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I'm begging for help!! My puppy's turned into a MONSTER! I am desperate for help! Ever since my 7 months Yorkies got neutered and lump removal surgeries, he's turned into a whole new dog! If it isn't because he can still show me all the tricks I taught him, I'd actually think the vet had swamped my old Charlie out with another "wild" animal. Before the surgery, he's known to have amazingly great temperament. He's always so calm and also never had even ONE accident in the house even the first night I brought him home from the airport. It's been 4 weeks after the surgery and he's turned horrible. The day I brought him home from the vet up to now he hasn't peed or pooped on the wee wee pad except for maybe 3 times. It's gotten worst, he started peeing on the couch and my bed! He doesn't listen each time I correct him. What I have observe is that when he needs to go to the bathroom, he doesn't even sniff the ground or for the pad anymore. He just goes! And his behavior has gotten incredibly aggressive. He'd bark all day and all night. (He barked very very little before his surgeries.) When he wakes up, he'd bark no matter how early it is just to wake us up. When he is playing with another dog, if the dog didn't want to play - he'd bark up a storm. He'd bark at everything and anything. He's like a spoiled monster. If he's bored and he wants to play fetch, and if Im occupied at the time, he'd bark his head off. He also growls at everything. Lately, he's begun to run over to me and bite me. I am afraid his behavior will turn into red-zone dog. I've only seen him get worst and worst by the day. I don't know what to do!! I did talk to the vet and she seems to think it's a behavioral problem as his urine test came back negative of infections. |
A cutie pie like that? No way. I don't believe it! :D I don't remember the exact ages, but puppies do go through stages where they test their boundries. In dog years, he's now an insecure adolescent who lives to make his mother miserable. For the potty training, I would suggest boot camp. You are lucky that you didn't have to do it before. If he already knows what to do, restricting his freedom will probably motivate him to re-learn very quickly. Have you tried pennies in a can? I'm kind of guessing here, but I wonder also if he (understandably) got pampered after his surgery. Try setting firm boundries for him. Unprovoked biting is UNACCEPTABLE, and warrants a five - ten minute time out. Is he really biting you, or is he play biting? |
My yorkie went through the same thing. He started off as an angel then within days of his neutering he turned into a little terror. He eventually grew out of it, I'd say it took about 6 months. He still tests his limits once in a while but he knows what he can and can't do. Example, I always wash his laundry once a week. Once I was his blankets and bedding in hot/hot water with free detergent and baking soda, then I dry and put the warm bedding back into his crates. Then I usually put him in his crate with his fresh bedding while I finish my laundry and housework. Once he's in his crate, I'm locking the door, he turns around, looks directly at me, and pees all over his bedding. I correct him by saying "No" and he cowers in the corner. I proceed to rewash everything and the second him he proceeded to pout. During the rewashing he stayed in his crate with no bedding since it was all wet! He's done this once in his crate and once on his freestanding bed. He's done this once. He's also peed on my bed, pooped on my bed, peed on ME, peed on my boyfriend's foot and peed on our couch across the entire thing! During this time he wasn't using his weewee pads or his litter box. He'd jump into the litter box or walk across the pad then walk across the pen/room and pee on the carpet. He's gotten better, TONS better. He used to sleep in his crate at night because he'd pee on the bed or on us, but lately he's been wearing a belly band and he's been sleeping in the bed with us...he wakes me up at night when he needs to go, which is almost every night. He's come along way. Keep it up, I'm sure your little one will get over his rebellion eventually. |
I call that time Baxter's "terrible 2s". We didn't have the extreme issues with the housetraining but he turned in to a brat from about 7-10 months. I threatened to give him away on a daily basis! He did finally grow out of it but it was tough. Hang in there. |
I agree with Lynn, seven months to ten months have been SophieKates "terrible two's". The best advice I got from YorkieTalk is you are not alone and hang in there it will get better. SophieKate was spayed at 6.5 months, not sure if this new behavior started after the spay or because of the age. It all has happened, forgetting potty training, chewing on my shoes, barking non-stop but.. it is getting better. |
Maybe the vet made a mistake. Hurt him in some way. |
Yorkies look like the perfect little toy but they can be like any other dog, Alpha and aggressive. Don't be shocked because it happenes. He won't be that way all the time but you have to do some serious training now to take charge. That's how I learned. Buddy was about 7-9 months old when I noticed the samething. You have to become boss. Read up on it and educate yourself you'll be happy you did. Try looking up NILIF (nothing in life is free) it's amazing how it helped us and if you live by these rules your problem's will be solved. Sorry you baby had surgery and hope he's feeling better now. The nuturing, I don't believe, had anything to do with his new behavior. He's just finding himself. |
Nothing in Life is Free Nothing in Life is Free Gaining control of your dog humanely __________________ I swear this is your answer. I live by these rules and have for 5yrs. You really have to take this seriously or you will have problems down the road which you don't want. |
This sounds like you're describing a traumatized dog A dog whose behavior goes from black to white aggrssive barking all the time urinating everywhere ..... when he barks are his ears back? Is his tail wagging or down? |
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Heck the links didn't open but you can do a search for them. Don't be frustrated there is help. |
Oh no! Now I'm scared. Jackson is 6 months. Is he going to go through this? lol. He will be neutered soon. |
Thanks so much for all your answers - so I gather from all of you that 7-10 months are their "bad stage" but could that be that he all of a sudden stopped being good and forgetting where his wee wee pads are?! (I know he knows where they are actually, he just chooses to go where ever he wants.) I do everything I am supposed to in training him but nothing seem to be working. He simply ignores me and my husband. JoeyP, when he barks, his ears are up - not sure about his tail. He barks for many reasons ... QuickSilver, how do I make a dog to go time out? |
