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Joshk716 · 11-12-2016, 10:12 AM

Me and my fiancé have a 2.5 year old yorkie, Jack. For the last year or so, Jack has had very excessive barking. Anytime we simply stand up, even slowly, or leave the house, he will bark out of control or even bite our sneakers and hands as we try to put our shoes on to leave. He will continue to do this until we practically slam the door so he doesn't continue to bite us. Like I said, he will even do it when we simply stand up to go get a drink or go to the bathroom, often times jumping up and biting our pant legs or even skin itself. We have tried simply telling him to "shhh" or "be quiet" with no success at this point. We also have tried giving him "Vet Best, comfort calming tablets" (mostly tryptophan) but even those don't really do anything.

Does anybody have any suggestions on what we can do? We recently got another Yorkie puppy about 2 months ago and we are worried that this behavior may lead to the puppy adapting and doing the same thing.

11-12-2016, 10:12 AM	#1
Joshk716 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Buffalo, NY USA Posts: 3	Excessive Barking Me and my fiancé have a 2.5 year old yorkie, Jack. For the last year or so, Jack has had very excessive barking. Anytime we simply stand up, even slowly, or leave the house, he will bark out of control or even bite our sneakers and hands as we try to put our shoes on to leave. He will continue to do this until we practically slam the door so he doesn't continue to bite us. Like I said, he will even do it when we simply stand up to go get a drink or go to the bathroom, often times jumping up and biting our pant legs or even skin itself. We have tried simply telling him to "shhh" or "be quiet" with no success at this point. We also have tried giving him "Vet Best, comfort calming tablets" (mostly tryptophan) but even those don't really do anything. Does anybody have any suggestions on what we can do? We recently got another Yorkie puppy about 2 months ago and we are worried that this behavior may lead to the puppy adapting and doing the same thing.