Help Please!

[Veeeee]

To start off, we just got our 8-week old Yorkie last Friday. We spent the whole weekend at the house, welcoming him to our home and trying to help him get adjusted to the house. We have been having problems with him lately and here are just a few things we need help with. ANY advice will be greatly appreciated.

1. He's starting to bark, so what would we need to do control that. He seems to be barking when things don't go his way.

2. This is kind of our fault for letting him into our bed, but he has been getting use to sleeping in our bed at night before my Husband and I go to sleep. So I would have to transfer him myself to his crate. He whines and cries constantly till he's let out. Then whines some more to get in our bed. What can I do to get him use to sleeping in HIS crate and that our bed is only for playing and not sleeping.

*** NOTE: Throughout the day, he would take naps and I would transfer him to his crate without him giving me a problem. He only gives us a hard time at night.

3. He's a biter. I know he's just playing, but how can we stop him from biting. We don't want him to bite everything and especially people when they come to pet him.

4. Lastly, he hasn't been eating as much lately. We are slowly changing his good from Royal Canin to Eukanuba. But he constantly picks out the Royal Canin and leaves the Eukanuba. He has energy throughout the day, I just get worried that he's not eating as much as he's suppose to.


Please please help! This is our first pet so knowledge wise, we are very limited. Any advice will do. Thank you in advance!

[MY OSCAR]

Originally Posted by Veeeee

To start off, we just got our 8-week old Yorkie last Friday. We spent the whole weekend at the house, welcoming him to our home and trying to help him get adjusted to the house. We have been having problems with him lately and here are just a few things we need help with. ANY advice will be greatly appreciated.

1. He's starting to bark, so what would we need to do control that. He seems to be barking when things don't go his way.

2. This is kind of our fault for letting him into our bed, but he has been getting use to sleeping in our bed at night before my Husband and I go to sleep. So I would have to transfer him myself to his crate. He whines and cries constantly till he's let out. Then whines some more to get in our bed. What can I do to get him use to sleeping in HIS crate and that our bed is only for playing and not sleeping.

*** NOTE: Throughout the day, he would take naps and I would transfer him to his crate without him giving me a problem. He only gives us a hard time at night.

3. He's a biter. I know he's just playing, but how can we stop him from biting. We don't want him to bite everything and especially people when they come to pet him.

4. Lastly, he hasn't been eating as much lately. We are slowly changing his good from Royal Canin to Eukanuba. But he constantly picks out the Royal Canin and leaves the Eukanuba. He has energy throughout the day, I just get worried that he's not eating as much as he's suppose to.


Please please help! This is our first pet so knowledge wise, we are very limited. Any advice will do. Thank you in advance!

hi welcome.
well the first thing i would suggest is leave him on the royal canin
he is way too young to be changing foods.
it can cause a lot of stress on his tiny body . you could leave food down for the day so he can eat when he wants. at night toss out the old and put down new in the morning.

as far as the biting make sure he has plenty of toys and if he does nip during playing just say no bite and redirect him with a toy

when it is time for bed try to get him to walk in his crate on his own .
like throw a treat in there .
close the door and go to bed.
he is still very young so it will be a big adjustment for him .
just be patient

[Veeeee]

Originally Posted by MY OSCAR

hi welcome.
well the first thing i would suggest is leave him on the royal canin
he is way too young to be changing foods.
it can cause a lot of stress on his tiny body . you could leave food down for the day so he can eat when he wants. at night toss out the old and put down new in the morning.

as far as the biting make sure he has plenty of toys and if he does nip during playing just say no bite and redirect him with a toy

when it is time for bed try to get him to walk in his crate on his own .
like throw a treat in there .
close the door and go to bed.
he is still very young so it will be a big adjustment for him .
just be patient

Thank you so much! I will definitely do that. As of today, he actually ate a little bit of his food. So should I still change his food, or wait it out?

[TeakasMom]

I too would leave him on the Royal Canin. Thats what Teaka came home with. I stuck with it for about 4 months or so. Yorkies bark unfortunately. Start training now. I know he is only 8 weeks old, but they're smart lil dogs. Find a word you like "Quiet" or "Shh" and say it. When he doesn't bark say "GOOD BOY!!!" (high pitched) and give him a tiny treat. Keep on doing this, a few times a day until all you have to say is, "Quiet!" and he'll stop barking. Now all I have to do is say "Teaka!" and she'll stop.

