Re: biting children

[Jason Simkins <jaspat2@prodigy.net>]

Hi Maria and all,
We also have a 3 1/2 year old daughter, Marie, and Daisy would bite her too
and not our almost 5 year old son. We started having Marie feed Daisy and
have her tell Dasiy to "sit" before she put her food in the dish. I tried
to be so good about never leavingthe room when Daisy was out playing and
the kids were too, but it never failed, the minute I was around the corner
something would happen.
Daisy is still pretty mouthy but the biting is rare (she is almost 9
months). Sounds like you are on the right track with the feeding and
letting Copper know that Grace is the boss! (Grace should like the sound of
that if she is anything like my daughter :-))

Good luck

Patty.

David Peyerwold wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I read the info from you all about biting in general, but it seems that
> little Copper has taken to chomping on little Grace (3 1/2 year old
> human daughter).  She doesn't do it do it much with me or David  We are
> doing things like having Grace be the one that feeds Copper, supposedly
> to place Grace superior in the pack order, but it's such an emotional
> thing when the puppy takes a bite of your leg, you just want to cry,
> which is what Grace does, and I don't think it has the best effect on
> the relationship.  Any thoughts?  Maria