Over the last week our Luke has started to become more aggressive when he is excited. He is 3 months old now. He will sometimes run up to you and start biting your shorts/jeans etc. and biting on your legs. We try to get him to stop by saying no or stop and pushing him down or lifting him up on two-legs, and also trying to distract him with a toy or something... but so far this seems like some behavior that we need to work on removing as we don't want a biting (to him im sure its just play) 100+ lb adult berner.

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It's natural for pups to nip and bite and we just need to teach them to use their mouths softly. I followed Dr. Ian Dunbar's advice to a T and taught both our dogs that nipping too hard was a BIG NO-NO while also teaching them it was OK to chew on other things. We followed the advice in the book "Before and After Getting Your Puppy - the Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy & Well-Behaved Dog" by Dr. Ian Dunbar. Basically he says (and we followed his advice to a T) when the puppy nips too hard, pretend you're really injured and yelp and turn away and ignore him for a bit. Give him a chew toy instead to chew on. Eventually, I assure you, the dog realizes that they must not nip too hard or they will be ignored and they will get a "soft mouth". We have a 16 mo old grandson now (i.e tail & ear pulling machine) and while we supervise 100% of the time, we are confident that our dogs will not react to him negatively. As well, we were able to see another example of how good our girl's bite inhibition is when our vet had to manipulate her sore leg (torn ACL) and she just kind of growled a bit and turned towards him but didn't try to bite him. Be patient and remember they're only being dogs. I find, if I try to act more like a "mother dog" (i.e, not talking but instead using body language to quiet them) it's ever so much better. Berners need a gentle hand in training - they have a sensitive and shy nature naturally.

Hi Chris not sure if the males are worst for this but Ollie use to be the same but it was our arms. He took a long time and many bruises later to sort out it was consistency and teaching him fetch a toy that solved our problem. We did also give him time out when he got too bad normally when overtired he went into the kitchen behind a gate only for a couple of minutes if he behaved he was allowed to stay out if he forgot and got excited and nipped and bit he went straight back in and we carried on with this till he learnt.

He is still mouthy I think its a breed trait someone else at a training class told me their Berner was mouthing hard till he was a year old.

Ollie now Mouths my arm when I come home but if I say gently he stops or lessens his bite.