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Originally Posted by DawnNSoCal  I'm glad to know I'm not alone. Gizmo is just over 4 months and I've tried everything. Just starting training and the trainer suggested the squirt bottle or the can with coins... none of which work. He ends up soaked when I use the squirt bottle because it doesn't stop him and he looks at it as a game. I'm being consistent in that I won't let him continue biting, but it's exhausting! Of course, it doesn't help that I haven't had a full night's sleep since we got him two months ago. It's a relief to know that eventually he'll stop! Thank you! |
My dog's 2 m/o - had him 2 weeks and have not slept either. He's worse than an actual human baby
Rocky is just STUBBORN.
I don't know tons about the collective, but those of you who do, do you see it as more of a boy or girl thing? Because even humans - I've seen tons of little boys (little brother and nephew included - different worlds of time, lol) who bite everything from toxins to PEOPLE at 2 y/o while teething. Now, they grow out of it. When told "no", I've also seen 2 y/o (human) boys giggle and bite daddy they second he turns around again. It may just be a "terrible two's" type thing for yorkies'?
I don't know. I have every spray, coins in can - you name it - I have yelped in soprano and human YELLING, I have growled, I have bitten the damn dog I have yelled NO to time outs in the bathroom for set times. He bites everything but his toys, pees ON ME in my bed, and bites anywhere - including jumping for my face!
^^^This was me last week. Then this week he's had not one accident all week. He now plays mainly with his toys and knows some by name. He responds well when treats are involved - and after one day where he cried and whimpered and bit everything in site - we do'do's realized he's in teething PAIN and froze his toys; made ice cubes in bone shapes. He's gotten 100 times better - but he still does bite - and now he's began barking and growling, which took him two weeks to even let a *peep* out.
I've had tons of dogs before - from huge malamutes to long haired-chihuaha and jack russel pups - this one is definitely the most human-to-human like experience ever. We got this puppy as a baby-replacement - but we were WRONG when we thought this would be easier! :laughs: