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Originally Posted by kalina82  You did right by keeping her on a short leash. she is just playing and has no idea about her strength and size. I would start the bite inhibition with you. Whenever she mouths you Yelp really loud and high pitched like a puppy cry. She should stop because she'll realize she's playing to rough. do this whenever she mouth touches you in any way. She'll learn that she can't even touch you lightly with her mouth because people are "so sensitive". You can do this with your yorkies too. Anytime she attempts to touch them with her mouth you Yelp like its hurting them even tho she's barely or not even touching them.
Also when playing with her, never get her in a frenzied state, you want to stay out of the hyper crazy zone since she's so big and still learning. I always make them lay down when their puppies and give them a full bodied rub down. While doing this i kinda roll them around to their sides and on their back. I do not force them on their backs, they do it willingly during the rub down. When she's in this relaxed state you can have one of your yorkies come in. Don't make a scene about the yorkie. have him/her come over quietly or have someone hand him/her to you. Continue to hold the yorkie close to you and kinda over the pit while you rub her down. If she's good about this and still relaxed (calm submissive) you can have your yorkie try to stand over her showing the pup that the yorkie is dominant. the yorkie can do whatever he/she wants to the pit and the pit has to allow it. walking over her/sniffing/licking/whatever. If you do this while she's in the relaxed calm submissive state she's less likely to get up or move. Doing this while she's sleeping is good too. Just never do it while she's alert and in puppy crazy mode until you'd established some ground rules. |
Thanks for the info - we will definately try this with her tomorrow!!!
Ya know we kinda were doing this earlier with her.
My son came home from work & I told him what had happened earlier with Stormy & Skye.
He sat on the floor with Skye (Pit) rubbing her belly & the Yorkies came over for some petting & not one Yorkie growled, barked or bit at the Pit.
It was the 1st time I had seen this with them. Then the Yorkies went lay in the recliner with Hubby.
We even started some clicker training with her tonight that I had learned at Petsmart Training classes with Scruffy. She did really well, very smart puppy.