect/redirect him. If we do, he will start to bite/chew on them. When this happens he goes into his kennel for 5 minutes or so to calm down. After coming out he'll get a toy and be on good behavior.
We have been doing bite inhibition training, and it's made a huge difference. Rarely does he bite hard enough to hurt me, but my boyfriend has an extremely low pain threshold and he's not quite gentle enough yet. He's never drawn blood, and the only time he's left bruises is if he was aiming for a toy and missed.
He just seems to constantly need to chew on something, and there are times when the only thing he wants to chew is my boyfriend's hands. We're willing to take the time to train, and if my bf can't handle it anymore he calmly removes himself from the situation for 10-20 minutes until both he and Titan calms down enough to try again. I know with consistency he'll learn eventually, but my boyfriend is wondering if this is a normal breed thing, a normal puppy thing, or just Titan's temperament. No matter what it is, we'll do what we need to.
From what I've said, is there anything more we can do, something we should do differently, or more specific information that might help clarify things? Thanks so much in advance :grin:
He does like to chew on our hands, and will sometimes get extremely fussy and pouty about it. He whines, yips, and wiggles when he tell him no. He's learned the command "Go get a toy" and usually obeys. Sometimes he doesn't want anything besides our hands though, and will refuse anything we try to give/throw, and try to get our hands. When this happens we cross our arms over our chest, putting our hands in our armpits and use our elbows to keep him out of our faces. We will tell him to "get a toy" and as soon as he does, we praise and pet and play with him again. Sometimes he doesn't, and will jump, lunge and snap (not actually making contact) in an attempt to get us to use our hands to deflect/redirect him. If we do, he will start to bite/chew on them. When this happens he goes into his kennel for 5 minutes or so to calm down. After coming out he'll get a toy and be on good behavior.
We have been doing bite inhibition training, and it's made a huge difference. Rarely does he bite hard enough to hurt me, but my boyfriend has an extremely low pain threshold and he's not quite gentle enough yet. He's never drawn blood, and the only time he's left bruises is if he was aiming for a toy and missed.
He just seems to constantly need to chew on something, and there are times when the only thing he wants to chew is my boyfriend's hands. We're willing to take the time to train, and if my bf can't handle it anymore he calmly removes himself from the situation for 10-20 minutes until both he and Titan calms down enough to try again. I know with consistency he'll learn eventually, but my boyfriend is wondering if this is a normal breed thing, a normal puppy thing, or just Titan's temperament. No matter what it is, we'll do what we need to.
From what I've said, is there anything more we can do, something we should do differently, or more specific information that might help clarify things? Thanks so much in advance :grin:
Constant Need for Chewing/Biting
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