[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by SandyC

I am new to Yorkie Talk. This is also the first pet we have had in over 20 years, a gift from my husband. I do have a concern about my Yorkie (Button).When is gets excited and playing he wants to bit my feet and hands really hard. He has drawn blood a few times. I don't think he knows that it hurts me. My son suggested to us a technique that hte Dog Whisperer uses. To restrain the Pup until he submits. I have tried it and it breaks my heart to do it. I held him down for 15 minutes until he surrendered. It did seem to help but I don't want to break his spirit or damage him mentally. Is this an O.K. thing to do?
Please help me

I don't like the restraining technique, at all...Apple did this, when she was little, and I used to holler "ouch", real loud, and left the room, for a few minutes (about 1 or 2, at the most)...Then I would come back, and she would play and start the biting...I would leave, again (there was a gate, so she couldn't get to me) and come back...It didn't take her long to figure out I wasn't hanging around, if she bit me...She NEVER bites me now...Welcome to YT