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So Benny now has most of his adult teeth through at 5 months and has decided that when he gets excited or bored the best way of getting our attention is to nip/bite any body part he can get his teeth on. it's definitely in the realm of play biting but most of his teeth are edged like slivers of glass at the moment so he cuts the skin when he does it and it's not pleasant esp if he pinches your flab which hurts like a mother fucker.
Since we got him we've done bite inhibition training of yelping and immediately disengaging then replacing with an acceptable chew toy but when he's wound up he doesn't give two shits about that and will ignore the chew toys to carry on trying to bite.
it's clearly an energy thing and he's after attention but he's getting more than enough exercise as I walk him for 45 mins twice a day (he stops a lot for sniffing so we're only going 1.5-2 miles in that time tops) and he will sleep like the dead (see above photos) but if anything gets him even slightly excited or he thinks he might be on for getting some food (even after he has just been fed) he just goes super saiyan for 20 minutes and requires all eyes on him no matter how tired he is.
anyone got any decent tips for helping him break the habit like decent training exercises? if we can get him to settle properly the rest of his behaviour is pretty much all good.