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Can anyone recommend a good training video. I have a 4 month old puppy who is all mouth. We're in a puppy manners class but I am looking for something to help redirect her energy to something other than hands, pants and anything else that moves or doesn't. Has anyone used Training DRIVE FOCUS & GRIP with Bernard Flinks ? Thanks from a newby.

Have you looked at Ed Frawley's ? www.leerburg.com - He has lots - some he made himself. I haven't seen many of them, but the few I've seen I thought were pretty good. He's got them on many types of problems/training.

Babynurse, The Flinks tape, although not exactly always true to what Bernhard teaches because of the narration and interjection of someone else's thoughts, is pretty good at showing you how to direct energy and develop grip. Bernhard is excellent and if you ever have the chance, do attend one of his seminars. An easy method for your problem however is to always simply keep a tug toy or other like item with you and when the little monster is trying to play with you, substitute the item for your hand, pants, shoes etc. I have a litter who is also doing just this and my hand is turning to mince meat, so it was time for re-direction. Good luck.

I have found that up until 5-6 months when some maturity occurs, you pretty much have to tolerate "some" of that bad behavior. I usually do a lot of playing with the puppy tug, and imprinting the bite during this phase to benefit from the mouthing that they naturally want to engage in. At four months I also start tracking training. Straight lines about 15 feet long. I stop the puppy tug play when the adult teeth start coming in, so as not to cause unnecessary pain, during the teeting process.