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05-31-2005, 01:56 PM | #1 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA
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| This is getting dangerous!! MY FINGERS CANNOT TAKE THE CHEWING. My cute little innocent puppy is practically drawing blood like a vampire every time she bites. I know she's teething but it hurts like hell. She doesn't stop when I say NO! unless I practically yell it from pain. I tried spraying her with water in her face, but sometimes her face is soaking wet..haha..and she doesn't care..I've tried putting toys in her mouth when she starts chewing and she throws them out and goes for the fingers, or toes. I've tried giving her carrots or cold things to chew on, other than my body parts. She even tried to yank on my belly button piercing. I have the most loving puppy but she just gets overly excited when we're playing and starts biting. HELP ME PLEASE. If I start bleeding I can't type anymore.. Any suggestions on getting her to stop biting/nibbling?
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05-31-2005, 02:04 PM | #2 |
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| Try getting some liquid called "bitterapple" and put it in her mouth if she bites. It leaves a bad taste in her mouth. I've also heard you can do the same thing with a little bit of hot peppers. |
05-31-2005, 02:07 PM | #3 |
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| I thought that was only for spraying on things? I can spray it in her mouth too? Oh my God I'm getting some TODAYY!!! Thanks so much..haha
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05-31-2005, 02:33 PM | #4 |
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| As per usual, Yorkieagility gave the exact advice I give (someone in the office today asked about his dog who chews on her leash). Soak your hands in the stuff and dare her to bite you, a few tastes of that stuf, and she wont be nearly as fond of chewing on you. It's important to stop this behavior NOW. I know of a Bassett Hound who needed to be shipped off to a dog trainer for two months as an adult because his incessent biting (nipping like your dog - not anger biting), was insufferable. Other things you can try is a strong vinger/water solution or cayenne pepper (be careful not to get any of this stuff in your dogs eyes). I'd also start training a 'non-compatible" behavior. I've posted about this idea before. Quickly- you want to train your dog to respond to a command to do a behaivor that when performed, makes it impossible for your dog to do the behavior you don't want. For example, teach her to bark on command with the "speak" command. As soon as she try to bite you, make a game of it by asking her to "speak." IF she's moving her mouth to bark, she can't bite. |
05-31-2005, 03:30 PM | #5 |
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| Vainchick, We must have dogs from the same mold!! Mocha is EXACTLY the same way! She bites until I bleed.. She wont bite anyone else, just me.. It really bad, she also tried biting my bellybutton piercing and earings out!! Chech out my post on this topic Previous Post Previous Post # 2 Good luck.. Mocha is starting Puppy Kindergarten tonight so hopefully they will cover biting and I'll come back with ideas!!
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05-31-2005, 04:36 PM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orlando, Fl.
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| Kelsey does the sammme thing. Except I dont allow her to draw blood She's lost most of her teeth...so hopefully when theyre done growing she'll stop!
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05-31-2005, 05:48 PM | #7 |
My Precious Pup Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York City
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| Chewy is exactly the same! I'm sure it is the teething, because he's so sweet most of the time. I have found that nylabones work, but my best trick is the pennies in the can. (take 10 or 15 pennies and put them in a rinsed out coke can) Chewy hates that rattle and he knows it comes only when he is doing something bad to the bone. |
05-31-2005, 10:36 PM | #8 |
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| Wow, yorkiepower the story in regard to the basset hound floored me. We raised basset hounds and in the 100's that I have been around I never saw one exhibit that sort of biting behavior...but there is always a first time for everything as we all know. Back to yorkies! I agree with the teaching them a command idea. Teddy used to go beyond the point of crazy in the playing/biting department. No bite worked for a while, then I turned into the big bad wolf and scared him into submission and that was also pretty successful but then my friend suggested teaching him the word "off" and now I don't have to make a fool out of myself. I just say off and he immediately releases and sits there like O.K. where is my treat. Sometimes he gets the treat when he stops and other times he just gets praised with a good boy. Keeping him guessing makes his responses better. Same with the word come...he comes on a dime. Getting them to respond to words makes life lots easier. It takes time and patience to work with them but the reward of a well mannered pal is well worth it for both of you in the long run.
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05-31-2005, 10:52 PM | #9 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
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| Gucci used to be a biter also. I tried the NO biting, the bitter apple and the spray bottle. It took a long time but it finally work. I also did something that i know Im going to get kill now when i say this, but at the time someone advise me to do that and i was so desperate i try it. OK here goes, i was told when she bited me for me to bite her on the tip of her ear,not hard but enough just for her to feel biting is not good. I did this twice, and I regret it. I felt like th worst of the mommies. I dindt hurt her but I learned here that kind of behavior is not aceptable. Im not telling you to do this, im just saying what i did cause i was so desperate. She finally learned not to bite. When she bites I tell her NO bite on a stern voice, and that seem to work. I even yelp when she used to bite. I read somewhere that they learned not to bite their littermates because they growl and yelp. Oh gosh, i deserve a spanking. |
06-01-2005, 12:15 AM | #10 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Surrey
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| Put bitter bite on yourself but never in the dogs mouth ! Try a squirt in your own mouth and you will see why ! When a puppy bites squeal and then stop the game walk away - they get the idea really fast that a bite means they have hurt you and no more fun. |
06-01-2005, 04:55 AM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts
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| My wife has this same problem but not me. Maddie will bite me, more like graze her teeth on my hands almost inadvertantly while I play with her. once in a while she'll get a light bite in but I bark out a low, sharp "NO!" and give her a toy to chew. Jaime on the other hand gets chewed up. Maddie really goes after her like a toy. I think the problem is two fold. One, Jaime can't bark "NO!" like I can. Her voice just can't get deep enough. Two, when Maddie bites her instinct is to pull away which Maddie thinks is a game. When Maddie bites me I actually make more of a pushing motion towards her which causes her to release before pulling my hand away. I'm trying to get Jaime to push Maddie away rather than pull her hand away. We're also working on a more assertive "NO!" A yelping "NO!" can work too. It will freeze Maddie in her tracks because she thinks she just hurt you. It really has to be high though, like a chirp. |
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