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Puppy started biting us

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Cazzie1979 · 17/06/2025 06:37

Good morning, we got our 13 week old miniature dachshund when he was 9 weeks old. He’s obviously going through the teething phase and chews/bites everything he can but in the last couple of weeks he’s started to bite us (our hands, feet, clothes etc) and it can be really painful, last week he bit my thumb and I couldn’t get him to release it immediately. It’s starting to get a bit aggressive now and I know it’s putting my children (age 7 and 10) off playing with him, which they usually love to do. When he bites, I give a yelp, firmly say no, redirect him to a chew toy but he just comes back to bite again. I remove myself by getting up fully on the sofa (he’ll bite my feet if I don’t put them up) but then he whines as I’m not playing with him. I’m not sure what other methods might work or if this is just how it is until the teething phase is over, any advice would be appreciated. If relevant, he hasn’t had all vaccinations yet but will be able to go out for walks from next Thursday.

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Goosegoosedick · 19/06/2025 22:11

As the others have said, it’s just a phase linked to teething and your puppy will grow out of it. I had to wear shoes 24/7 for 6 months as my boy loved biting my toes 😂, but one day he just stopped. Yelping did nothing and please don’t use aversive methods, your dog isn’t being naughty, it’s just trying to soothe its pain. Lots of nice hard, cold things to chew will help!

Twiglets1 · 20/06/2025 05:34

Goosegoosedick · 19/06/2025 22:11

As the others have said, it’s just a phase linked to teething and your puppy will grow out of it. I had to wear shoes 24/7 for 6 months as my boy loved biting my toes 😂, but one day he just stopped. Yelping did nothing and please don’t use aversive methods, your dog isn’t being naughty, it’s just trying to soothe its pain. Lots of nice hard, cold things to chew will help!

I had to wear sketchers rather than trainers for a few months as the little land shark would grab, bite and chew any laces.

But they do grow out of it fast, so looking back that phase seems cute (not at the time!)

IhateHPSDeaneCnt · 20/06/2025 06:40

Puppies also need a lot of sleep in a safe environment. You mentioned your young kids are put off playing with him - I can imagine poor pup being confronted by a duo of excited kids and trying to retreat before reacting.

Goosegoosedick · 20/06/2025 09:00

Twiglets1 · 20/06/2025 05:34

I had to wear sketchers rather than trainers for a few months as the little land shark would grab, bite and chew any laces.

But they do grow out of it fast, so looking back that phase seems cute (not at the time!)

Ha ha! Whereas I couldn’t wear slippers, because my puppy would latch on to the fur 😂

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