[Jacklynn]

So our 3 year old yorkie Rainer sucks/licks her tail. DH researched it a little bit and saw that they often do it when they were taken from their mother's too early. The lady who we adopted Rae from (she is a member on here) got her from a puppy store so I would guess with 100% certainty that she was taken from her mother too soon. Well she licks/sucks it so much that her tail is basically raw. We've tried stopping her when she does it, but she just does it when we are not around. She has open access to water and food, and plenty of toys to chew on (though she refuses to play with toys... the only thing she will chew on is a bully stick haha).

So the other day we bought some of that bitter apple stuff. At first he made her stop, but now she just licks the stuff off! Does anyone else's yorkies do this? How do you get them to stop? It is raw on the underside and hair won't grow on her tail hardly at all. I even tried putting a cotton wrap on it, but it just slipped off of course.

It is like a bad habit that we can't get her to break. Is there maybe a nutrient she is missing? We feed her Wellness, both of the dogs love it and eat it right up.

Bing, if you see this- were you able to keep her from doing this? If you were, how did you get her to stop?