Hot Sauce

Wally nips and bites like many puppies do. Completely normal behavior yet one I would like to stop immediately. My calm-assertive-alpha state of mind apparently is not enough to curb this desire in him.... So I moved on from the dog whisperer book to my 365 days of dog training (thank you again Vanessa!) which has proven to be very useful.. Suggestion one: Rub hot sauce on hands and put on pant legs, puppy nips hands/pant legs, puppy does not like taste, puppy stops. EXCELLENT I say to myself. This dog friendly dog training is really going well. I might not be a dog whisperer but I have 30 bottles of hot sauce. I chose chipotle tobasco sauce. Perfect! I rubbed it all over my hands, put it on my pant legs and capped the bottle smiling to myself at what a good dog mom I was going to make. I pictured my grown Wally and I walking on a beach in the sunset, him perfectly trained at my side. It was then I realized my hands felt like they were on FIRE! The hot sauce idea while great, not so much a good one after one has suffered multiple nipping cuts... The burning was killing me. Wally then attacked. Got a taste of my hot sauce and proceeded to lick it all off of my hands. Such a good helpful puppy. At least my hands didn't burn anymore.