Of course you can turn it around especially if its biting as in teething biting.
What I do with Rhapsody is I have those little chew sticks (flavored) -- anyway I have one in my pocket, and by the place I like to sit and watch TV. When she jumps up and starts trying to chew on me -- I tell her "no bite" then hand her a chew stick. Everytime she trys to go for me -- I stick the chew stick in her mouth, and I'll even sometimes play like the chew stick is teasing her. But I never, ever allow her to continue chewing on me! I'll even put her down on the floor and ignore her if she continues.
Everyone in the household does the same things -- she's getting better, but I think some of it is she's starting to outgrow the teething stage.
Good luck! And I've been wondering what happened to you and Snickers. I hope things are getting better now.
Also our Yorkie-Poo Max was real bad about that. Honestly he didn't get trained out of it as much as he just grew out of the teething stage. It wasn't until he was over a year that he just stopped chewing on everything and everyone. . . |