After hundreds of puppy biting sessions, Joel narrowed it down to the best methods.

Same principals / products for a 2 month old choc lab ?

After watching this video, I went immediately to Petco and bought a pack of Bully Sticks. I have a three-month-old alligator (I mean, puppy) and this was an awesome intervention for her. She demolished the entire stick in under an hour but happy and sleeping now and I have no new wounds on my arms! Thank you so much for your videos. Incredibly helpful!

The frozen Kong toy with wet food has been a game changer. I have a 10 week old Anatolian Prynes, he's a sweetheart, but hes 45lbs and a huge nipper. Hes driving my 9year old boxer Prynes insane but we tried the kong toy and hes already a 100 times better, calmer, and letting my older boy get some well deserved rest. Thank you for the suggestions, they have really helped my poor arms 😅

Cheese stick has been a lifesaver for us with our pocket beagle who was aggressive chewer, then I can microwave the ends to turn into a cheese puff.. It has cut down on her chewing things that she’s not to suppose to.. need to get her a Kong , fish skins sounds interesting .

I have a 6 1/2 month old Great Dane. Just under 100 pounds. Most of the time his a great dog but that that 10% is if acting up pinching skin and jumping. When I correct him by grabbing his collar and putting his own lip on his teeth when he starts biting. He thinks it’s a game and continues to try to jump nip whatever. He is a chewer. We give him lick mats, frozen kongs, bully sticks, yak chews, etc. the only thing I haven’t tried is marrow bones but I feel weight bearing cow bones are to hard for dogs teeth. Any suggestions on the excited play nipping. He is In obedience training but it’s a group class through akc.

Joel - is my puppy too young for the thumb/bite your own lip method? He’s 5 months old (APBT). I spent 20 straight minutes refusing to give in, with his intensity only increasing as I help his collar w my thumb in his cheek. Finally I had to sprint him for 1/4 mile to tire him and then make him “submit”. Not sure I handled it right, but I couldn’t let him “win”

That Dog is one of THE MOST beautifulest dogs I have ever seen!!!
Those eyes w/ his coat coloring is just stunning!!! 💙

Antlers. Split antlers, whole ones, deer or elk or whatever. Only thing that stands up to my German shepherd pup, lasts a very, very long time, actually grinds his sharp little piranha teeth down.

never forget about the best universal chew toy for all shepherd mixes: tree branches, big ones, bigger than the width of the door! Nothing makes a shepherd happier :)

Thank you, Joel! I just got my first gsd puppy! He knows so many commands, but he is SO MOUTHY!! 😅 Just bought some fish skins! Thank you!

My 6 month old xl bully is very overly excited and he loves people also he enjoys nipping mums feet only how do I resolve this !!!

Watching him play with the treat is so adorable 🥰

I had to laugh - your wife walked in and he started to get up and then went "whoops, nope" XD

Honest kitchen - fish skins, cod
Safe, reinforcing and long lasting
Bully stick - Costco deal
Halved marrow bones - full older

Thanks, your videos are great. My 5 month old golden retriever puppy is a resource guarder with chews and some things that she picks up outside. While I want her to give I also need to train her not to bite me when I take. Do you have a specific video on this? She bit me quite badly once when I tried to remove a massive clump of earth and grass. She does go through all the growling, rigid body language stuff in advance of a bite and I am working on the give successfully but the take is a different ball game. Any advice be most welcome.

Im so glad I found this channel.

Wow. this is the first time I have ever seen a German Shepherd with blue eyes. then I see his tail curl up, so i am guessing he is crossed with a husky. He is a beauty.

What is your opinion on pig ears? Dehydrated braided rabbit hides? Cow hooves? Thanks from Idaho

There are tiny bones in the fish sticks that may or may not be an issue. What are your thoughts?

My lab is 3 months old and gets into a literal frenzy of nipping and clamping down on hands, pants, whatever is within reach. I know that consistency is key, but immediate protection of skin is also key. Need some serious solution to this as he gets older. He plays with a 6 month old “cousin” with no holds barred nipping. Does this make the problem worse or is it a reasonable outlet? HELP!

The kong with a variety of treats gave him the runs,learned my lesson,only kibble and hard stuff chews,will buy antler now.

The "Lip Bitting" technique worked for my little buddy. I seen it in a previous video. Now, anytime he nips, he gets one. Helped cut down the nipping drastically!! Thanks for your work!

Joel!!! You are the goat! Love this

Wow he is really into it

Been trying this method and he just fights back. Irritating

I have dozens of punctures on my hands from my 12 week old puppy. I can't wait to try this! I'm so tired of pain and bleeding!

Are beef marrow bones ok to be given frozen?

