Wondering if I should get another puppy or not????

When the pup begins this negative behavior, remove him from the room telling him no so that he is aware of what he is doing. Wait until the wimpering stops and allow him back in the room. Keep removing him each time he does this. It is frustrating, I know. My 9 mo. old will yank on the 4-year-old female's beard...constantly. I have been removing him and this is working great!!! You just have to be consistent. They tend to slip back into their own world...

Hey thanks for the advise. I have been putting him in this pet pen we have in our living room and we ignore him for a little while until he stops making noises at us.

It just hasn't worked at all. I have tried everything there is. I am in pet training with him at Petsmart and I have tried everything she has told me to try and I do stay consistent with it but nothing has been working.

She has tried to get him that way in class so that she can see what he is doing but he will not do it there. But it is all the time at home unless he is tired. We even walk him 2-3 times a day for 30 minutes or longer at a time to try and get some energy out of him. He has so much energy.

When you try playing with him he gets to biting and you have to stop. He also does the biting thing when I am trying to teach him to do certain things that he is suppose to learn to do.

It really does get frustrating. He is so very hiper. Full of lots of energy. But he is loving when he isn't biting.

He is 22 weeks old today. He is something else. Just thought if he had a playmate maybe he could get some of that energy out with one instead of biting us all the time.

You know if it was once in awhile kinda thing it wouldn't be as bad but it is constantly. We are scared to walk in the room knowing he is going to start biting at our legs. It hurts so bad too, He will not let go and then when you try to get him he starts this running thing like he is thinking you are chasing him to play but you aren't and when you try to catch him he really gets mad and bites really hard.

I think the key to this type of behavioral modification is isolating him away from everything....you can't be in sight when he is being punished. Try that. A bathroom maybe? I know it seems cruel, but the association between being alone and biting will catch faster, especially if the playpen is used for play time or sleeping. This negative place has to only be used for bad behavior. Let's see what happens.

This is definately worth a shot. Just catching him to put him in there is a challenge in itself. He is so quick.

He just starves for attention. We give him what we can but he can't get it all the time. We have things to do you know.

He is so bad in the morning he would rather be with you and loved on than eat his food.
We have to pretty well leave the room in order for him to eat his food and it takes him awhile to start eating it.

He just loves for people to be around him. He just goes crazy when he sees people when you are out with him. You would think he doesn't get any loving at home. But he does.

This is our first pet. You here about all these people talking about how their yorkie is so sweet and loving and they don't seem to have any problems and here we are with this biting issue. If we could ever get this under control then he will be the best little puppy.

We got him at 8 weeks old. I think that was too early. I had read you shouldn't get one until they are at least 12 weeks old so they have time to be with their mom and siblings to learn things.

He really doesn't sleep in the pet pen unless we are gone. He sleeps in a crate at night and does great with it. So really the pet pen is for when he bites us or if we leave the room so he will not be out getting into stuff and also is where I have his pee pads for him to use in there. and also if we go somewhere that is where he stays. We have him only allowed in the livingroom. We have a gate blocking off kitchen and hallway so he only has access to the living room. He is doing great at the house trained part. We have worked some with the outside but we have been mainly focusing on this biting thing right now plus it being bad weather and cold etc. When it gets warmer weather we will really focus on training more outside.

I will definately give this a shot. Thanks so much for the advise. Something has to work. The lady at petsmart has even scheduled a one on one class just for me and Buddy with her to see if she can figure out what is happening. But if he doesn't do it in class then she will not see what is happening.

Hey! I just wanted to let you know that I have been doing what you said about putting him in the bathroom until he stops whining. I believe it is working. He is finally stopping sometimes when I say stop and that is such a big accomplishment.

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my post. I do appreciate it so much. He has been like a total different puppy. Wow what a difference.

We still have to put him in the bathroom but not a whole lot.

Again thanks!
Susan

Susan...I am soooo happy for you!!! I was recently reading a post by an owner that uses the bathroom as sleeping quarters for her new puppy, as well as his "bad place." The animal has been scratching the door so hard, it made its paws bleed. Big NO NO. Yorkies are pack animals and they hate isolation. I am not an advocate of isolating for any other reason other than to deter bad behavior. They key is to react immediately when the dog is actually acting out. It really does work. I also read another comment about dogs not responding to time-out, in that they are not children. Behavior modification works for both dogs and children, in that you pin one bad behavior or action to one negative reaction and learning begins. I was more than happy to help you and will be here to help in the future if you have any other concerns or questions....Blessings...Lisa, Lilly & Jesse