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06-19-2013, 01:40 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: new castle, pa
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| Yorkie bites my feet and hands!!! Hello all I am new to this site but have gotten a lot of info from here in the past! Anyways, we have a year and a half yorkie who CONSTANTLY bites my feet when I walk! He also bites my hands when i'm sitting or laying down. Don't even get me started on the barking! It's nonstop! While he does bite my husband, it is not NEARLY as often as he bites me! I admit we were not the best in training him when he was young and now being a year a half old I feel it's too late to train him! I tried saying NO very loud, putting him on his back, and even gently tapping his nose and behind! None of this works. I am desperate for any help! |
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06-19-2013, 03:28 PM | #2 |
Princess Sophie's Choice Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Clinton, IL, DeWitt County
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| Hi and welcome to YT! I understand completely. Our Princess Sophie is an ankle and finger biter too! LOL Yes literally! Her bites are not hard, when she had her baby teeth the bites were really painful. They are such scoundrels!! What we are doing is that when she starts to bite, we tell her "no bite" and stick a toy in her mouth. I make sure to hold on to one of her chewy Nylabones, she has several, and she really likes to chew on them so they work really well. She has slowed way down on her ankle biting lately and I think it's because when she has done it, it really startles me and I jump and scream and I think that kind of scares her too. LOL Serves her right. Little bugger!! The key to this training is to be consistent. We need to do the exact same thing every time or the pups just get confused. Give it a try and let us know how things are going.
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06-19-2013, 03:54 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Ldyrev1 gave great advice about correcting the behavior. When ever she does it give a little yelp like "ow" and say "no bite" taking snatching your hand away. You can then ignore her for a bit before returning to pet her or whatever, doing the same thing each time she bites. When you see her restrain herself from nibling on you when she normally would give her a treat. Make sure everyone is doing the same thing in your home so theirs no confusion. It only took a week to get the hang of it. Since he's a puppy he still wants to chew on any and everything, but it's helped a lot and it's cute to see him trying not to chew on me, and if I say "ow" he looks so sorry and comes in for non nibbling cuddles.
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06-20-2013, 08:42 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Syracuse, NY
Posts: 63
| Do you ever play "I got you" type games with him? He might just be trying to "get" you. He doesn't have hands to grab you with... so... he uses his mouth. But YES YES YES- definitely make a loud noise when he's being bitey. When they're babies, and they play rough with their littermates, they bark or yelp to let each other know "HEY! THAT HURT!" so do the same. BUT you (and everyone in your house) must be consistent. You can't let him get away with it sometimes and sometimes not. It's hard, cuz they're so stinkin' cute... but you have to be firm. |
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