So that works when they're older puppies. What about younger puppies, like 8 - 12 weeks? I think they can't have a lot of the bones that older dogs can have: is that correct? What can we do to help them with all the biting and chewing on everything? (I already exercise her three times a day at the dog park, for 45 min - 2 hours each session. She's a working line border collie.)

What is this dog chewing on?

Are the marrow bone# raw, like from a butcher? Last time I saw he had a bag named something like Primal?

Wow on my way to Costco, I need all of that to thank you.

I bought these weeks ago for my dobe pup. Just pulled the out because I can no longer take the biting lol. Great idea

When you consider that a human has 32 teeth and 18 years to cut them all, and a dog has 42 teeth and maybe 18 months to cut them all, it’s no surprise that they are driven to chew. I use raw meaty frozen marrow and knuckle bones to build value in kennel time. They are kennel only treats and I keep them in a ziplock in the freezer and get them out whenever I need to kennel train a new dog or be away from home and the dogs will be in their kennels for an extended time. When they see the ziplock come out of the freezer, they all run to their kennels! When they get all the meat off and the marrow cleaned out, I mix natural unsweetened peanut butter and organic plain Greek yogurt and minced chicken or canned food and use a pastry tube to pipe the mixture into the marrow hole and freeze that. I also use this mixture in Kongs and freeze them, too. Not as fun as tearing flesh off of bone, (which is true dogness) but they do the trick for extended kennel time. When they come out of their kennels, the bones go back in the ziplock and back into the freezer. I had a wolf dog long ago who found a deer leg with hoof and some deer hide in our pasture that a hunter had thrown over the fence, and that was his best day ever. I put it in his outdoor kennel (corral and stable) and he had many happy hours loving that icky thing! He’d bury it in the snow, dig it out, gnaw for awhile, then rebury it in a different location.

Raw beef hip bones from butcher works amazing and lasts a long time but replace after a day

I used to wear heavy leather gloves when interacting with the Rottweiler puppies. I thought it was just normal behavior for me . I see now Iwas wrong. Our dogs get diarrhea in the beginning with the marrow bones. That is a drag.

Just go out in the woods and collect a bunch of sticks for FREE. My puppies chew them all day long and they don’t swallow it .. they just tear it apart and then I go clean it up.

Fish scale + bully stick + Marrow bone = $$$$$

Highly recommend those yak cheese sticks too

do have any videos on puppys chasing and biting other puppies while playing fetch? puppy has the habit of biting too much and too hard while other puppies are playing calmly

Thank you. Our 9 mos old heeler/shepherd mix is extremely mouthy and has learned to jump up. He jumps on my back as I fix food bowls for all 3 dogs when I am busy at the counter. I try just ignoring and praising for sitting back down in this case. I set up those skins on my auto ship, I have others already. 3 dogs have to have them when I give 1, so that adds up, unless I can just put pup in kennel and get away with him chewing on fix like he did when much younger. Most times the other dogs will just circle the kennel he is in. My dogs don't like antler and those and marrow bones the vets say is too hard on their teeth and has worn down the adult dogs teeth, but, ram horns work well and benebones.

Joel please review rolled beef cheeks. I have a crazy husky/malamute 6 month old puppy that is chewing most of the day, and he just got his second one. It was like 5$ and lasted over 3 months, there was still some left by month 4 but it was just itty bitty so he got a new one. He shreds soft toys, and doesnt really like chew toys. But this is cheap, natural (nothing but the cheek) and lasts for a while ven with him chewing on it for hours a day.

Working lines gsd are crazy with the nipping. Mines 2mo and its driving me crazy

I have a 5 month old German Shepherd. What do you suggest when you give them a bully stick or another bone and they get bored with it?

Those fish skins are $38 for a 6oz bag on Amazon!

Love this video!! My 6 month old husky/malamute is a big time chewer and he loves all things chew except for the kong. I’m going to try it again but this time with his wet food & freeze it like you said Joel. I already found some marrow bones I’ll pick up from Safeway to try those as well. Love the puppy videos because it helps me remember it is okay to be offering all these chew options for him while he is going through this phase!

Joel, you did it again. I saw your thumb in the corner of the mouth thing. Here's one better. My Mom taught me this. Instead put your hand over the entire muzzle and roll the lip over the teeth. At most it takes 3 times. The dog may mouth, which I don't consider a problem, but will not chomp down alligator style any longer. You can do it with the upper muzzle or the lower lip. Works either way. Thanks!

This is great information. I have a 9 week old Shepardor boy and he is already mouthing like crazy. I have scratches everywhere. Is it too harsh to grab his collar and do the lip trick? When I grab his collar ever he turns into an alligator and scratches the hell out of him. I have cute and bite marks everywhere. I’m surprised how mouthy he is but I wanna make sure I’m doing everything at the correct age. I give him stuff to chew on like this but he prefers human flesh.

Do you have a counter/table surfing video?