A Whole Lot of Bad Behaviour

[Roxy'sMama]

I know there has been many posts about these particular things, but none of them have worked for me. I've had my yorkie for about 3 weeks and some days are better than others.

She doesn't listen! She loves biting on fingers/hands and chewing on electrical cords.

I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how i can put all the cords together and tie them up so she can't chew on them. Because she knows that when she does it she gets introuble but she does it anyways, even when I'm right there.

About the biting.. you can do just about anything in the book and she still bites. I have ignored her, told her oww until she has stopped but once you move your hand away she lunges for it all over again. I've tried to substitute a bone for the hand but she won't take it...and she has A MILLION things to play with.

Another thing that I am having trouble with is Crate Training. When I got her from her breeder the breeder said she was crate trained, but low and behold when I got her home, she HATED being in the crate, which is to be expected since she was a new puppy but you can have her in their for hours and she will still be barking to be let out. Even at night, she won't sleep anywhere but in bed with me. She can be dead asleep, but when I move her to the crate she will cry and bark until I let her out and let her come back in the bed with me. You can even see me in bed from the crate which most people recommend to do until they are used to you not being there.
She also goes absolutely nuts when I leave for work, she bites my pants, my ankles.. basically anything she can get her little mouth around so I won't leave. Shes completely attached to me and is bad when she goes around others while I'm at work.

She has also been trying to attack my 11 year old pomchi. Shes 12 pounds while my almost 3 month old yorkie is only 4 pounds. Roxy (the yorkie) will pounce around her and lunge at my pomchi.

I am also wondering how long Yorkies teeth for. Shes 3 months and still teething..just wondering if this will last much longer. I remember when we first got my pomchi she didn't teeth this long!

Nothing is working..and writing this post makes it seem like shes completely bad, but like I said above.. some days are way better than others. Please someone help me before I go bonkers!!

[Jaspermom]

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

I know there has been many posts about these particular things, but none of them have worked for me. I've had my yorkie for about 3 weeks and some days are better than others.

You are both learning how to aclimate to one another. Relax. Three weeks is such a small drop in the bucket of a lifetime!

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

She doesn't listen! She loves biting on fingers/hands and chewing on electrical cords. I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how i can put all the cords together and tie them up so she can't chew on them. Because she knows that when she does it she gets introuble but she does it anyways, even when I'm right there...

Keep trying. Get her chew toys that she loves loves loves, and if you are catching her doing improper chewing, you need to correct immediately. You also need to get some Bitter Apple spray and spray down your cords and anything else in your home you do not want her to chew.

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

About the biting.. you can do just about anything in the book and she still bites. I have ignored her, told her oww until she has stopped but once you move your hand away she lunges for it all over again. I've tried to substitute a bone for the hand but she won't take it...and she has A MILLION things to play with.

Keep trying. Patience, love, and rewarding correct behavior is the key!

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

Another thing that I am having trouble with is Crate Training. When I got her from her breeder the breeder said she was crate trained, but low and behold when I got her home, she HATED being in the crate, which is to be expected since she was a new puppy but you can have her in their for hours and she will still be barking to be let out. Even at night, she won't sleep anywhere but in bed with me. She can be dead asleep, but when I move her to the crate she will cry and bark until I let her out and let her come back in the bed with me. You can even see me in bed from the crate which most people recommend to do until they are used to you not being there..

Is there a true reason why you do not want her in your bed? If so, then be insistent about the crate, and move it out of your bedroom into a room where you can shut the door and ignore the whining. After a while, she will stop. But if she is very young, you are going to need to get up with her a few times a night to let her potty as the little ones cannot hold it all night.

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

She also goes absolutely nuts when I leave for work, she bites my pants, my ankles.. basically anything she can get her little mouth around so I won't leave. Shes completely attached to me and is bad when she goes around others while I'm at work...

She will learn how to make do. Are there other people there to play and care for her while you are away? You need to correct the inappropriate behavior of biting when you are leaving in the same ways as above. Give her a treat when you leave every day, and in no time at all she will be begging you to GO AWAY!..

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

She has also been trying to attack my 11 year old pomchi. Shes 12 pounds while my almost 3 month old yorkie is only 4 pounds. Roxy (the yorkie) will pounce around her and lunge at my pomchi. ..

