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08-26-2005, 08:33 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois
Posts: 10
| I am getting VERY frustrated. Help (Long) Hi, Paisley is 8 months old and a great dog. There is a but....I am getting frustrated for a few reasons. One is, we did two courses of puppy school, puppy kindergarten and puppy countinuing. He did GREAT! However, eventhough we still practice the skills, he is having a hard time using them in everyday senarios. Like "OFF" he is constantly nipping (hard actually) at our ankles, elbows and wrists...I want to get him to stop this bad behavior because I don't want him doing this to others. He is a VERY socialized dog, but still I want him to know it is not right. We say OFF, and NO and redirect, but still he does it. Also, ummmm, he humps :P He is fixed, but still humps....us. That's all I have to say about that. Last, potty training, he never tells us when he has to go. But he knows what it means when we have the leash and say "You want to go out". We are outside in our neighborhood all the time, more than any other dog owner (we don't have a fensed in backyard). We tried the bell, didn't work. if we don't take him out, he will mark our house. Oh..but he can hold it all day when we are at work. Anyways, thanks for letting me vent, I have been wanting to write this for a while. Any suggestions would be great. I appreciate it. The loving mother of little Paisley, steph |
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08-26-2005, 08:48 AM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere land
Posts: 364
| First he was not enough of the right rules. Was his training the old yank correct and scold? He is begging in the wrong way for rules based on kind and firm handling. Toss out the words stop using them. Ignore his bad and up play and notice the good. This is coming form a person that had her dog collapse the old yank and correct method and had to make big changes. Once you start ignoring the bad it will get worse before it gets better as they have to test to see if you mean no more corrections. Biting can be stopped by using your hand and alowing to chew and a calm ahh or grr like a mum as he gets rougher and as he gets more gentle and decresses the pressure you can Ahh him at that level and in time he will not chew on you. Plus up his outside and play time he needs to be drop dead tired as a tire dog can do little bad and opens the door to gettting a reward. give him a job- chew on a toy or chase a ball as he is employing himself by chewing on you. |
08-26-2005, 01:54 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 723
| I bought Your Yorkshire Terrier's Life before I bought my first yorkie. I followed it religously and almost everything has worked, including potty. I followed the guidelines exactly, including for a puppy biting and I never have a problem with mine doing that. However, my husband thought it was cute and to this day, Chloe wants to play the hand game with him, nipping. So, the best advice I have is to go to your local bookstore and get this book, read it and follow it. I started when my two were younger and they have not gone to any obedience schools at all. Make your commands as brief as you can and consistently use the same words, so your puppy will recognize them. Lower your voice when commanding potty and raise it with praise and a small treat when success is given. Not in the book, but also something I use is time out. Mine were crate trained but I use timeout in their crate when they do not behave. Now, I am home all day, their crates are open doored except for sleep time and time out, so you might want to use another place, but I found this hint on YT and it has worked well for Lacey, my little one who can be very hardheaded at times. |
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