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08-15-2006, 09:48 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Concord, CA
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| My Sophie bites.. HARD! We got our Sophie about a month ago. I am in love with her. The potty training is going pretty good. She still has accidents, but if I bring her out enough times during the day, she will be fine. The issue I have with her is her very aggressive biting. I've been told to try chew toys, nylon bones, pigs ears, or the bones that break off. She starts to bite them but she always turns to my hands or feet instead. When we put her on the couch or bed with us, she bites our hands and feet until the bleed, or jumps for our face parts. We then tell her "no bite" in a stern voice and put her on the floor, but she'll whimper and cry until we put her back up.. but it goes on. We've tried yelping "ouch" in a sharp tone, but it doesn't work.. we've tried flicking her nose, but we're scared to hurt her. Will she grow out of this? Is it because she's teething or does she have aggression problems? Any other suggestions? It's just become so painful... |
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08-15-2006, 09:59 AM | #2 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, TN
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| Hold old is your pup? Mine's 3 months old and the first week we had her, we didn't let anyone around her, then a friend of our's played a little too rough and she's been a rough-houser ever since. She'll bite at us, but she'll never draw blood, so that's a little concerning. When you put her down, I'll leave her down till she settles down and stops crying. Like time out for a kid. If the kid's crying, you don't go get him/her out, you let them cry till they make themselves tired and calm. As for the face biting, my little puppy does snap at my face when I put her on the stairs and play a little too rough with her. I tap her little butt and tell her NO! i can understand hands and feet, but the face is not a play area. If you play with them near your face you need to be very stern or else someone could get hurt. If your puppy is very young she might have been taken away a little too early and might not know when too rough is, so keep on with the ouchs and stern no's. |
08-15-2006, 10:01 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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| how old is she? for awhile there i felt like i was constantly posted about snickers constant biting but it DID stop around 7/8months of age i am gathering she is done teething we did the training classes and the whole establishing the alpha and redirection but honestly the big change came w/age... and now she is very pleasant to be around w/minimal mouthing hope this is encouraging! |
08-15-2006, 10:07 AM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Concord, CA
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| Thank you Thanks for the fast response. She is only 13 weeks .. I got her around a month ago, so she was tiny. She was 2.5 lbs at 12 weeks so to me that is still tiny. I've never seen such a tiny dog. We usually don't play rough with her. The roughest is when she lies on her back and we rub her chest and stomach. She loves that. It's usually when we're walking around in the kitchen.. She'll bite on her pant legs and try to play tug o war.... I am going to enroll her in the puppy preschool classes so hopefully, that will help if she was around other dogs. I also have been trying hard to keep her socialized. I take her with me to the stores, to the mall, to relative homes.... I really really hope she doesn't have agression issues. I already love her so much...the biting has been so hard. |
08-15-2006, 10:10 AM | #5 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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one thing to do is establish the "alpha" in the home... lol and it should be you not the puppy... and try redirection like giving it something she CAN chew when biting inappropriately.... when you tell her "no" and she stops treating her i tried to get her to give me kisses instead of bites and when she did she got treated and praised and training goes a long way she is at the perfect age for it if you click on my name and look for other posts you will see i have a ton of threads i started on biting - check'm out they may help you it really DOES get better with age tho | |
08-15-2006, 10:13 AM | #6 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Concord, CA
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| Thanks Snickers Mom. That's encouraging. I will try the treats for when she kisses and the time outs for when she bites. I've tried re-directing her bitting though..and that ends with her snapping harder at my hands .... |
08-15-2006, 10:14 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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| here are two of them http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40874 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35308 hope these help a bit i know there are alot more out there too |
08-15-2006, 10:15 AM | #8 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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i promise it gets a whole lot better 7-8months thats when i saw the real change i know it seems like a long time tho | |
08-15-2006, 11:11 AM | #9 |
Peeka Boo I See You! Donating Member | Peeka is 14 weeks and they still bite when they are playing i just give them a chew toy and tell them no when they bite my fingers
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08-16-2006, 10:41 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma
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| Elle is also a mess. She is getting better with her biting...as I tell her "NO BITE" and she will quit and look at me like "WELL WHY NOT!" She has actually stopped alot of that with me and is unfortunatly taking it out on my Boston Terrier. Poor Lizzy just looks at her like..."WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME" Luckly Lizzy is so good with Elle and doesn't snap back. We are working on Elle's attitude a little. She is little but mighty!! |
08-16-2006, 10:45 AM | #11 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Concord, CA
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| Lately, Sophie has been barking back at me when I tell her No bite. She looks up and barks at me and goes hyper, running around everywhere. I usually put her back in the kitchen if she bites for a few minutes and then bring her back to the living room with us to see if she does it again. Yesterday, she went to the kitchen for about 6 times before it was bed time. I will keep at it though.. a little frustrating.. but she has to learn that biting is a No-No. We're having friends over this weekend and they have a little boy. I hope Sophie doesn't bite him.... |
08-16-2006, 10:12 PM | #12 |
I love my lil wolf! ;) Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Washington
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| Princess did the same thing when I first got her as a pup~ she eventually stopped in a few months.. you can maybe do what someone suggested on YT once.. to yell out overly loud when she bites you so she knows that is a no no. |
08-23-2006, 06:53 AM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado
Posts: 64
| How did Sophie do with your company? I have a new to us pup - he's 9 months and play nips still - but not hard. One thing I read is that what they're mama does during socializing. If pup bites mama hard - she yelps and then uses her paw to turn the pup on it's back until he stops squirming (her way of saying that behavior is not acceptable and we're not playing with you now). You're mama now!!! |
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