She is playing. Not attacking.

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

I am also wondering how long Yorkies teeth for. Shes 3 months and still teething..just wondering if this will last much longer. I remember when we first got my pomchi she didn't teeth this long!!..

Wosie did not lose all her teeth until she was 8 months old! She needs chew toys.

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

Nothing is working..and writing this post makes it seem like shes completely bad, but like I said above.. some days are way better than others. Please someone help me before I go bonkers!!

Patience is a virtue. I know you aren't feeling tremendously virtuous right now, but keep on keeping on!! You have to reward the good behaviors with praise praise praise, and correct or distract her from improper behaviors. No puppies are BAD. They are just puppies. Little PEOPLE take a LONGER time to get on the straight and narrow, lol! You have to hang in there, keep trying, and repeat after me: "this is only temporary... this is only temporary"!! SMILE!! You aren't going through anything every single one of us has not gone through. It will be OK, YOU will be OK, and your pup will be incredible if you take the time to teach it to be!! GOOD LUCK!

[yorkiesofsautee]

I got my yorkies to stop bitting by spraying bitter apple on my fingers...letting her bite me and saying ouch. She associates the tast and sound to being bad. lol. The Bitter Apple really works but if you try it wash your hands after because the taste is nausiating...lol. I made the mistake of forgetting and found out the bad way. It did finally stop the bitting and chewing. I sprayed it on things they chewed on and they stopped then I introduced toys which they could have and could enjoy chewing on.

[Roxy'sMama]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You guys are a miracle. Reading your replies made me feel so much better! This bitter apple spray, where do you get it? Can you get it at Walmart? please let me know and thanks again! She has a million toys but seems to like chewing on a pop bottle the best. or her Dingo Brand rawhide bones(I suggest to anyone who has never heard of these to look them up at dingobrand.com and get some!!!)

to the post about her sleeping in my bed, I already have one dog in my bed and they don't like eachother all that much so its hard to sleep with both of them.
Thanks again! you guys are great!

[Jaspermom]

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

She has a million toys but seems to like chewing on a pop bottle the best. or her Dingo Brand rawhide bones(I suggest to anyone who has never heard of these to look them up at dingobrand.com and get some!!!)
Thanks again! you guys are great!

Isn't it funny?? You spend hundreds of dollars on toys, and they would rather play with an empty bottle, lol!! Just make sure you watch her with that bottle, and if it breaks you get it away from her fast. Same with the rawhide. Don't let her have one where you can't watch her. There are many many instances of pups choking or having intestinal blockages due to improper rawhide chewing. Be really careful. Have you tried the Kong yet? Not that that is completely foolproof, bigger dogs have been known to chew them apart, but the smaller dogs can usually use them without damage. You fill the center with peanut butter, cheese (lowfat is good on both) or some other kind of smooshy filling, and let them go at it! My girls fight over the Kong constantly. I need to get another one!

I am happy you are feeling better!! Don't let your problems pile up like this, get them to us as they come up, and we will do our best to help you out!! Again, GOOD LUCK!
OH!! and WELCOME TO YORKIE TALK!!

[Roxy'sMama]

Originally Posted by Jaspermom

Isn't it funny?? You spend hundreds of dollars on toys, and they would rather play with an empty bottle, lol!! Just make sure you watch her with that bottle, and if it breaks you get it away from her fast. Same with the rawhide. Don't let her have one where you can't watch her. There are many many instances of pups choking or having intestinal blockages due to improper rawhide chewing. Be really careful. Have you tried the Kong yet? Not that that is completely foolproof, bigger dogs have been known to chew them apart, but the smaller dogs can usually use them without damage. You fill the center with peanut butter, cheese (lowfat is good on both) or some other kind of smooshy filling, and let them go at it! My girls fight over the Kong constantly. I need to get another one!

I am happy you are feeling better!! Don't let your problems pile up like this, get them to us as they come up, and we will do our best to help you out!! Again, GOOD LUCK!
OH!! and WELCOME TO YORKIE TALK!!

Thanks! No I haven't tried the Kong yet. I'm sure I will be able to find one. I already know about the choking.. she had an incident a few days ago but luckily everything is okay. Even when watched shes a very sneaky puppy and knows when shes doing something wrong. Shes learned quickly.

