We’ve had our puppy Bella for about two weeks now. She’s the cutest little thing, but she does tend to be a bit cheeky/naughty. When she gets excited she starts to bite. Since she still has her baby teeth, it feels like needles piercing the skin. We definitely want to dissuade her from this habit.
Author Kimberly Menozzi had an excellent hint in one of her recent Thursday Thirteen posts. She keeps a spray bottle filled with water to dissuade her kitten from biting and clawing. I was immediately taken by this idea, deciding it could work with a rambunctious puppy.
This morning Bella was really naughty during her walk. I was half a block from home and decided to return to get the spray bottle. I didn’t care if people laughed when they saw my giant blue spray bottle. All I wanted to do was get her to stop biting both me and the lead.
The spray bottle works a treat. All I have to do is show it to her now and she stops biting furniture or people.
Really, a bright blue spray bottle is the very best of fashion accessories for the discerning puppy owner!
Do you have any puppy (or kitten) tips?
I’m visiting Rhonda Print’s blog today. Rhonda did an interview with me and I’m also giving away a download of A Discreet Affair to one commenter. Here’s the link to Rhonda’s blog
Glad the new approach is effective…When mine was small we use to spray a lemon cintrenella scent on stuff he would try to eat. It was something he hated so it did help.
Thanks for the tip, Savannah. That might come in handy.