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11-02-2009, 03:14 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ambridge, Pa, United States
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| New at this and feel like a bad owner!! Hi, I am new to all this! This forum and new to dog ownership! My little guy is 14 weeks old and adorable. I am in the process of figuring out how to post pictures to this site. Anyway, he's great except when he becomes wild and chews my carpet and charges me and bites. I have attended one obedience class and it went well but when he's home with me he makes it hard to even practice with him! I really don't believe it's aggression I believe he's playing but I want to have a little more control. I am at work during the day and leave him in a baby gate playpen. Is the issue that he stays confined too much? I have tried the yelping and it hasn't worked. I socialize him a lot and even take him places with me in the car. He does have a very sweet side and the neighborhood kids love him and are very good with him as are my nephews but even they (my nephews) become frustrated with him because the bites hurt! I have tried the taking him by the scruff of the neck technique also and that works for a little while. I do walk him after work and he charges me outside as well but only sometimes and he settles better out there. I am attached even to the extent that I took a day without pay to stay with him when he was sick but I am a little frustrated thinking I am a bad owner Frustration aside, I can wait this out and realize puppyhood doesn't last forever but I am afraid he will carry this trait into adulthood. Advice, anyone? |
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11-02-2009, 03:26 PM | #2 |
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| I am not sure about the charging issue. The biting issue, I usually give Nikki a yelp and then give her an appropriate item to chew on like a toy or bully stick. This helps some. I know she is teething so the chewing is really bad right now. I have lots of different toys with different textures to help with the teething and now she plays more with the toys. Good luck and I am sure there are others on here with lots more advice than I have. I am still a new mom too!! Nikki is almost 4months so I know where you are coming from, she is all puppy!!!LOL!!! But aren't they oh so sweet!!!!
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11-02-2009, 03:35 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland
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| Puppies are like children (i.e. babies). One thing I would strongly recommend is getting a book on How to Raise Yorkies. Also, Cesar Milan has an excellent book on raising puppies to become good adult dogs. You must be firm with the little guy, in a gentle but loving way, because if you allow him to get away with things because he is cute, then he will grow up to be an obnoxious dog that no one will want around. Yorkies are very intelligent and learn very quickly, consequently you need to stay on top of the training because they are full of spirit and will challenge you. And, of course, you will get a lot of good advice from this site.
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11-02-2009, 03:35 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ambridge, Pa, United States
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| Yes very sweet!!! and funny! |
11-02-2009, 03:44 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ambridge, Pa, United States
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| I have the book about Yorkies/how to raise them. I get babies and I work with adolescents (which is sometimes what my dog seems to be acting like more than a puppy ) and I realize I have to be firm and I'm trying but its still a learning curve I will try the book by Ceasar Milian, thank you! I also plan on talking one on one with the trainer of my puppy class she's good. The problem is Kodi is a different dog in class, very well behaved and does well, and is a pleasure!! I realize how smart he is especially because he will already run to the door when I get him out of his crate in the morning and say "lets go outside" I'm going to keep plugging along and buy more toys and keep posting if for no other reason than to vent! Lisa Kodi's new mom! |
11-02-2009, 03:47 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ambridge, Pa, United States
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| [QUOTE=lpolidora;2864420]I have the book about Yorkies/how to raise them. I get babies and I work with adolescents (which is sometimes what my dog seems to be acting like more than a puppy ) and I realize I have to be firm and I'm trying but its still a learning curve I will try the book by Ceasar Milian, thank you! I also plan on talking one on one with the trainer of my puppy class she's good. The problem is Kodi is a different dog in class, very well behaved and does well, and is a pleasure!! I realize how smart he is especially because he will already run to the door when I get him out of his crate in the morning and say "lets go outside" I'm going to keep plugging along and buy more toys and keep posting if for no other reason than to vent! Lisa Kodi's new mom! Lisa; Kodi's new mom |
11-02-2009, 03:49 PM | #7 | |
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First of all, you are a good yorkie mom! Let go of that right now. You are looking for solutions, taking a puppy class, you're committed to him. I'd say you're heading in the right direction. Good for you!
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11-02-2009, 04:06 PM | #8 |
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| Madison used to bite constantly!! She had a fixation with my hands mostly. I tried everything everyone on here suggested, nothing seemed to work. As she got older, she gradually stopped biting. Now at almost 11 months she hardly bites at all, YAY!!
