Like I said before, your dog will not be confused why you are punishing him if you do it immediately. It may take a couple times, but he will realize soon that a leads to b. On a puppy, one finger on the muzzle should be enough.
My dog sleeps in my bedroom and after she was old enough to put away the crate and just sleep on a dog bed, she would come wake me up with her cold nose. It only took one correction, and she has never done it again.

 

[B][QUOTE]All this being said, the teething phase of a hunting dog (labs, goldens, etc.) are very trying.

 

I just went thru this with my Lab who is now almost six months. Anytime he is biting you must so "NO" in a commanding voice, then immediately give him a chew toy and explain "Good Boy" in a pleasing voice.

 

my puppy kept biting my fingers and toes too. i tried everything, but my vet told me to grab them by the scruff of their neck and give a sharp, but not painful shake (2-3 shakes). the dog is not harmed when you do this. basically, my vet told me that parent dogs do this to their young (parent dogs will bite (not hard) the scruff of their young's neck and shake a bit too). this worked for my puppy.

hope one of the many techniques work. dogs are like humans...there is no ONE rule to fix a particular problem. trial and error are tiring, but the best route. GOOD LUCK!

 

WOw...thanks you guys.

This is harder than I thought.

 

Go buy:

"the art of raising your puppy"

and

"how to be your dogs best friend"

by The Monks of New Skete.

Invaluable information on training your puppy the right way.

Screw it up now and you'll live with an ill behaved or hand-shy dog for many years...

Amazon books

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luder94
[B]

Any pics of the hole in the wall, or the puppy with drywall dust all over his snout?