Try to have a routine. Go to bed the same time everyday. Play with him like crazy before bed. Then say "Bed Time" put a treat in his crate with him in it, and shut the door. He'll eventually get the hang of it. Patience is a virtue.

For the biting, get lots of toys. If he bites you, redirect it with a toy. I found that rubber toys satisfied Teaka better. Although now she hates them.

Welcome and good luck!

[GeorgiesMomma]

Hi and Welcome to YT! I just want to start off by saying 8 weeks is very young to have really any expectations from him. People will tell you not to bring him home before 12 weeks but now that he is home there is so many people here that can help. I think the biggest thing for you is to be patient. Like Oscar's Mom said at his age this is a big adjustment for him. I liken Yorkies to human children...I have a 4 1/2 year old human child and a Yorkie I am knowledgeable enough to make the comparison. Give him love and attention and things will work out.

[candigirl]

Congrats on your new baby. I brought Lexie home at 10 weeks and she had a hard time with her crate at first too. It might help to get a snuggle puppy or a warm water bottle wrapped in a shirt with your scent on it and put that in the crate with him.

The breeder sent us home with Royal Canin as well, i kept her on it for about 2 weeks before transitioning to a higher quality food. Sometimes she would get fussy so i'd mix some canned in with her kibble. Also you might want to reconsider feeding Eukanuba.

With biting i would just give a firm NO and put her in her pen for a little time-out.

Welcome to YT

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Veeeee

To start off, we just got our 8-week old Yorkie last Friday. We spent the whole weekend at the house, welcoming him to our home and trying to help him get adjusted to the house. We have been having problems with him lately and here are just a few things we need help with. ANY advice will be greatly appreciated.

1. He's starting to bark, so what would we need to do control that. He seems to be barking when things don't go his way.

2. This is kind of our fault for letting him into our bed, but he has been getting use to sleeping in our bed at night before my Husband and I go to sleep. So I would have to transfer him myself to his crate. He whines and cries constantly till he's let out. Then whines some more to get in our bed. What can I do to get him use to sleeping in HIS crate and that our bed is only for playing and not sleeping.

*** NOTE: Throughout the day, he would take naps and I would transfer him to his crate without him giving me a problem. He only gives us a hard time at night.

3. He's a biter. I know he's just playing, but how can we stop him from biting. We don't want him to bite everything and especially people when they come to pet him.

4. Lastly, he hasn't been eating as much lately. We are slowly changing his good from Royal Canin to Eukanuba. But he constantly picks out the Royal Canin and leaves the Eukanuba. He has energy throughout the day, I just get worried that he's not eating as much as he's suppose to.


Please please help! This is our first pet so knowledge wise, we are very limited. Any advice will do. Thank you in advance!

Why are you changing his food from RC? Has there been an issue with it? If not, then I would suggest you hold off on making as many "changes" as you possibly can while he is so young....he is trying to adjust to an entire new world....cut him a little slack and let him at least keep his dog food if it wasnt causing him any problems......especially with all the recalls we are in the big middle of....!

[PackOf1]

Hi. I remember when we had to isolate our yorkie, Mollie, to my bedroom until all her shots were done, she'd whine and cry when she's in her crate at night too. There's this really helpful e-book, After You get your Puppy. The advice I got there was when your puppy whines at night.. go to her crate, sit with her for a while, (don't play her bec. she'd want to play) when she settles down a little, Id say "night night" or "sleep" Mollie and go back to bed. Initially, she whines again I'd get up and sit with her again but this time just briefly, then id say "night night" or "sleep mollie" Next time she whines again. Id just call out "sleep mollie" or "night night". Eventually she stops whining.

Hope this works for you.

[Lovetodream88]

You will have to let him cry and ignore it or he will keep doing it if you let him out. If he wakes up in the middle of the night and cried I would take him potty and then put him back. Its hard but its the only way it will work. I would not switch from Royal Canin its the better food of the two plus by keeping him on the same food he was on when he came from the breeder it will help him not stress out so much because something will be the same. When Callie would nip the only thing that worked for her was a squirt bottle of water and to squirt her and say no when she would nip.