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11-02-2009, 04:06 PM | #9 |
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| You are a very good mommy, you care enough to figure out what you can do to make him a better guy! Maybe he is just very bored all pent up energy after being in the pen during the day. What about a kong? hide some goodies in there or maybe some other educational toy that he will have to really work and think to get what he wants? Maybe that will put his energy else where. When Cooper was little he was a handful!!! we loved him to death but it did get old getting your hand nipped while he thought it was the greatest chew toy. LOL . The Kong helped him, and so did just good old exercise. We have a privacy fence but still walk him on a leash (afraid of 2 very mean large dogs that dig under there fence next door).....anyway I would just put his leash on and walk /run him to death....We would take a soccer ball and kick it he would go nuts chasing it....or indoors we took a small ball for him to chase it would were him down and the bitting/chewing greatly decreased! I know you already know but it does get better, Cooper is 2 and still runs around like his pants are on fire all day, but I stayed very firm and consistent with him when he did the chewing/biting on our hands/feet etc. Would yelp like REALLY high pitched and loud and would cross my arms in front of me and turn away from him and hand him a bully stick or chew toy. As they say this too will pass but dang it hurry up already! lol
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11-02-2009, 04:57 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern Sweden
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| Mine was a biter too! I used Bitter spray on things I didn't want him to chew and said "no biting!" when he would rough play with me. He is about 19 months old now and he still play bites (mouths) with us and knows if he is getting too rough when we let him know and licks us in apology afterwards. I like the advice of an "OW!" noise, and I think adding "no biting!" is good too. My dog now knows that no biting applies to clothes, blankets, etc. when "no biting" is used.
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11-02-2009, 05:02 PM | #11 |
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| I agree w/Kat618, you are a very good mommy...You're recognizing undesirable behavior and looking for a solution...It's funny, but I had forgotten about Apple biting all the time, 'till you mentioned it...I remember posting on this forum about it...I used to say "no bites", and if she when she would bite, I'd get up and leave the room...When I came back, if she started biting again (and I think it was playful, but still unacceptable), I'd leave the room again...Also, as I work, I take Apple for walks before and after work...I was walking, twice a day, for about 25 - 30 minutes, but now it's only once, because of the time change ...Apple is now a year old, and it does get better...But you are right in dealing w/this issue on a continous basis, and w/patience, you'll be like me, one day, and forget that it was an issue ...Hang in there mama, it'll get better... |
11-02-2009, 05:10 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | My Cali was so bad at lunging at me and biting I thought she was possessed some days. I would say No very sternly and walk away from her. She outgrew it and became the sweetest little lady. I was home all day with her and had another dog so I don't think it is because he is confined during the day. Hopefully he will also grow out of it.
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11-02-2009, 05:11 PM | #13 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ambridge, Pa, United States
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| Thank you all! I do have the Bitter Apple and that helps! I use the phrase "no bite" too and both work, I just have to be more consistent and take him out in the AM more! I already get up at 4:30 I am also planning on putting him in my spare bedroom (carpet too thin to be chewed) that is empty to allow him to run around and play in the morning after I take him out before I leave for work. This should burn off energy. He is definitely different when he's had more excercise! Thanks for all the support. Lisa |
11-02-2009, 05:36 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Katy, TX
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| Our baby is 5 months and he's a biter. He is such a spitfire that NOTHING was working until we started grabbing his jaw when he would bite. Not hard, just enough to get his attention. He didn't like it and when he would pull back we would let go and tell him "No bite!" He got it real fast! He still bites when he plays sometimes but now we yelp and he stops immediately. I think, like with children, you have to find what works. |
11-02-2009, 06:47 PM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Taft, TN, US
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| THIS TOO SHALL PASS Bonnie was the worst biter when she was 14 weeks. Nothing I did helped. I yelped, I used bitter apple spray, I used clear deodarant, I said no bite, I walked off and ignored her. I though nothing was working, and doubted my ability as a mommie, but I kept it up and was consistant. Now at 13 months, she is a very sweet pup and hardly ever bites. If I have to remind her not to bite mommie, she starts licking instead of biting. I know it seems hopeless sometimes, but you will get there before you know it Good luck |
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