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haha the first picture is time out time and the second is bed time. |
Piper's behavior changed after the 7 month mark also but she also had a lot going on. She was spayed and within a month after that she needed surgery for Legg Perthes Disease. We had a lot of potty accidents (granted it's been winter and she pottys outside) and just a little wild with poor listening skills. She has never shown any aggression. The past few weeks, the weather has been great and I've been walking her a couple miles every day at the beach. She loves it, it tires her out, she meets other dogs and people and she is an entirely different girl in the house. There has been no accidents for a couple weeks now. She is calmer and happier. She wasn't getting enough exercise with winter and the hip surgery. On April 29 she will be a year old and she really is starting to act like a BIG girl. Make sure your little guy gets lots of exercise and he'll get by this stage and you'll notice an improvement in his behavior before you know it. |
Exercise is a great idea. Also what was said for a time out - don't put him on time out in his crate / xpen, because that's supposed to be his den. Put him in the bathroom for a few minutes. When you say he ignores you and your husband, what do you mean? He should not have the option of ignoring you. If he is behaving badly and ignores your stop command, either use a mild negative stimulus, like pennies in a can or a time out. Then reward for desired behavior (no barking for a few seconds) by praising him and giving him what he wants. If he ignores your command for good behavior (say, Sitting before he gets his food), then he doesn't get his food. Hope that helps. |
OMG. I am so glad I found this thread. JoJo turned 7 months old on the 4th of this month, and I swear...the past few days he's been a terror!! He is soooooooo testing my patience and I'm starting to lose my mind! First, he chewed and destroyed my phone charger. Then he chewed through and destroyed my lamp cord. Both were in pieces. He pooped cord pieces for 2 days. Then he completely annihilated a pair of my shoes. Then last night, I opened my front door to check out where a noise I was hearing was coming from. Well, this normally "stuck to me like glue" little monster ran out and refused to come in. As I ran out to grab him, I noticed he had picked up a piece of RAW chicken (yes, a whole peice of raw chicken breast that a gross neighbor carelessly threw out in front of a bush) and started running away with it. OMG, I was chasing him for over 20 minutes in my socks in snow!!! I'm sure I looked like a darn fool running all over my complex chasing a tiny dog. |
OMG is this a common thing? I'm wondering if it's psychological? Genghis peed on our bed the night we brought him home from his surgery. He had never done that before so we definitely were not prepared. The other possibility I came up with is since the surgery the vet said to limit is physical activity, so I'm guessing he has a TON of pent up energy stored. It's been almost two weeks and every time I think it's getting better he pees on the bed again. This is becoming frustrating. |
Thank god we are not alone. Rico was neutered last week, he is 7 months old and we have been beside ourselves wondering what the heck was going on. We are almost back to square one with his peeing. This started a few weeks ago, he will just pee wherever he wants. This morning was right in front of us on the carpet. His favorite place to pee and poop now are on the stairs!! Before he was 99% trained on his pee pads. It's like if they have been peed or pooped on once, then he won't go on them again, or he will just have his front paws on the pads and his weenkie is off. I know at least he tried, but it's still so frustrating. We have made up our minds that we are going to have one on one training with a professional and see if we can come up with a solution to this and all his other "terrible two" issues. |
restless my 7 month old yorkie roxi actually just peed where she wasnt supposed to while i was reading this thread.. she actually pooped on the pad but peed on the pillow mats that are on the seats for more comfort.. i really dont know what to do with her anymore.. it only causes fights in the house and her bad habits have rubbed off on our 6 month old jack russell. as if work doesnt stress me enough, i gotta come home to urine on sofa, under the table, on her bed, and anywhere else she can think of. any ideas ???? help !! :confused: |
I agree with those that said it may have something to do with his surgery. That experience can be very traumatic. Remember the first few days can be uncomfortable after surgery so he can be acting out do to that. |
Spike went through a little rebellious phase at about the eight month mark. Here's what helped for us: 1) You are the pack leader. You are in charge. This means that sometimes you have to act like a boss, not as a friend. 2) To prevent accidents, I took Spike outside every hour, whether he needed to or not. I would set the timer on the microwave to remind me. Most times he would pee, and it also helped him to learn that "outside" doesn't necessarily mean "walk". "Outside" sometimes just means "go pee"! 3) When he misbehaved, I would pick him up. Not to give him a cuddle, but to make sure I had his complete attention. Then I would give him a tiny shake (certainly not enough to hurt him in any way), and say "no"! Then I would immediately put him back down. NOTE: This would only work if I caught him "in the act", so to speak. If you find an accident, some kind of destruction, after the fact, it is pointless to punish them. They have no idea what you're punishing them for. 4) When Spike was at home alone, he did NOT have the run of the house. He was confined to my bathroom. When he started getting the hang of the pee pads, I gave him more room - now he has the run of my bedroom and the bathroom when I am not there. He's two now, and does really well. If your pup has regressed a little, and is now having accidents when or where he did not have accidents before, make the area he stays in smaller until he gets the hang of the pee pads again. Then slowly increase the space he has. 5) Lots of exercise helped. We went for a long walk every day. When he was a bit tired, he would misbehave a lot less! 6) Reward good behavior. Treats and lots of praise. 7) If you haven't already, take him to obedience class. If you already took him to puppy class, maybe try the next level up. Not only do they learn good behaviour, it tires them out and reinforces the fact that you are boss and should be obeyed. Good luck! It is a common problem, and it will pass. Remember - you are the boss! |
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