[MY OSCAR]

Originally Posted by Veeeee

Thank you so much! I will definitely do that. As of today, he actually ate a little bit of his food. So should I still change his food, or wait it out?

you are welcome
i would keep him on the royal canin till he is a bit older.
if he likes it and he is doing well on it , it is better not to change right now.

[Teegy]

with him only being 8 weeks old there is probably some socializing with his pack that would have helped you out a bit.
a lot of the time breeders wait for 10 to 12 sometimes 14 weeks depending on the size
You have been given some pretty darned good advice already so I say take that.
dogs bark, we talk, but you can teach them not to do it all the time like anything.
He's a baby remember that and is used to be around his other pack members and snuggling, they likely woke up in the middle of the night for a pee a poo a snack and a quick play then back to sleep again so it's gonna be a bit of an adjustment

Get yourself some nylabone toys cos that wee muffin is gonna be teething and biting for a while. Scold him when he bites you or any items he shouldn't and encourage him to the chew toys.

Food wise I talked to my vet when I brought my new pup home and she told me transitioning him from kibble to raw would be easy, their systems are quiet adept to handling a change over a few days because their system is still developing. He was switched to cooked chicken then raw within a week.
If he likes the kibble he's on leave him alone, get some samples from your local pet supply shop and test a few out see if he prefers one over another.
Just make sure he eats 4 times a day and keeps his blood sugar up. throw a wee bit of cooked chicken at him as a wee treat every once in a while.
I can't say the word chicken in my house anymore without two wee hairy bums running to the fridge

[Joyce Adams]

Hello and welcome...

[Veeeee]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Why are you changing his food from RC? Has there been an issue with it? If not, then I would suggest you hold off on making as many "changes" as you possibly can while he is so young....he is trying to adjust to an entire new world....cut him a little slack and let him at least keep his dog food if it wasnt causing him any problems......especially with all the recalls we are in the big middle of....!

The only reason why we changed his food was because we live in Spain and the breeder lived near Catalonia where getting Royal Canin wasn't a problem. So getting Eukanuba was the best thing we had in our local stores.

[mimimomo]

He's too young, you don't want to upset his stomach right now...& if he's doing well on the current food (poopies look ok & is nice & firm) there is NO need to change foods (unless there's a recall), plus he likes it. Yorkies can be very finicky eaters & @ a age that young, he can have hypoglycemia attacks if he goes off his food...make sure he's eating...well.
It might be better to keep him in an x-pen w/his crate & pee pad when he's alone.

[LAL3961]

Originally Posted by Veeeee

To start off, we just got our 8-week old Yorkie last Friday. We spent the whole weekend at the house, welcoming him to our home and trying to help him get adjusted to the house. We have been having problems with him lately and here are just a few things we need help with. ANY advice will be greatly appreciated.

1. He's starting to bark, so what would we need to do control that. He seems to be barking when things don't go his way.

2. This is kind of our fault for letting him into our bed, but he has been getting use to sleeping in our bed at night before my Husband and I go to sleep. So I would have to transfer him myself to his crate. He whines and cries constantly till he's let out. Then whines some more to get in our bed. What can I do to get him use to sleeping in HIS crate and that our bed is only for playing and not sleeping.

*** NOTE: Throughout the day, he would take naps and I would transfer him to his crate without him giving me a problem. He only gives us a hard time at night.

3. He's a biter. I know he's just playing, but how can we stop him from biting. We don't want him to bite everything and especially people when they come to pet him.

4. Lastly, he hasn't been eating as much lately. We are slowly changing his good from Royal Canin to Eukanuba. But he constantly picks out the Royal Canin and leaves the Eukanuba. He has energy throughout the day, I just get worried that he's not eating as much as he's suppose to.


Please please help! This is our first pet so knowledge wise, we are very limited. Any advice will do. Thank you in advance!

Nylabone has wonderful products for mild, moderate, and intense chewers. Avery isn't a big chewer on our things, but he DEFINITELY loves the flavor and the fun. They make a TON of products-- some edible ones too. Made in the USA. It's actually the only chew toys I buy.