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03-12-2009, 06:10 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: toronto ontario
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| Keeps nipping at my daughter Our new puppy has takes pleasure in nipping at my daughter. Out of all my children she is the most soft-spoken and delicate and yet she cant walk by our little yorkie without getting the back of her ankles nipped at or her feet. She even nips at her hands and arms when she tries to pat her. This little pup seems to be totally dominating my daughter. I am not sure if she is trying to play or establishing that she is the boss over her. She doesn't do it with my other two children or with my husband and I- AND she is smart enough to stop when she realizes that I am there. My daughter doesn't know how to react. She just tries to get away from her so she stops getting nipped. Any suggestions on how to get her to stop this behavior? |
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03-12-2009, 06:16 AM | #2 |
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| I would get your daughter (the one getting nipped at) to come down on the floor and play with the pup like normal, and the moment the pup starts the biting and nipping, firmly say "NO" and pick the dog up for a few seconds. Then put the dog back down and if she goes right back to the nipping, repeat. Keep repeating until she finally does NOT bite your daughter and the first time when she's nice and plays normal with her, give a treat and praise! The pup should learn that when he's biting, he will not get a treat and will not get to play. If that doesn't work, possibly try making your daughter just stand up and walk away every time the pup bites? Then she will learn that your daughter is not going to stay and play if she keeps behaving that way.
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03-12-2009, 06:26 AM | #3 |
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| Nope ... this kind of thing in a pup is never good There are two things that are going on Your puppy is picking up on the dynamic in your family and is placing itself dominant over your daughter the other is that when your daughter runs away from your pup she is eliciting a chase reponse from your puppy when dogs see things running away ... they are more apt to chase and nip what you need to do is first tell your daughter to stop running away from your pup ... when it nips It's a firm No! She must stand her ground Then to fix the dominance situation have your daughter be the one to feed the pup and train your daughter the ins and outs of training about mouthing
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03-12-2009, 06:39 AM | #4 | |
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I am not sure what you mean about: train your daughter the ins and outs of training about mouthing? Can you elaborate? Thanks | |
03-12-2009, 07:04 AM | #5 |
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| Unfortunately .... your daughter is going to have to lear "Dog" and NO! or UH! or No Bite! is going to have to be used if you're going to get anywhere with this pup as far as the dominance training goes it's more of a perception than anything else your pup is going to have to "perceive" that he depends on your daughter Have your daughter like I said feed him have her be the one to let him go outside maybe have her take him for walks also what is good with you there to supervise play an in and out the door game but each time your pup goes in and out the door your daughter has to go through first also ...... sit on the couch with your daughter call the pup and have him sit there in front of you hug and kiss your daughter and THEN bend down and pet your pup also.... with the other kids they need to know they cannot yell and tease your daughter in front of the pup these are the things a young pup picks up on
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