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Originally Posted by debbie912  Hi I had a male yorkie almost nine months old, we got him when he was seven months old. He is quite a biter and gets nasty when I take things away that he should not have. Not sure how to handle this situation. Also he constantly barks if the both of us leave the room and he is leashed or in the crate and the barking is getting on my nerves. Any suggestions? |
Wow baby he's got an attitude.
First I put him on Nothing in life is free. He wants his supper, dinner, a pat or go pee he earns it. A simple sit or down or back or off and he can have it.
Second when you take something he knows he is not getting it back and if he loves it he gets upset. What would happen to you if everyday someone came by and took your first morning coffee.. me I bite the bum.
But if the person came by and took my coffee and gave my a donut and then gave me back my coffee I be less upset and less likely to bite.
Now it that person took my coffee gave me a donut and gave me back a bigger coffee now they got my attention.
So what you do is play trades.. I want what you got and switch straight across for something just the same but slip in a treat and switch the toy or if it is something he should not have give extra treats and a good toy.
Do not just go up and tackle something that is stealing and it is his and it in his mouth even if he not to have it ask.
So he got to take a breath at some point in that bark toss a treat and say not a thing in that breath even if it out of sight to trigger the barking.
Do that till he figures out that the treat comes in the calm then extend the calm little steps by little steps till you get a quite.
Also in the minutes he not barking just toss a treat out and do not say anything... we want a brain working on were did that come from and why.
Once he had that for a little while then you toss the treat out of the blue and say Quite.. good boy... your teaching what you want not trying to stop a behavior in progress.
JL