How to Play With Your Puppy

When playing with your puppy, it is very easy to playpuppy to open their mouth and give you their toy. You
too rough with them. This form of play might lead to ashould use command like "Give" and "Let Go".
very aggressive dog later on. If you play too toughTry to not play tackle games with your puppy, as
with your puppy, biting, nipping and food guarding mightthese games will encourage your puppy to bite. Later
also develop as a result of this. You should also teachon this will be difficult for your puppy to stop doing. If
children to not hit the dog or pull on their body parts.you constantly play these games, it will even become
As you might now, many dog trainers do not approvemore difficult. Always keep a lot of chewable toys
of playing tug-of-war with your puppy. But as long asaround the house, and rotate the toys as soon as they
tug-of-war is played with the necessary safetyget bored with their previous toys.
measures in place, it should be a good game for youAlso try and locate a play group for your energetic
to engage in. As part of this you should teach yourpuppy in your area. Your vet may be able to assist
puppy to release their toy when you give the releaseyou in this regard. You can even use the internet to
command. During this time the puppy should leave thesearch for doggy playgroups. You will find that these
toy alone and only play with it again once you haveplaygroups are similar to that of children's playgroups.
given them the command to do so. Never pull a toyThese playgroups will encourage your puppy to
out of your puppy's mouth as this will teach them tosocialize, and will also help him to not bite. If your puppy
fight with you. They should learn to open their mouthdoes bite another dog, and they yelp and walk away,
on command and give you the toy.this will serve as a valuable lesson to your puppy to
There are several ways in which you can get yournot bite.