[TrueReviews]

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You guys are a miracle. Reading your replies made me feel so much better! This bitter apple spray, where do you get it? Can you get it at Walmart? please let me know and thanks again! She has a million toys but seems to like chewing on a pop bottle the best. or her Dingo Brand rawhide bones(I suggest to anyone who has never heard of these to look them up at dingobrand.com and get some!!!)

to the post about her sleeping in my bed, I already have one dog in my bed and they don't like eachother all that much so its hard to sleep with both of them.
Thanks again! you guys are great!

I don't know if Walmart carries Bitter Apple but I know every pet store I have been do...PetSmart, Petco etc. carried it. My mom introduced me to using it and it is a miracle worker!!!!!! I even spray it on furniture if I see them chewing on it. When wet it is sooooo horrible they don't attempt it aga after a few times. Sometimes even the first time is enough! Good luck and if you have anymore questions feel free to ask!
~Tru

[winnismom]

We got our poodle/bichon mix to stop biting by rubbing a little butter on our hands and saying "kisses". She stopped biting to lick the butter off and after a while associated our hand with kisses!! It really worked.

[bevpeter]

Everything you are saying your puppy does, mine does the EXACT thing... she will be 4 months next weekend, and sometimes she's just such a good girl but then she has her days were i've nicknamed her Crocadile Rylie, she LOVES to bite specially fingers... after reading posts from here i went out and bought the Bitter Apple i must tell you that for my puppy it did not work... she would lick my fingers and keep chewing on everything i sprayed it on. What i have found works and distracts her for a while are Digestable/edigble Nylabone... but because she is such a chewer the pet store people told me to go for "wolf" size rather then the little petite ones.. (they last a lot longer also) Another thing that distracts her from biting and getting into trouble is i give like piece of carrot..(baby carrot size) she loves it and plays by herself with it before she sits down to eat it...
Good luck with the puppy training.. Rylie starts her puppy classes tomorrow so hopefully that will help me and her with the training.

[Roxy'sMama]

My experience with the Bitter Apple was quite similar. She licked it at first and kind of chewed but then she started gaging. Maybe you didn't shake the bottle before you sprayed it? I'm not sure.. Anyways, my puppy is getting better now. But she does have her off days..

[MyTrixie143]

Originally Posted by bevpeter

after reading posts from here i went out and bought the Bitter Apple i must tell you that for my puppy it did not work... she would lick my fingers and keep chewing on everything i sprayed it on.

My dogs are the same. They love bitter apple spray. You spray it and they go for it. I did however find something that did work. I tried using bitter lime and orange and problem solved!! They absoultely hate it and won't ever try licking or chewing anything that has it on. I guess some dogs taste buds are different.

[Archie's Mom]

Here's a great solution for the electrical cords. It's a product called Critter Cords -- a clear plastic sheath that goes over the electrical cords that's infused with a citrus deterrant taste. They have worked wonders at my house, as my Archie was just fascinated with electrical cords. You can find them at www.crittercord.com.

As for the biting, my little devil is also a problem biter. Nothing worked until the vet suggested that I simply put him down on the floor when he bites and tell hin No Bite! And then ignore him for 10-15 minutes, even turning my back on him. He has a long way to go with the biting issue -- but I HAVE seen some improvement in his behavior. He tends to bite less during regular activitiy -- but he still bites when he gets excited during play. I think it's just something you have to keep working on -- it may take a few more months. Good luck!

[BabyFidgette]

Originally Posted by Roxy'sMama

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You guys are a miracle. Reading your replies made me feel so much better! This bitter apple spray, where do you get it? Can you get it at Walmart? please let me know and thanks again! She has a million toys but seems to like chewing on a pop bottle the best. or her Dingo Brand rawhide bones(I suggest to anyone who has never heard of these to look them up at dingobrand.com and get some!!!)

to the post about her sleeping in my bed, I already have one dog in my bed and they don't like eachother all that much so its hard to sleep with both of them.
Thanks again! you guys are great!

Bitter apple didn't work for Baby, so why don't you try something that you have in your house first? Deoderant (the white kind). She hates that!