He'll learn to not do something by negative reinforcement. Obviously you don't want to hit the little guy, or hurt him in any way. So the easiest thing is to put something on the leash that will taste really gross to the puppy, but won't hurt it. Overtime he will associate the leash with a bad taste, and won't bite anymore. Something sour will work, try lemon juice. It won't hurt him, but he'll think it tastes terrible.
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Consider a harness, where the leash is attached around mid-back, instead of the neck. It'll provide less chance that the puppy will grab the leash.
My own dogs, we either provided a toy for the dog to carry, or we just let the dog hold onto the leash.
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He'll ignore it eventually. He's just a puppy, he can't rip through it. If he can, you could maybe put some duct tape around part of the leash to make it harder to rip. Or you could put something that tastes kinda bad on it, and it wouldn't chew on it ever again. But if he can't rip it, just walk him around, and eventually he'll stop trying to bite it.
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Get a prong color for your dog. Attach the leash to it, and when ever your dog starts biting on your leash give it a tug and PRESTO!
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He'll learn to not do something by negative reinforcement. Obviously you don't want to hit the little guy, or hurt him in any way. So the easiest thing is to put something on the leash that will taste really gross to the puppy, but won't hurt it. Overtime he will associate the leash with a bad taste, and won't bite anymore. Something sour will work, try lemon juice. It won't hurt him, but he'll think it tastes terrible.
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After your puppy is vaccinated, teach him how to walk on a lead. It is preferable to put a young puppy in a harness, and not a collar. What we do is we use both. We put a harness on and a lead, then a choke collar and a lead. So now, the new puppy has two leads, a collar and a harness. As you walk, he will pull, or rush ahead of you. You want to first tell him firmly “Heel” and pull him back gently on the harness, he will again plunge ahead, as he is excited, so this time you pull on the harness/lead, and also the lead/collar. One gentle but firm tug of the leads to the command of “Heel!” When he comes to your side, praise him. He is young, but he will catch on. Consistency is the key!
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My puppy does that, too. At first I tried telling him No, but it confused him. Then he started holding the end attached to his collar in his mouth and walking normally on the leash, just with part of the leash in his mouth, like he was walking himself. I think he wanted to feel like he is helping, so I let him do that. Eventually he grew out of that, too. I praise him when he walks nicely on the leash, and you can offer him treats when he's done with the walk to show him he did something right.
If you try it for a week or two and it doesn't work, try buying a lead or harnness (instead of a collar) and attaching the leash to that. It will steer the dog, and the way the leash is attached, he would really have to twist to bite at it.
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Keep him on a short leash and do not let him chew on it when it is not in use. Also, try putting a spray on it that tastes nasty–available at most pet supply stores.
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