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01-12-2007, 11:48 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| My Baby Boy wont stop BITING ME!!!! Ive had my boy for about a week now. He is 10 weeks and wont stop biting my fingers and toes..It was cute at first and now it really hurts..Ive tried plopping his noes like the vet suggested but when we got home doing that only seemed to increase the problem. How do I stop the biting behavior....HELP!!! |
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01-12-2007, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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| Try giving him a toy to chew on when he bites. Hope this helps!
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01-12-2007, 12:15 PM | #3 | |
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01-12-2007, 12:15 PM | #4 |
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| First off when you play with your puppy using only your hands then he of course will think the fingers are play things, and if he can't reach them, then it's on to the toes. Give him a toy to distract him whenever he goes after something he shouldn't. Never smack a puppy, even if it's just a tap on the nose. Your sending some bad signals to him plus distrust. |
01-12-2007, 12:52 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westchester
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| Bitter apple and get lots of it. Cody is afraid of the bottle now. he still goes once in a while, more on my fingers than toes but it's slowly getting better and treats, lots of treats....and the patience of a loving mom of coruse |
01-12-2007, 12:56 PM | #6 | |
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Ive heard of apple cider vinegar and water mixed is this similiar??? | |
01-12-2007, 12:58 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westchester
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| no the bitter apple you can just get from the local pet store. you spray it directly on anything you don't want him to bite, like wires, your hands, socke, clothes, etc. i've heard of the vinegar and water mix also, but haven't tried that yet good luck |
01-12-2007, 01:58 PM | #8 | |
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01-12-2007, 02:23 PM | #9 |
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| My baby boy(13weeks) does that also UGH! He just goes psycho sometimes. I guess bitter apple is the key...or the clear deoderant that someone suggested. It takes a taste or two for him to stop biting the furniture when that's applied though,and I dont like him eating it too much. Good luck with stopping the biting! |
01-12-2007, 03:14 PM | #10 |
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| Gracie bite all the time when she was a puppy too. When she would bite my toes I would stop walking and say NO BITE as far as biting my hands I would just get a toy and she would usually start biting that. I think they grow out of this stage on their own as long as you dont instigate the behavior....I know Gracie did!
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01-12-2007, 03:55 PM | #11 |
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| Read this about Bite Inhibition... All puppies bite it is how they start to explore the world. This article should help you out a lot. http://www.shirleychong.com/keepers/archives/bite.txt |
01-12-2007, 09:49 PM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Antonio
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| My 12 week old does this also. We just keep yelling NO real loud and she usually cuts it out. Lots of good suggestions here. I like the gently clamping the mouth shut and scolding them.
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01-13-2007, 02:52 AM | #13 |
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| First of all, like someone said you shoulden't ever smack a puppy and secondly holding the mouth shut might work for some, but it makes alot of puppies more aggressive and even more determined to bite you. Since you are his favorite chew toy and companion, simply ignore him when he bites you. Everytime he bites you, say "ouch that hurt" or even say "yipe" (this sounds like a puppy yelping" and walk away. The yelping like a hurt puppy works wonders. He will learn that if he bites you, he doesn't get to play with you or be with you and that if he wants to play or be with you, he has to control his biting. Have you ever watched a group of puppies playing?? When one of them is being too rough to them, the puppy will yelp and the other puppy will back off. They soon learn that they have to control their biting in order to be able to play with the puppies and know when they are being too rough. It is very important to teach them how hard to bite. Even if you can barely feel, react the same way as if he bit you really hard. Make a huge deal out of it, just like a wounded puppy would yelp and back away. This teaches them to have a soft mouth and is called bite inhibition. This is a very important lesson and has been known to save a dog's life. You have to understand that dogs think we are dogs as well and you need to speak their language to get them to understand what we want them to. For example, you have a fully grown dog that was not taught to have a soft mouth but doesn't really bite you. Then one day someone steps on his foot, trips over him, hurts them brushing them, the dog's first response is to bite in reaction to the pain. Since the dog doesn't know the strength of his bite, he could end up hurting you really bad. On the other hand, when a dog is taught bite inhibition, to have a soft mouth, then one day when you do hurt him unintentionally he most likely will react by biting but since he knows the strength of his bite, his bite will not be nearly as strong or hurt as much. Even though yorkies are small, their bite can still do alot of damage. Here is a short true example. An owner had a dog who was a great dog, most loving dog. Their child walks into the room and not seeing the dog steps on the tail. The dog reacts by biting and since he wasn't taught to have a soft mouth he hurt the child really bad putting him in the hospital. The same thing happened to another kid but his dog was taught proper bite inhibition so when the dog bit him, it didn't even break the skin. I have done this with all my dogs when they were playful biting puppies and they all learned quickly not to bite and if they were to bite, to control their bite by having a soft mouth. I hope this helps you. I have not yet had it fail on me.
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01-13-2007, 06:43 AM | #14 | |
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01-13-2007, 01:51 PM | #15 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dexter, MO
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| biting My Ellie is doing the same thing. I think it's a puppy thing, and she will out grow it...I hope! I do the whole, "no" thing, but it only works if SHE'S ready to stop! |
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