Please get a book that I recommend to everyone that buys one of my babies...."Yorkies For Dummies" is a great book, available on Amazon.com, and it will guide you very effectively through this new adventure with this baby. Puppies chew/bits on stuff....that is NORMAL....that is how they explore their environment and they must be guided and taught about "biting"....I have always referred to this as "teething" rather than "biting", and it is necessary for the youngster to get a thorough grasp on his environment. Provide the baby with teething rings, teething toys to help baby relieve the pain in his gums and to help him learn about his environment....just like a human baby, everything will go into that pups mouth....that is the ONLY way for the baby to experience/learn/grow with his environment. Please do not PUNISH baby for being a normal puppy....allow him to chew on specific things, I even let my older babies gently gnaw on my hands, but my babies stay with their mommas until they are at least 15 weeks old, and they are being taught by their mommas what is acceptable biting/gnawing behavior. It is normal and necessary behavior and must be allowed to a degree.....that is how baby LEARNS! |