I have a 10 week old mini dachshund, she is my baby. I was told to crate train her but after a few weeks she stopped having accidents in the house so I started to let her sleep with me at night. She bites me a lot and she bites our other dog (a chocolate lab) I know she’s still a puppy and that’ll happen, but should I stop it now? She also barks at my other dog a lot, again should I stop that now? I don’t want her to train me into falling for her cuteness. I need help.
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Ok, the crate isnt really supposed to be for when shes “bold” but everytime she barks at the other dog, tell her to go to her crate or put her in there. Its probably the only way she will learn or take her to Obidience Classes at petsmart. For the biting id get a spray bottle and spray her everytime she does it, but i would be careful, cause my aunt did that once and her dog is now afraid of water.
I would suggest that you get her into Puppy Training fast. She is not too young to start training now. If you don’t she will only get worst. and then you will have big trouble.
It won’t hurt her to smack her on the nose when she bites. And yes you should stop her now from Barking at your other dog.I know that miniature Dachshunds bark a lot. I have a friend that raises them and she starts training them 6 weeks.
My trainer told me to take a folded newspaper and hold it in front of the dogs eyes and tell her no in a very stern voice, every time she started to bark. So far it is working well…
Dauchands especially Mini Dauchands need to be trained right away on good behavior and bad. I have a mini Dauchand myself. I am on my third and will never have another breed of dog. Because they have longer snots, Grab there snot when then bite and say NO!. Do it many many times. Dauchands are VERY stubborn dogs but they LEARN FAST. Good Luck,They are wonderful, I love them soo much.
The way the dog whisperer trains dogs is by kind of grabbing them on the neck so the dog thinks you’re biting it so it stops misbehaving, but don’t do it so hard that it would hurt him. Giving him treats after he does something bad like run out of the front door chase him in by cornering him don’t offer him treats to get him in. If you can afford it try to bring him at your nearest “Pet s mart” to get him trained by a professional. As for the biting chew toys. Well good luck with the training your dog.
I’ve had doxies all my life, and this is a common problem, but crating doesn’t solve this, classes do, as well as home alpha training.
according to my opinion she loves you more and she wants you to be very friendly with her.As she is biting your other pet dog.I say this because I have a dachshund with me and two german sheperds. when I return from school my dashund will be waiting for me and If I change my attention towords other pup she immediately starts biting me and makes the pup go away from me.From this I am coming to say that you shold not beet her nor stop training her. The only thing you have to do is to give more love and attention to her then I assure U that she will be a nice dog everafter.
Yes, I would recommend your stopping that habit sooner than later.
I hope this excellent article by Joel Walton helps!
Bite Inhibition
If you watch a litter of puppies playing, you will notice that they spend much of their time biting and grabbing each other with their mouths. This is normal puppy behavior. When you take a puppy from the litter and into your home, the puppy will play bite and mouth you. This is normal behavior, but needs to be modified so you and the puppy will be happy.
The first thing to teach your new puppy is that human flesh is much more sensitive than other puppies and that it really hurts us when they bite. This is called bite inhibition. A puppy has very sharp teeth and a weak jaw. This means that the puppy can cause you to be uncomfortable when mouthing or puppy biting you, but can not cause severe damage. An adult dog has duller teeth and a powerful jaw. This means that an adult dog can cause significant damage when biting.
ANY DOG WILL BITE GIVEN THE RIGHT OR WRONG CIRCUMSTANCES!
If a small child falls on your adult dog and sticks a finger in the dog’s eye, you should not be surprised if the dog bites. If you do a good job teaching your puppy bite inhibition, you should get a grab and release without damage. If you don’t, you may get a hard bite with significant damage.
It is simple to teach a puppy bite inhibition. Every time the puppy touches you with its teeth, say “OUCH!” in a harsh tone of voice. This will probably not stop the puppy from mouthing, but over time should result in softer and gentler puppy biting.
The commands necessary to teach a puppy NOT to mouth, are easy and fun. Hold a small handful of the puppy’s dry food, say “take it” in a sweet tone of voice, and give the puppy one piece of food. Then close the rest of the food in your hand and say “off” in that same sweet tone of voice. When the puppy has not touched your hand for 3 to 5 seconds, say “take it” and give the puppy one piece of food.
We are teaching the puppy that “off” means not to touch. You should do this with the puppy before every meal for at least 5 minutes.
After a couple of weeks of the above training, here is how you are going to handle puppy biting or mouthing:
a. Unexpected mouthing (you don’t know the puppy is going to mouth, until you feel the puppy’s teeth):
“OUCH!”
b. Expected mouthing (you see the puppy getting ready to mouth you):
You say “OFF” before the puppy can mouth you.
c. The puppy is mouthing you because of a desire to play.
You have to answer the question, “Do I have time to play with the puppy now?” If you do, then do “sit”, “down”, “stand” or other positive ‘lure and reward’ training.
If the answer is “No, I don’t have time for the puppy, right now,” then you need to do a time out (crate, or otherwise confine the puppy, so the puppy cannot continue to mouth you and get in trouble.
I believe you will find the above much more humane than yelling at the puppy all of the time.
Best of luck with your mini dachshund!