agressive ?

[Paisleyandollie]

I just got a teacup Yorkie four days ago and I'm afraid he is going to be a mean doggy
First of all, I have a German Shepard mix and she is the sweetest dog in the entire world. She listens very well, and she always has- she is extremely smart. I have had her for almost a year now.
Well I brought this 6 week old Male Yorkie home Saturday, and my German Shepard wants to play with him, but my Yorkie is so aggressive that she can't. My Yorkie just kinda barks and bites at him. It's like he goes crazy and barks and bites and when I try to get him to stop he just goes even more crazy and will bite me!
I took my baby Yorkie to a friend house the other day who also has a little yorkie mix and my Yorkie wanted NOTHING to do with him. He just kinda snapped and wasn't very frienldly and once again I tried stopping my Yorkie because it was embarrassing and my Yorkie went crazy and kinda snapped at me.
This probably makes him sound like a very mean dog, but other than that he is so sweet. He sleeps with me and he loves when I hold him and other people hold him.
I could be totally wrong here, but I'm thinking maybe it because he is trying to protect himself cause he knows he is such a small dog. I also don't like the fact that he gets aggressive towards me when I try to put him in place. If you have any suggestions that would be LOVELY!

[kjc]

Is this really a 6 week old pup?

[barkleylove]

6 weeks old is awfully young to be taken away from his mother. Who did you get him from?

[deonk1]

6 weeks is very young, if the pup is indeed 6 weeks old it has missed out on some very important lessons from his momma and litter mates. This is the time in their life where they bite mom or brothers and sisters, and momma or siblings reprimand them to teach them, no that's not ok.

At the very least 8 weeks is the youngest any dog should leave their mom, but for smaller breeds, like yorkies, 12 is recommended.

This being said, seeing you already have the puppy it's up to you to teach some of the things mom would have. I would post this in the general training thread, so more people see it, cause I'm not the best on teaching bite inhibition, but some basics to consider:
- if puppy bites you, in a deep voice say "ouch" this will startle the puppy from biting you, and the second puppy releases, give puppy something appropriate to chew on, like a kong or chewy toy. Then praise the puppy for chewing the appropriate thing.
- If the puppy is being aggressive towards another dog, and the other dog isn't responding or may respond in a dangerous manner, then don't punish the puppy, just restrain the puppy from interaction until the puppy calms down, then release. The other dogs may teach your puppy valuable lessons.

Lastly and most importantly, until your puppy has had 2 sets of shots, limit exposure to other dogs and outside. some people say absolutely no other dogs, I'm of the believe if you have friends who have dogs who are properly vaccinated and don't travel to high-traffic dog areas it's ok, but essentially your puppy isn't protected from many illnesses yet, and exposing your puppy to those places until shots are given isn't safe. Once shots are done, I would enroll in a puppy class, they provide proper socialization and can teach what really is aggressive behavior and what is normal.

[The 4 M]

Originally Posted by deonk1

6 weeks is very young, if the pup is indeed 6 weeks old it has missed out on some very important lessons from his momma and litter mates. This is the time in their life where they bite mom or brothers and sisters, and momma or siblings reprimand them to teach them, no that's not ok.

At the very least 8 weeks is the youngest any dog should leave their mom, but for smaller breeds, like yorkies, 12 is recommended.

This being said, seeing you already have the puppy it's up to you to teach some of the things mom would have. I would post this in the general training thread, so more people see it, cause I'm not the best on teaching bite inhibition, but some basics to consider:
- if puppy bites you, in a deep voice say "ouch" this will startle the puppy from biting you, and the second puppy releases, give puppy something appropriate to chew on, like a kong or chewy toy. Then praise the puppy for chewing the appropriate thing.
- If the puppy is being aggressive towards another dog, and the other dog isn't responding or may respond in a dangerous manner, then don't punish the puppy, just restrain the puppy from interaction until the puppy calms down, then release. The other dogs may teach your puppy valuable lessons.

Lastly and most importantly, until your puppy has had 2 sets of shots, limit exposure to other dogs and outside. some people say absolutely no other dogs, I'm of the believe if you have friends who have dogs who are properly vaccinated and don't travel to high-traffic dog areas it's ok, but essentially your puppy isn't protected from many illnesses yet, and exposing your puppy to those places until shots are given isn't safe. Once shots are done, I would enroll in a puppy class, they provide proper socialization and can teach what really is aggressive behavior and what is normal.

Really well said, wow 6 weeks is so young
My baby girl Molly had a litter of 5 pups just this Christmas gone and let me just say at that age they are a nightmare lol in the best possible sense, they kept Molly on her toes in teaching them what's acceptable and what's not this was helped massively by the other litter mates. so you have a hard few weeks ahead just be firm with "no oh that hurt" and similar and praise when nice with treats where appropriate oh and be careful what treats you buy as most puppy treats are for much older pups and can be too rich for there tiny tummies, good luck I'm sure it will work out it will get better the older the pup gets

[Beth Boofa]

6 weeks..why so young? I've had my work cut out for me w/my young pup. She didn't come from a breeder, just someone who didn't want to care for the puppies any longer. So I was put in a ruff situation where I had to take her home young. But I would of preferred her to stay for as long as she could of.. They need to learn what is socially exceptable from the mother and litter mates. My little girl is beyond feisty. All puppies are full of energy but Bella is on fire lol. Not aggressive though. She's playfully biting, biting & mouthing everything due to her baby teeth growing in. Your pup is just a couple weeks younger then mine so her baby teeth r coming in..& they will mouth any an everything. It's going to take persistent training on ur behalf. Bella is just now starting to understand that she cant bite my hands and feet. It's taken lots of patience. She still bites of course but its not as bad and she's thinking about weather to do it or not. As for not liking other animals, he might of had a bad experience. Just be patient. Train him & then slowly bring him around friendly dogs.
Good luck & hang in there. In a few more weeks you can enroll in obedience classes, they will help!

[littlecoco]

Hello, I am new to this site and want to learn from all of you as much as I can.
My little Coco is 8months old and starting to be very agressive. She plays with a dog from down the street but anyone else she barks and barks.
My neighbor has huge dogs and Coco is constantly barking and doing all that she can to get away and head in the big dogs direction.
I hold her and tell her no ...sometimes she whines but lately she nips at my hands if there too close to her face.
What can I do to help stop this agressive behavior.

[Beth Boofa]

Originally Posted by littlecoco

Hello, I am new to this site and want to learn from all of you as much as I can.
My little Coco is 8months old and starting to be very agressive. She plays with a dog from down the street but anyone else she barks and barks.
My neighbor has huge dogs and Coco is constantly barking and doing all that she can to get away and head in the big dogs direction.
I hold her and tell her no ...sometimes she whines but lately she nips at my hands if there too close to her face.
What can I do to help stop this agressive behavior.

They say that the first four months are critical for training them, you have to show them that ur the boss. I would still try my hardest to disapline her and teach her was is exceptable.. Do u tell her no, do u yell at her, do u use time outs? I find all these things nessasary. I don't ever let Bella bite me, I sometimes had to raise my voice at her, I say noooo no bite! I wanna get my point threw to her that I'm the boss. If she's bad, I stop playing w/her & then she goes in her crate for time out. I repeat this whenever I need too. I now have a good puppy, vs a month ago I had a terror. For u, try different strategies and if they fail, bring in a trainer. I think if ur serious and consistent then u be successful w/ur coco. Good luck