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Originally Posted by owensjs04

Hey all, this is my first post, but have been reading on the site for months. Thanks for all the great posts.

I really need help with my four month old yorkie, Braden. He bites a lot. He thinks he is playing, but he can't interact with humans this way. He is pretty good otherwise. I have had him for a month and been working very hard to get him to stop. I have managed to get him to stop chewing on other things like magazines and electrical cords, just not hands. He will be fine and come up to you, you start petting him, and then he goes for it. He just bites.. it is not a mean ferocious bite, just a bite like, I'm tough, let's play. The vet said this is the time where you need to get him to stop this. She said when he does that, hold his mouth together and say 'No bite.' I have done this and then right after put a flat palm out and said 'kisses.' He sometimes licks once or twice, then bam, right back to the bitting.

He has plenty of toys with variety in texture as his teeth could upset him, but why does he insist on knawing on humans?

I don't want to ruin our relationship as he bonded to me, but it hurts and it is sooooo annoying that he bites everybody.

Please help!

Thanks everyone!

Dennis was like this from the time I got him at 8 weeks till he was done teething at about 10 months or so! You could not pet him without getting your hands and fingers in his mouth, and it hurt. I could not let anyone near him and always worried about the very old and young that wanted to cuddle with him. Now he is just a kisser. I think some just have a terrible time cutting their teeth while most are content to chew on toys and bones till the teething is over.
I wonder if you could use ambisol (sp) or something on his gums? They do on babies as I recall from my childhood, which is long gone. However maybe someone here knows or ask the Vet.