JACKIE FLECKENSTEIN

I just wanted to post this follow up. I read through all of your advice and applied what I felt I could that would work with my puppy. Although you didn't advise me to, I wore padded pants and a padded jacket as well as leather gloves to work with him on "no jump" -- because that was the only way I could come up with to remove biting from the equation. He still bit me, but it didn't penetrate so I was able to focus instead on "no jump". If he doesn't jump, he doesn't bite. It took some doing but I finally got him to sit instead of jumping and was able to reward him. Though the jumping and attempts at playful bites have not gone away 100%, the energy with which he is doing these things had totally changed to where he is doing it with low energy. I have not suffered any more cuts or bruises from his mouth and we are having great wins turning this behavior around and off.

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner -- your willingness to engage with users is amazing. I will read through all of it and apply your suggestions, one step at a time. Thanks so much again. 🙂

Thank you so much Adrienne, I will take all of your advice to heart. You offered plenty of tips and I will go through them all and put them to good use. Best to you too, Jackie

How can I ignore his jumping when he is biting at the same time?