Comments on: Training a Boxer Puppy to Stop Biting

By: Rileysmom

Rileysmom — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:19:34 +0000

My boxer is a year and a half and he gets these bursts of energy where he lunges at me or my husband, scratches, bites and starts to jump. I put him in a “time out” which makes him even more upset or I just leave until he calms down. I dont think he does it to hurt me, he just doesnt know how to get his energy out. He likes walks, bones and Kongs and I have bought bully sticks and he just chews right through them. any suggestions will be a lifesaver because its so frustrating. He has been through 2 classes and they never addressed this behavior. I just hope its because he is a puppy still- overall he is a good dog and well behaved.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:58:32 +0000

I have a 6 months puppy and his name is petter he is mostly potty trained and the problem that I have with him is that he bites all the time but seens I got information by some websites he stoped most of the time

THANK YOU SO MUCH

By: Boxer Training

Boxer Training — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:35:41 +0000

Your girl Nana sounds like such a sweet dog!

It’s pretty common for younger dogs to be a little shy of busy streets, passers by and all the other noises going on around her. All those things are new, exciting and sometimes frightening. The best thing you can do to help her overcome her fear is to socialize her and to constantly introduce her to new things, that way she will become much more accustomed to strange things and will be more curious than scared.

Taking her out to the park with other dogs would be a great idea! If she is a generally friendly and playful dog you could even try to find a playmate for her to play with at the park, it would be good for her to get introduced to others others outside of the “pack”.

You could also invite some of your friends over from time to time to meet her. Meeting new people in her comfort zone, your home, might be a bit less stressful for her so it’s a good place to start. I’m not sure if you have read the chapter on socializing in my book but that chapter covers a lot of great ways to help your dog overcome shyness or fear so you might want to take a look at it.

Other than that just keep slowly introducing her to new things without rushing her. Let her do things at her own pace and once she feels more confident she will come out of her shell

Wish you and Nana best of luck!

– Amy

By: lucy

lucy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:01:11 +0000

I found all of your infomation very helpful. Thank you. and you are absolutly right. I have had other puppy breeds but none as shy as my boxer puppy (Nala) Nala is loves to be at home, with us and the other dogs a Bichon and Malteese; she knows her place and although they are several years older then her; she plays very well with them. On occations she will bite them a bit hard and they in return will make a highpitch bark and and she will immidatly stop and calm down. they are trainning her to play nice I think. the only question we had was when it was time to go for walks. My husband use to walk her early in the morning or in the evening and she seemed afraid or shy. what would normally take him 20-30 min walk would end up as much as 45 to an hour. we did not understand why. one day my hubby took her early like around 3pm and it was sunny outside. She did sit when others would walk by but over all she did much better. We figured she is aftaid of the night. can that be possible? it’s hard for my hubby to run with her when the streets are busy, so instead he just walks her. she is only 5 months and seems to be afraid of everything still. How long will this take for her to stop being afraid and do you think taking her to a park where other dogs and peaple are will be ok. she seems very scared. We have a home and a nice size back yard where she plays and has a digging corner where we put her toys in so she knows it is ok to dig there. (we learned that trik when Bichon was little) she seems very happy back there with her other two companions. but we still want to run her because she needs the excersise to mellow down before she goes to bed. (( by the way, we got her when she was 2 months old and she learned how to go out to the yard to potty in a week. she knows where her bed is and takes all her favorite toys to her crate at night. then she sleeps right outside of her crate she is sooo very smart for a puppy. my other dogs only knew how to take them out the dog/toy box. this one puts them away too!! I love it!! Good girl Nala!!!

By: brittney

brittney — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:10:33 +0000

AWSOME!!!!! wow i have a little 6 month old boxer her name is kattey i really have no problems with her i mean shes potty trained she can do some tricks but it was the bitting part i did not like but after reading this i got some ideas to stop her bitting problem.

THANK YOU HOME BOXER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: G Dexter

G Dexter — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:48:16 +0000

Great information. I have found that there is a lot of mis-information on websites. I have looked at many sites and not come across many like yours that tells everyone what they need to know.