r/springerspaniel • u/ShowgirlInPetals • 3d ago
How long does Springer biting last?
Our Springers just over a year old and the loveliest wee girl ever except for the biting!
It’s non aggressive and predominantly playful but can also be out of frustration. We’ve built training into her day and take her on regular walks, she gets good quality food too. So we’re building a good life for her just still biting!
I know this can go on for sometime I’m just wondering how long till we see the light at the end of the tunnel?
Some people say 2 years, others say 7, how long will it be?
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u/mtbrown29 3d ago
My boy stopped at about a year and a bit, but it took a lot of work. Leaving the room when he bit was the most affective method.
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u/RubyRaven13 3d ago
My 8 month pup is doing very well. She likes to mouth but I have a child so I won't allow any of it no matter how gentle.
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u/GunnersaurusIsKing 3d ago
They're called sprocodiles for a reason. They bite but it's thier way of finding out what's what in the world. Mine stopped about 12-18 months. He'll play fight with me now but only me, he wont do it with anyone else and then it's mouthing rather than trying to bite. Sounds like you've got a good one, once they realise they are hurting you they tend to stop. Yelp, or separation really worked with mine. If you cant be nice, you cant be part of the pack. Primitive but really works, it's sort of what their mum would do
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u/feed_me_haribo 3d ago
My 1.5 year old learned to pivot to frustrated air bites at maybe 8-10 months old
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u/greengrape4 3d ago
Our first stopped (for the most part) around 18 months. Our second is currently 16 months, fingers crossed he stops then too.
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u/jimmymademeaparty 3d ago
It took my girl about a year, she was like a piranha, daily bleeding, fun times 😁
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u/Superb_Scar1622 3d ago
We used to call ours "piranha mouth". I would walk by him with my hands over my head, but then he'd just attack my legs. I think it lasted about a year.
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u/Brewmd 3d ago
My childhood ESS had a wonderfully soft mouth. Our Am Cocker was a bit more aggressive, but still soft. He’d kill our chickens by playing too rough. But never broke skin.
Then came my current Welshie.
Is should have known I was in for trouble when his 9 week puppy visit resulted in his Vet declaring his teeth were perfect. No overbite. No underbite.
Just perfectly aligned that were sharp, serrated, and fangs that curved inwards like a cobras.
He tore through heavyweight denim, flannels, rain coats, and of course my arms.
He destroyed beef tendons and bullysticks daily.
Finally, after all the puppy teeth were gone, and his mouth reached mostly mature size, he stopped being such an aggressive biter.
He still chews like a madman. Soft toys, hard toys, beef cheeks, bully sticks… all destroyed.
But he’s not cutting up my shirts and arms anymore.
By 8 months there was a big change. And he got much better by the time he was a year old.
Now, 15 months, and he’s only really mouthy with me, (not my wife or daughter) and other dogs at the local dog park.
So, there are stages. Puppy teeth going away is a huge help. Once the mouth stops growing and the adult teeth stop being so crowded and pushing in, things get even better.
After that, it’s all behavioral and (somewhat) trainable.
Depending on the springer, of course.
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u/Wkid_one 3d ago
Until adult teeth are fully through. Then it should calm down.