Comments on: A New Puppy – First 10 Days of Hell

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:52:56 +0000

Congratulations on your new puppy!

Yeah, once Lara was potty trained, things got a lot better. Big hugs to puppy. Husky puppies are just too adorable.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:48:22 +0000

Just got a new Siberian Husky puppy about 2 weeks ago and we are FINALLY seeing some progress on the potty training and some of the new puppy hell Thanks for your articles!

By: shibashake

shibashake — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:34:30 +0000

Congratulations on your new Husky puppy.

With my Husky puppy, two things matter most in terms of her behavior towards me-
1. My own energy
If I am angry, frustrated, fearful, excited, or otherwise not-calm, my puppy will pick up on my energy and get more crazy herself. To help my puppy stay calm, I needed to stay calm myself and control my own inner energy.

2. My response
When a puppy jumps or play-bites with us, our instinct is to shout at her, move away, or push her away with our arms and legs. This creates a lot of noise and motion, which usually gets my puppy even more excited, and she will jump and bite even more. From her point of view -

Jumping + biting = Get a lot of attention and get to play a fun wrestling game.

What helped me with my Husky puppy is to-
a) Learn all that I can about dog behavior and dog training,
b) Observe my puppy closely to see what motivates her and learn to properly communicate with her,
c) Come up with a plan to redirect or retrain undesirable behaviors. At the same time I make sure to encourage good behaviors.

Here is a bit more on how I trained my Husky puppy. In the beginning, my puppy did not know that people have soft skins and that she needs to control the force of her bites, and be less rough with people. I had to teach her what my people-rules are, and motivate her to follow those rules. Get your dad or mom’s help on this, and make sure that training is both fun and safe.

Big hugs to Maya!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:36:32 +0000

And it’s a husky sorry i forgot to mention what breed she is

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:34:06 +0000

I got my first puppy on the 2nd of may and its a girl we named her Maya and today she is rough to me but calm to my dad and brother?
Do u think u know why?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:37:04 +0000

Congratulations on your Husky puppy!

In terms of biting, this is what I do -
http://shibashake.com/dog/how-i-trained-my-husky-puppy#bite-training

Here are a few more things that I do to discourage biting.
http://shibashake.com/dog/puppy-biting-tips-solutions

Here is an article on dominance and bad dog behavior.

I also do bite inhibition training with my dogs to teach them to control the force of their bites.

Big hugs to puppy!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:00:09 +0000

All puppies bite when the play. They will grow out of it eventually but untill then I just just firmly tell her no then stop playing for a little while. As she gets older I will actually put my hand over her mouth and tell her no. Not around her mouth, just over her muzzle so she can get away but she knows I am talking about her biting. I praise her when she stops biting. Another aproach is to not play with her where she can get at your hands. always have a toy that is an acceptable bite toy. Of course accidents happen and you can gently reprimand her, stop playing for a little then go right back to playing. It will take a while, their little baby brains will learn through repitition. I like to compare them to human babies, I don’t expect them to learn certain things till they reach a certain age, same with puppies.

Get her a tuggy rope so the kids can play tug with her while you supervise. Good luck and grats on the new puppy.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:52:29 +0000

Hi, my name’s Maria and I just bought a female husky like a month ago and everything is good except for the biting part I think she knows I’m her alpha but she still bites me a lot. When she looks at me she puts her head down even if shes not on her kennel. We’ve had our starring contest and I win but when I pet her all she does is biting play. Sheknows my two youngest boys are a little scared of her. And she bites harder on them. I have been trying to search for answers or comments I’ve tried a few but it’s not really working. What should I do with her. I’m not giving up on her just want to know from someone experienced. Thanks

By: shibashake

shibashake — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:47:11 +0000

Congratulations on your new puppy!Yeah, it will take some time to fully potty train a puppy. Here are some things that I do to potty train my dog.Big hugs to puppy!

By: nlj65

nlj65 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:44:03 +0000

Your puppy and doggies are adorable! I just got a 12-week old Bichon Frise puppy. Her name is Sassy. Thank goodness, she’s already crate broken… The challenge is getting her house broken. I just got her two days ago. I’ve taken her out several times in the mornings when she wakes up and about a half hour after she eats… Though, she’s been successful a couple of times outside, she has made some boobies inside… I’ve got puppy pads near her crate … but, she always skip them and use the carpet… Not sure when she’ll get it… I’m not too confident that I’m training her correctly…