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If you just got a new puppy and find it uncontrollable, don’t worry, as there are tips for training an uncontrollable puppy that jumps and bites, so that you don’t have to consider giving it back to the pound or the pet shop where you got it.

Using Patience to Train Your Puppy

Puppies don’t want to act out and be bad, it’s just that they don’t know the difference between right and wrong. It’s up to you, the dog’s owner, to teach it the difference. And you can do it, though it takes a lot of patience and a lot of love. Soon, your puppy will become the good dog you expect it to be.

Be Sure to Praise Your Puppy

The first tip for training an uncontrollable puppy that jumps and bites is to praise it whenever it does something that you want it to. For instance, if your puppy jumps and bites at you and you tell it no, and it listens, don’t forget to pet it and tell it good job. These actions teach your puppy that every time it does something you want, it gets lots of love.

Patient Repetition

This will eventually teach your dog the difference between right and wrong. This may take time, but it’s only through repetition that your dog will learn what you expect of it.

The second tip for training an uncontrollable puppy that jumps and bites is to crate train it. Make sure the crate is big enough for it to move around in. Use the crate much the same way parents use a corner for time out.

If your puppy does something you don’t want, such as jumping all over you and biting you, put it in the crate for ten minutes. Don’t give in no matter how much it cries, as you will only teach it that you’re a push over. Over time, your puppy will learn that jumping and biting lead to the negative experience of the crate, and it will learn not to do those things.

Your Puppy Wants to Please You

Over time, you will learn the behaviors your new puppy responds to, so you will learn to come up with more tips for training an uncontrollable puppy that jumps and bites. Just remember to give your puppy lots of love and attention, punish it when it jumps and bites, and remember that it doesn’t know that it’s being bad.

Puppies aren’t born bad so the best tip for training an uncontrollable puppy that jumps and bites is to be patient, because your dog will want to please you. Only you can teach it how to go about doing that, so it is up to you.

Laying a Foundation for the Rest of Your Puppy’s Life

You are laying the foundation for the relationship you will enjoy with your dog for the rest of his or her life. That’s why it is incredibly important that you don’t lose your temper and hurt your puppy.

Years ago we brought home a puppy fox terrier/bull terrier mix that was a very sweet dog. Unfortunately, my mom was babysitting a 3 year old five days a week. While my sisters and I were at school this little boy would chase our puppy with a broom.

Thankfully, Bandit still grew up to be a sweet dog, but he was forever, until his death, terrified of brooms. We couldn’t use a sweep the floor in Bandit’s presence.

If you will give your puppy a few months of patient training, you can have a fantastic friend for 12+ years. It’s worth a few months of extra effort and time.

Here’s a puppy training video for training your puppy not to bite. This is really good information.