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Puppy jumping and nipping a kids

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#1 ·
Hi just wondering if anyone have tips with their pup jumping and nipping kids? I'm always around but my pup Louie is just so fast and I can't stop him all the time. I have a 2yr old daughter and 7yr old son, I've provided Louie plenty of dog toys but teething stage really sucks!
 
#3 ·
I've only crated him when I leave the house, but now I can't even do that because of his redock tail. I think he was going crazy when I left him for an hour that he was able to rip two stitches out. I started leaving a leash on him as a precaution and told my kids to get on the couch if they don't want to play with him.
 
#4 ·
Keep a leash on his as you are doing. It's called tethering and it will help you redirect him if he gets overly excited. It's okay to pop him in his crate for a nap if he gets too rowdy. Puppies see kids as something fun... They nip and the kids squeal and run! What's more fun than that!?

Thankfully they will outgrow it. Hang in there :)
 
#5 ·
I wouldn't all the little ones around the puppy unless the children are sitting and the puppy is being calm. If you allow play you're opening up the door to trouble. It won't be long before your 2 yr old is head height to the puppy which can lead to teeth bumping faces and if going full speed the puppy can easily give a child a concussion.

Are you going to training classes? This is highly suggested for puppies, esp. when there's children. I would even take the 7 yr old with you have them help you train.
 
#6 ·
Puppies, unfortunately see small children as "puppies" and try to play with them as if they were puppies. Fortunately puppies grow up and so do the kids but until that happens keeping a leash on (and ataching it to you) is about the only thing you can do until the kids learn how to respond appropriately to baby dogs and the baby dogs learn that kids aren't the same as other puppies.

One solution, considering the problem with crating and the newly redocked tail might be to buy or borrow an exercise pen and use that to confine the puppy (or, as a friend of mine used to do--confine her two toddlers) if he's being too rough with the kids.

But you'll have to teach both sides of the match (kids and puppy) how to respond appropriatey. I don't think the couch is such a good idea since it won't be long before the puppy can get up there too--kids giggling, wiggling and screaming on a couch have the same effect on a young puppy as kids on the floor doing the same thing--to the puppy it looks like an invitation to play.
 
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