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06-15-2014, 09:25 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker | Help!! Dominant new pup problems!!!! I got a new baby girl and she is absolutely adorable. She's about 17 weeks old and is very healthy. However she is attacking my boy yorkie who is about a year and a half old and is as sweet as can be. Sometimes it is playful but most of the time it is an unprovoked attack on poor guido. She will bite his ears so hard and he screams and I have to break it up. She also is teething which nipping and biting is to be expected, but she continues after you yelp, cry, scream NO. I've tried ignoring her or putting her in time out but it is only a very temporary solution. I need help I feel so bad for poor Guido because he gets the worst of it. He no longer sleeps in bed with me because he is afraid of getting attacked. How do I stop this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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06-16-2014, 06:39 AM | #2 |
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| Give Guido a place to escape his puppy sister. When I brought home Teddy, my 2nd dog, he was a wrestler and annoyed Max. Thankfully Max could escape to the couch where Teddy was unable to jump. Teddy slept in an xpen next to our bed for a couple months until Max accepted him sleeping in the bed. I would put your puppy in a pen and make sure Guido feels comfortable in bed until puppy learns better manners. Keep working on the 'no bite' with your puppy. Sort of let the dogs work things out between themselves, unless things look dangerous. When things looked really bad with my wild boys, I clapped my hands and bellowed "No!" to break it up. The boys know that means to stop and sit down. Try to redirect focus to constructive play, and give the puppy plenty of exercise to drain energy. Whenever my boys started getting out of hand, I would redirect them to 5 minutes of performing tricks for kibbles. Or we would play fetch.
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06-16-2014, 06:46 AM | #3 |
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| Our new puppy does something similar to our 8 year old. I finally got a few small size coke cans, put some small stones in them and duct taped the tops shut; every time Mia goes for Pepper I shake the can hard, once, and shout "No!". It works like a charm, although unfortunately it scares Pepper, too. It took less than two day to make it all stop! PS: Then just leave the cans around where they can see them for awhile; that deters the behavior. Last edited by Pam Shaw; 06-16-2014 at 06:49 AM. Reason: Add PS: |
06-16-2014, 08:03 AM | #5 | |
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06-16-2014, 08:23 AM | #6 | |
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I don't think the behavior is necessarily dominance but more likely inappropriate puppy play. Guido just might get mad and let her have a good nip back one of these times. Which is not a bad thing either. Momma dogs correct their puppies to keep them in line too
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06-18-2014, 08:29 PM | #8 | |
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Keep trying to redirect to something constructive. Usually just getting their attention for a minute with something else will make them forget about wrestling/fighting. I know it is harder with a younger puppy. We meet puppies on our walks and they often want jump all over my guys and bat their paws at their eyes. They just have so much puppy energy!
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06-19-2014, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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| Some years back I had 3 babies. My 2 older ones were 6 & 3 y/o when I got my 3rd, this baby tried to take over, she was a tough lil girl and would take on both the older ones, I too learned to pay attention to the noise they made to determine when it was play and when it is getting too rough. If you listen to them you will get to know the lil growls when it's getting to rough.
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06-20-2014, 01:54 PM | #10 |
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| I have the same problem w/ my dominant 18 wk old yorkie and my 2 yr old male is sweet and doesn't like the jumping at his face and nipping. She's finally starting to settle down with him. I also have a westie so she can hold her own with Izzy, but Izzy is the top dog. Try having the puppy on a leash in the house so you can correct their play until she learns to play nicer. I have found that it works for me. |
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