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01-21-2016, 02:09 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Isla Vista, Ca, USA
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| Help Young Puppy Biting Hello. This is my first post and I am very excited! I have a new little puppy Yorkie that I got on Jan. 2, 2015. Her name in Penny. She is a very smart girl, she already learned "sit" and how to play fetch. When I bought her the breeder told me she was 8 weeks old but that she did not have paperwork for it. I believed her and brought her home. When I took her to the Vet, a week after I got her, the Vet let me know that her k-9's were barely coming in and that she was no more than 6 weeks. I asked the breeder when her birthday was and she said November 30th. This confirmed the Vet's estimate. She is starting to learn to relieve herself outside or in her litter box, but she still has accidents. Which is completely understandable given her age. The only problem I have with her is that she bites!!! I did some research online and I now know that puppies learn to control their biting from their siblings and mother at 6 to 8 weeks. Since I brought Penny home during that time she did not learn this. I tried three methods that I found online and they have not worked. 1) Lightly tapping her nose when she bites, but she thought I wanted to play more and she bite me harder. 2) Yelling every time she bites me and making my hand go limp. This is what her siblings would have done, but I don't think she understands it coming from me because she keeps trying to bite my "limp" hand. 3) Stop playing with her as soon as she bite too hard. But that doesn't seem to work either because once she starts to get excited again she starts to bite hard. I am going to put her in puppy classes to see if this helps but she is still young. I was also thinking of asking my brother if she could have a puppy play date with his puppy, but when Brody (my brother's dog) first met Penny he did not like her very much. I was wondering if anyone had any advise on how to stop this bad habit. As more teeth come in her biting gets more painful! |
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01-21-2016, 04:48 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Yelp in a high pitched voice when she bites you too hard. I mean really yelp. This will let her know that she hurt you and she should back right off. Every single time she bites too hard do this. I could say OUCH in a high pitched voice with mine and they would understand, but just flat out making a yelping sound will get the message to her that she hurt you. As she gets older you can tell her No Bite and she should understand. I have 2 puppies that are 10 months old and they would occasionally bite me too hard and I would yelp or say OUCH in a high pitched voice. They would stop immediately. Now, I just say Owe in a normal voice and my puppy knows he was too rough, but it is very rare he does that. My puppy loves to chew on my hand but doesn't leave a mark on me because he knows how much is too much. He just thinks I am his pacifier and will chew on me before he falls asleep sometimes. Good luck with a pup that little. There are a lot of breeders who will dump young puppies likes. Obviously if you have had her the last 3 weeks she is doing well so you must be taking good care of her. This biting thing is going to go on for several months yet, so just hang in there and keep letting her know that it is too hard. I never once disciplined my pups for biting too hard, but then they never broke skin or anything like that. One time my puppy left a nice indent in my finger where he bit down too much, but did not break the skin. I just did the OUCH or yip sound and they quit and then would lick me to say sorry. Enjoy her as she will bring you a lot of joy!
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01-21-2016, 05:08 PM | #3 |
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| Trying to "break" the "habit" of biting in an enfant puppy, is like trying to teach a 7 week old human enfant to keep things out of its mouth....or not to suck a bottle. You are trying to correct a God given developmental growth pattern that is essential for that puppy! The best advice I can give is for you to buy a really great book on development of puppies, and for YOU to learn what is essential for that puppy to know.....you have a baby that has been ripped from it momma WAY too early....no shots have been given and if they have, they are USELESS and not effective, so you are going to have to re-vaccinate this baby when it hits 8 weeks old and mother's immunity has dropped. Be expecting health issues, so you know what you have to take care of and at what age you will likely encounter the issues. For this baby to grow into a well rounded, well behaved adult, YOU have to know what momma teaches her puppies, how they are taught the lessons they need to know, and at what age each behavior is taught. You have to allow this baby to "mouth"....that is how it learns about the world around him.....you are trying to deprive this baby essential/required learning techniques of mouthing, which is a REQUIRED behavior for it to learn about its surroundings. You have a lot of major reading to get started on. The person that took your money for this baby has done YOU a major injustice...the person you bought this innocent little soul from, has done more damage to this baby's future development, both behavioral as well as physical....this absolutely breaks my heart for this innocent little soul. In order to fully know the damage that has been written into this baby's development, you need to know what the issues are and at what age this baby is supposed to be taught all about growing into a wonderful mature adult dog, balanced mentally, emotionally, and physically. Get some GREAT developmental books and start reading so this baby grows to its full potential. The three things you have outlined as possible solutions to issues you are facing with this pup, should not even be crossing your mind at this age! Dont mess this baby up emotionally by trying to prevent natural and required developmental growth, learned through mouthing and play fighting. You need to completely understand what is normal behavior for such a tiny immature baby, because this is what YOU are now going to have to teach this enfant. Dont be trying to prevent a 6-7 week old baby that is just getting teeth in, from gnawing/chewing/mouthing/play biting....this is how this baby LEARNS about its surroundings....if it was still with brothers and sisters and momma, they would be learning this from momma....YOU are now momma, and siblings have been torn away from this enfant, so there will probably be issues with "pack development" later in age....all things you need to be prepared for and understand. |
01-30-2016, 02:22 PM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Isla Vista, Ca, USA
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| Thank you for your advise, I tried it and it seems to be working. She is also now understanding the word "stop" with has helped a lot with the biting too. |
01-30-2016, 07:58 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: GA, USA
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| This may or may not help but with my furbaby I reduced her harder biting by making gestures with my hand like a mouth and I even did facial mouthing gestures/expressions at the same time (while placing my face close to my hands) to give her an idea what I was mimicking or give the feel that I was actually mouthing her. I would almost always lightly "mouth" her with my hands, if she did it a bit harder I did do the yelp and then whimpered some and/or may ball my hand up and have the back of my hands face towards her, not giving her access to my fingers and she always have stopped and tried to sniff around my hand and looked either confused or concerned, but she eventually realizes what is going out and calms down immediately. If it got persistent, I may "mouth" her a tad firmer to get the point across. Otherwise I always did it lightly and she has been very good about not biting hard. The only times she bites me hard/firm was for two reasons. One is when I'm doing something she really doesn't like at all.. even then it's not really hard but she does try to get her point across at times. If it was with a stranger or someone she's not as familiar or comfortable with she'll get real stern or even spiteful about it. And the other times, it's not intentional though, is when I have a treat that she's really wanting or gets excited to eat and she over chomps the boundaries :P
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01-31-2016, 12:24 PM | #6 |
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| Remember....keep her at home, inside, until she's started and completed all of her vaccinations! No visitors, no outings, period!! You cannot be too careful or too protective of this baby. |
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