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Originally Posted by Jaspermom Amy, if you do not get this behavior under control ASAP, you are going to have a kid-hating biter on your hands, and that is nothing but trouble with a capital T.
I think First Yorkie is trying to tell you that you will not be rewarding bad behavior by having your kids "treat" Daisy, you are changing her behavior by changing Daisy's attitude towards kids. Right now she thinks kids are fast-moving-noisy-machines over which she must impress her dominance. The way for her to do that is to growl and bite.
You need to help her change her perception of children to "nice smaller treat machines and I get yummies when they are around and therefore no biting them so they will come see me." The way to do this is for your KIDS to give treats when they are near. They don't have to run up to her to begin this change. They can treat when they are close by just by dropping the treat on the floor. You just need to get Daisy to associate CHILDREN with GOOD STUFF. Right now she only associates them with BAD STUFF like noise and commotion.
I think you can win in this situation with patience and treats. Please don't let her end up like my Angel who always needed to be shut into another room whenever kids were around because I did not know how to fix her perception. I did not know YT existed at the time! You can do this! GOOD LUCK to you and to Daisy!  |
Thank you, JasperMom. I think you've said it better than I!