daisy

[petrabuchanan]

hi, i'm petra and i'm new to this. i have a lovely 9 week old yorkie called daisy. she is learning things quickly but i have a problem with her nipping when playing, i know this is normal as a puppy but i need to know if this stops automatically or do i have to do anything to stop it

[Yorkieforme]

Hi and welcome to YT!!
Yes the nipping and biting can be troublesome...you will get lots of advice here!!
When KiKi went through this...we would tell her "no bite" and give her a toy...each and every time...to teach her she can bite her toys and not people....
Good Luck...would love to see a picture!!

[petrabuchanan]

hi, thanks for the advice, i will try the toys, i will be putting photos on soon, i've tried but seemingly my pics are too big.
petra and daisy x

[JoeyP]

Ooooh No

Nipping never stops on its own
You and you alone can put an end to it
We're pink and soft to Puppies
Perfect for chewing on
and if you don't teach them to play Nice
They are going to go ALL OUT

if you don't want bandaids as an accessory
and lawsuits in your mailbox because Fido has bitten everyone in the neighborhood
it's hands away and game over whenever play gets too rough

[lemonlauren]

I haven't been doing this for long, so I don't know if it works or not really, but I also say "no bite!" when he purposefully nips a finger (or nose, or lips, etc.) and I ignore him for several seconds afterward. When he's playing hard with us and accidentally nicks my hand that's holding a toy, I ease off on the energy of the playing and say "be careful," like in a kind of ominous tone. And when he bites on a finger or anything else he shouldn't be biting on, I give him one of his toys to chew on... when he starts chewing on his good toy, I tell him "oh, good chew!" My reasoning behind this is that he knows "bite" is bad and "chew" is good - I don't want to say "no bite" then give him something else and tell him he's good for "biting" by saying "yes, bite on this!" ya know?

I dunno - it's just a thought I had, and I'm trying it out. lol, I have no idea what I'm doing, just making stuff up as I go, and trying to read as much here on YT as I can for real expert advice to follow as well. Good luck, and definitely work with your pup on the nipping and biting - some will go away on its own, but definitely not all, and you really really don't want an adult dog that bites people - or yourself, lol.

Lauren & Nikko