Two questions

[Quincy]

Hi Everyone.

I have a 15 year old basset hound puppy. He has been doing well with his training a far. He is house trained, he knows sit, stay, lie down, paw and bed he's also starting to learn roll over.

I understand Basset hounds are one of the hardest breeds to train due their stubbornness.

The thing that is getting us now is his biting. We feel like we have tried everything (that we know of).

The times out, the Thumb under the tongue, encourage him with his own tous and the yelping.

However none of this is working and now he purposly looks for your hands and dives for them to bite.

What else is there we can try?

Also the next question is, how do we deal with seperation aneixty. Again we have tried the leave alone for quick short times without fussing before we leave only to go to the other room.

He will just bark constantly without stopping so we've had to come back due to neighbours starting to complain.

Again any help would be great

 

[HappyPawsBedford]

Hi I feel your pain Luna was a real biter when she was a puppy and it hurts! We also tried everything in the end the best thing was the second her teeth touched us we would say no and stop everything not look at her not talk to her nothing for about 20seconds and then ask to play again if her teeth touched us again we would say no and shut down again. If she was the sofa when it happened she'd get put straight on the floor that sort of thing. When she was biting our feet we would calmly but firmly say no and give her a chew toy to bite instead. Shouting makes things worse as they think your inviting them to do it more. It's really frustrating cos it takes time, as long as you're consistent you'll get there. They do grow out of it a bit too, and once they've lost their super sharp puppy teeth it doesn't hurt as much

With the separation anxiety I would recommend crate training. As with all training introducing it slowly and gradually is the key you don't want to rush it. If we leave Luna while she's out of the crate she hates it and gets really upset if we leave her in her crate she goes to sleep. I hope this helps, good luck with everything.

 

[gypsysmum]

Good advice above. Make sure your timing is good, The word "no" or "ouch" must come immediately the teeth touch the skin or clothing and the game/movement must stop too. This needs to be done consistently by everybody! There is no room for "oh he didn't mean it/or it was an accident!

After a week of this work, if the biting is still continuing, then use the "ouch/no" word and leave the room immediately. Be prepared to keep repeating until he understands that it his biting that is causing the end of all his fun.

Teeth on toys gets a game. Teeth on people means something not nice happens.

With the barking - you have inadvertently trained him to bark to get your attention. Crate training is good as long as to dog learns to like his lovely new den.

For short separation spells you must just warn the neighbours that you are training and go through the pain of ignoring him until he stops for a second then return. Next time he must stop for 2 seconds then you return. Timing is everything. Get back to him before he barks. Choose times when he is calm to do this training. Go in and out of doors as often as you can to teach him you come back when he is quiet.