How do I stop my dog from biting my hands. - Page 2

I take it when you leave the house with the dog, he is on a leash or if not he should be

So' if you have him on a leash and he acts up say what you will but he is trying to boss you. You only give your dog ANYTHING, if you want to give it to him.

 YOU' do not give him anything because the Dog wants it

So'  if he goes to take something from your hand then give him a damn good hard correction Both hands if needs be and say NO' give the correction quickly as soon as he goes for the balless hand

Do not pussyfoot about with him give him a strong correction hard enough to make him think twice about doing it the next time.

Steve1

 I can put the leash on every time I go out the door but I want to correct the behavior.  I understand what you are saying, I'm not afraid to give him a good correction but he is well behaved on a leash.  If I walk out the door with him on a leash  and release him when I throw the ball everthing is fine, after I have thrown the ball a few times he calms down and is not so frantic.     With no leash he will stay in a down until I get out the door but the minute I free him up he is back to trying to take the ball whether or not there is one in my hand.  So how to I transition from the leash to no leash.   The only time he badgers the female is when we first go out and there is no ball, his body language to her is play.  Unfortunately she is not physically able, after a few attemps she will put him in his place. 

In that case there is one  thing you can try.

One is to have a ball ready when you take the leash off him and he is on a down, You cover the ball with Bitter Lemon Juice prepare it before you take the dog out, a tennis ball is good for this because the lemon will soak in a bit and not run off,

If you do this a few times he should get the message. Dogs do not like bitter lemon taste in there mouth, However you use a ball completly different to one you use if you are training the Dog and use it to build up the Dogs drive LIke a Ball on a rope like the tennis ball above,

The above is good for a mouthing Puppy as well, I have in the past squeezed Lemon Juice on my hand and wrist the Pup soon learns not to have a mouth on the hand and wrist when he finds the taste is not to his likeing You can also do this for your dog, He will get the message pretty quickly

Steve1

Thank you, I will start with the lemon juice immediately and pick up some other bitter products when  I am out.

Try wearing shark mittens, longer sleeves and an application of the always versatile "Schutzhund Soccer Style Kick".  That'll fix it for sure.

i dont believe in useing the sour things with my dogs i tryed it once and my dog liked it so she continued the behavior my thoughts would be to keep him on a leash throw the ball get him all excited wanting to be let go then do it so he uses his initial burst of energy going after the ball then running around with it. this works with both my kids if i rough house with my male he will mouth my arm where a sleve should be but he never bites down. but him and my female mouth over the neck eachother all of the time and they have lived together for a year and no problems with them it seems like they are playing tag.  my female does it to our pomeranian aswell if he is getting too riled it seems like she is calming him down because her tail isnt up when she does it so unsure if it is dominance but they all listen to eachother and if one gets relly upset they all stop thankfuly

but i still would say hold him on a leash with a flat collar so he can pull and still breath throw his ball make him wait for like 30 seconds then release him play fetch with him occasionaly hold him back and throw the ball where he cant see it or in tall grass make him use his nose and work his mind

If he's anything like my 2 year old, 110 lbs, solid, massive, big baby boy; he doesn't realize he's doing it.  Or doesn't realize you don't like it. He is my youngest of three and has energy and drive to spare and is just now really starting to mature.  He gets so excited that he doesn't think about what his massive structure is doing the things around him. What I did when mine started the grabbing thing with me is grab him back. Grab him by his lower jaw, still his head, look him in the eye and tell him "NO". If you can grab him as he's coming at you it would be even better. It's the same thing as him jumping up on you because he's excited.  Jumping is natural behavior to him. It's jumping on people that needs to be brought to his attention is wrong. Hope that helps.

I know you may think that the behaviour is just play, but dogs know exactly what they are doing all the time. He grabs your hands because you have allowed it. He may be excited but he is still aware of what he is doing. Since he doesnt seem to react when he is on leash, I would make a couple hard corrections by hand when he lopes by to grab at your hands. Mouthing is painful and totally unacceptable.

As for grabbing the back of the other dogs neck, I agree with what was previously said. This is dominate behavior and will most likely end up in a fight eventually. Ive seen it over and over. It starts out innocent enough but your female is going to get tired of it one day. Its hard to correct and Ive found that it happens most often when both dogs are of the same status in the pack. Ive seen it get so bad that Ive had to place dogs over it. So from one who knows, this is not just fun play.

Remember dogs know exactly what they are doing. We humans just explain it away as innocent play.

 He was not biting my hands he was always grabbing for a ball, he never bit me, as I said before his teeth knocked my hands and that hurt.   Since I first posted I have done two things. First I have made a big point of showing my hands are empty, he did make a connection with that.  Second, I bought an electric collar and have been working with that.  I have only had to nick him a couple of times at quite a low number.  He has not done it for a couple of weeks now but I always show him my hands are empty and keep the ball hidden.   Now I am putting the ball under my arm and making him heel, so far things are going well.  

Glad to hear that things seem to be working out for you!