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Originally Posted by NBSlav  My yorkie has been a handful since we got her almost 3 weeks ago. Layla is going on 13 weeks and she has been a tough little cookie to care for. We have been trying to crate train her at night but she just cries for almost an hour, we have her in a play pen during the day and she cries in there too. We have toys, blankets, she hates them both. She stops after a while but if she sees us she starts up again and tries to jump out of it. Potty training has been another issue, she's going potty outside when we take her (about every hr or two) but she still goes inside even after we have just taken her out. She doesn't let us know when she needs to go outside. She also eats her poop on top of that. She's pretty stubborn too, she ignores me and my husband when we call her to "come" and doesn't follow us when we have her on the leash. She'll do it for treats sometimes. She also rarely wants to be playing or cuddling with us, unless it's to lay on the couch and take a nap. Aren't puppies supposed to want human contact? She plays with her toys and we try to play with her but she ignores us half the time. She's also biting us and chewing (I don't blame for her this since she's probably teething) and doesn't stop when we tell her "NO bite" and ignore her. I've read a couple ideas on using a bell by the door (how does this work?) and pinapple in food to prevent from eating poop. Not sure what to do about her behavior, is this how she's always going to be, very anti-social? Help!  |
She's just being a puppy
They don't come when you call them
You need to make them WANT to come to you
With a handful of treats call her name and give her the treat
do this a bunch of times
Then repeat this with the puppy across the room
Do this for a few days .... she will def start coming to you because she will think you have treats for her
The biting? Why are you letting her bite you?
If she bites ..... a quick NO! and get up and leave her there
The crying in the crate ... let her cry
don't try and soothe her
and don't put her in just at night
put her in during the day for nap times too so she gets used to it
At her age she isn't goinng to be able to hold it long enough to only go outside
Pen her in with a pee pad during the day
while you are training her ... this will compliment her house training