My 9-week-old puppy bites me! How do I get him to chew his toys?

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I have a 9 week old lab puppy. How do I get him to chew on his chew toys and not on me? I even went as far as buying rawhide chews even though I don’t like giving my animals them. Any advice would be greatly appreciate. Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Male | neutered | 2 months and 2 days old | 75 lbs

Sara Farmer, DVM · Accepted Answer

Keep in mind that it is perfectly appropriate for a 9 week old puppy to be exploring his world by chewing everything in sight, and for most dogs it is a phase that will resolve as long as you don't unintentionally encourage the behavior. You should have plenty of appropriate chew toys (rawhides are okay as long as he isn't biting off large pieces) to give him whenever he is chewing on you or something he shouldn't. If he nips you, make a loud high pitched noise, give him an appropriate chew and remove your attention. If he keeps trying to bite at you he may need to go somewhere quiet. It will seem like you're not making any progress for awhile but eventually he'll catch on.

My 9-week-old puppy bites me! How do I get him to chew his toys?

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