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Nilla's a biter. Nilla is a mixed bag of puppy emotions. When she sees someone, she's very happy and wants to jump on their leg and play, but she's also a big biter. I think she wants to play, but she's got these sharp little puppy teeth and doesn't want to let go. I've read it's not acceptable to tap them on the nose anymore or to put them in their pen when they're misbehaving, so I will yell, "NO" or "NO BITE" at her, remove my hands then try to pet her after, or try to cry or whimper like a puppy, and she still tries to bite me. I've even tried to kind of lightly pull on the back of her neck like a mother dog would, but I feel like there's not much or any improvement. I feel like maybe she just doesn't like me, ... and I don't really know how to discipline her if she won't listen. Advice? :( |
Have you tried getting up and walking away? Everytime she bites, be as "un-fun" as possible. You'll be teaching her that biting doesn't get more play time, it gets less playtime. |
Callie was a nipper when she was a puppy and we tried everything until I learned about the spray bottle and it worked great. When she would nip I would squirt her and say "no". She got the hang of it after a bit and I would only have to show her the bottle and say "no' and she would stop. |
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Also, regarding the squirt bottle, I can try it, but I'm not so sure it will work, lol. Whenever I clean up after her with Fizzion, she tries to jump in where I'm spraying, so I fear she may ENJOY being sprayed. Then again, it may be different to be in the deliberate path - of - fire. It's really hard to keep consistent training methods when she wants to be friendly with everyone else, because they want to play with her. Not everyone knows what to do or how to discipline a cute fuzzy puppy even when they're biting ... It's like everything they do is so cute and because they're so small it's okay. She seemed to get worse after her and my father - in - law had a battle with his feet, so it is tough because I don't want to separate her from people because she's very social and enjoys it, but I don't want her to regress and start biting more and more until I cannot take her anywhere. |
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All really good advise. There are so many things to use for training it's a matter of elimination and finding the one that works best. And most importantly be consistent !!! One method that I use is the shacker can. Open/ leaving lid attached, empty, clean and fill a can with nut & bolts or pennies wtvr. tape lid down. Any time she displays unwanted behavior , even caught in the act of pottying, jumping or anything else just shank and with a FIrm NO !! Works every time... I am in the process of teaching all four of my Yorkies NOT to jump on ppl as they enter the door. We're getting there. Good LUck! |
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I'm sure that is a possibility... but I have four Yorkies and trained them all with the shacker can, none of them are scared of loud noises. The sweeper is our only problem and only with one out of the four. But I doubt that is had anything to do with the shacker can. Try useing pennies instead of the nuts and bolts so it wont be as loud. Test it before you seal it up. Its worth a try! |
My cousin uses the shaker can with pennies on her two Maltese. It work great! And they aren't scared of loud noises either. Her kids are the loudest things there. :rolleyes: LOL |
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Just be patient, all dogs are different. Teddy was a biter and it took me I think two months to correct it and it only seemed to get worse before it got better. The most important thing it TO BE CONSISTENT. Every single time Teddy even lightly grazed me with his teeth I yelled "ow" VERY loudly to startle him. I would wait a couple of seconds and then start playing again. If he did it again I would yell again take a couple more seconds before playing again. Finally, if that didn't work and he bit again I would yell OW and walk away/stop playing with him for a minute or so and then return. Continue to do this diligently and I promise your dog will never bite you again. But like I said, it took me a while for Teddy to "get it" and believe me I was frustrated/crying when a month went by and I felt that things weren't improving...but they did and now I can trust Teddy with any adult/child with my eyes closed. |
It seems like I took a different approach than everyone did for this problem. Instead of teaching a command like "no bite" I taught kaos "be nice" . So instead of teaching him to stop biting I tought him to switch to kisses on the "be nice" command. It did the trick for him, he knows only to give kisses to receive attention and not bite anymore. :) |
I got my first yorkie too young and had to teach her bite inhibition. When she would go to bite me, I would calmly say in a stern voice "No Bite, Get A Toy" and then direct her towards her toy basket. I then would refuse to give her any attention until she got a toy to play with me. I would keep repeating, "Get A Toy." It took a little reinforcement, but I found this worked very well. She quickly learned, if she wants to play with me, toys are what we play with - NOT hands. |
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I also tell people to get a toy and not play with her with their hands. |
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