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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie  is it normal for her to deliberatly bite me, this isn't chewing or nibbling, she's being mean and she's growling and barking at me and i can tell she's being mean not just playing rough...her eyes change and she's evil
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I hope you are joking,
puppies are not evil, people are. I'm really upset with breeders who continue to ignore, the recommendations set forth by the YTCA. Sure you can take an 8-week-old lab home, but they are like a 4 month old Yorkie. You need to get it out of you mind that this is being evil, it's being normal, what's not normal is for her to be away from her mother and littermates at this age. Sure people have done it, and they say their dogs are fine, but in many cases they have other dogs at home, that can help teach what the mother teaches. Puppies do a lot of biting and chewing the first year, they are teething nearly the whole first year, first they are getting the baby teeth, and then start losing those and get the adult teeth, furthermore, dogs have a huge need to chew, so please don't think of this as being evil, or you might be tempted to discipline her in a very inappropriate fashion. I don't know if she has all of her baby teeth yet, but I can tell you, it' hurts when they bite with those, they are like pins. Many people recommend saying no or making a dog-like yelp and saying no, and setting the puppy down, and give it a chewing stick. I can tell you this biting doesn't stop overnight, and if you have children, please don't let the child around the puppy, it might bite the child, who would just react by dropping it. Your baby is scared, it is your job to make her feel safe, and I think you can do more training at a later time.
I think you are also expecting too much in the way of potty training. Most of us don't begin crate training till 12 weeks, and remember at best a yorkie can only hold 1 hour for each mouth it is, so an 8 week old puppy can only hold it 2 hours, if you don't want to get up every two hours, you can use a pee pad, in a larger enclosed area, this is what the breeder would have done. There are several toys that imitate a mothers heartbeat, and this has been helpful to young puppies who have lost their mothers. I know it's really hard on you now, I always tell new mothers to get lots of sleep before the puppy comes, even at 12 weeks, Joey was getting up every 2-3 hours, and it would take several minutes for him to get back to sleep. Raising a puppy is very hard, but if you are patient, you will not create any problems that could really be hard to fix. Best of luck.