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Tinky bit my son yesterday... Tinkerbell bit my 4 year old son yesterday over a bone. I did everything I thought I should do. I took the bone away, she tried to bite me. So I flipped her on her back, yelled at her no, waited for her to stop struggling then put her in her crate for a long time out. When I let her out she was so submissive and bashful, I felt bad. Today me and my son will be practicing taking the bone away from her and giving it back. I can not have her ever bite a child. Any other suggestions of what I should be doing? She is a little over 5 months now. |
Poor little guy! I'm not sure how to combat this, but I have found that you can shame a yorkie bad! Chewy nips at my son's feet and legs and he's always calling out to me "Mommy, Chewy bit me!" I chalk this up to a little playfulness and wanting to interact, but my son said he really hurt him the other day so I will have to start dealing with this. Any advice anyone has would be GREAT. |
I think you are doing the right things but I am no expert on agressive behavior. You might try to research the internet fo tips or call a trainer but I think you are doing it right. |
I hope your little boy is okay. I have purchased every book on the market concerning Yorkies. They all say DO NOT disturb the animal if they are eating anything. There is plenty of time to play with the dog, but not when it's eating. When it comes to bones or treats, then let them have the treat without disturbing them. The survivor part of the dog will never be bred out of them. I would not have punished the dog. It was only protecting what was his. I'm only quoting the books, so yell at me if you want to. |
I think you did the right thing by immediately letting her know it was bad to bite. However, I think instead of putting her in her crate as "punishment" you might want to find another location. When Bella is bad I put her in the bathroom and close the door for 10 mins. Because I crate her sometimes, I dont want her to think that every time I put her in the crate, its becuase she's being punished. |
thats one of the reasons my dogs never get bones it turns them |
I know this doesn't solve the problem, but I found this on another post. “Doggie Laws If I like it, it's mine. If it's in my mouth, it's mine. If I can take it from you, it's mine. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine. If it just looks like mine, it's mine. If I saw it first, it's mine. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine. If it's broken, it's yours.” |
I think you did the right thing too. I wouldn't put up with this behavior if she was my dog either. |
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My childhood pet, a poodle named Angel, was the same way. She did somewhat calm with age but still needed to be muzzled for certain things such as nail clipping. And when she was a senior citizen and in pain with arthritis she got worse again. Good luck and have patience. May I ask if you plan to have Tinkerbell fixed? We were having a LOT of biting problems before we got Syd fixed and they seem to be slightly better now. |
Thank you all for your replies. I understand that she is a dog, with dog behavior. However, she needs to know that that behavior is just simply not allowed or tolerated. I find it interesting that my maltese who is queen of all dogs in my house can take away Tinkerbell's bone with not a growl or bite from Tinkerbell. But when it is me or my son, she growls and bites. Obviously she knows who is boss and it isn't her human family. I have never let her get away with anything. I also have never had to deal with such a spirited little dog. My maltese have never offered even a growl at me or my kids. I am hoping she is just young and hasn't learned her place yet. She has come a long way since we were first got her. She used to ferociously bite at my hands when trying to brush her and such, we have gotton over that problem, she lets me do whatever grooming I want now. I think that is a good suggestion to use a separate room for time outs, as I think she kind of likes her crate. And we will be practicing taking the bone away later today. Hopefully she will learn something. |
I will get some articles together for you and post some things you can do. Problem is she is challenging you-it will start with a child then progress up the rank ladder. If allowed to get away with biting-not play biting, but mean biting, they will get worse. She does not respect you nor your son and that is why she behaved this way, she does respect your other dog (for now) and that is why she has not done this to her. Look for some posts with info by sunday. Taking son out to dinner here in 15mins for his birthday or I would get ya some info now. |
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hi there I had the same issue with Bridget, she would growl and attempt to bte my kids when they got to close to her. What we did was work on positve reinforcment such as I would have them get close to her and try to pet her, I would stand right there and talk to her, praising her and letting her know she was being a good girl. I told her it was ok they would be soft and if she growled I told her no, and repeted the process it took a couple of days but it seems to have worked. We tell her she is a good girl and we just want to love her and I stay there while my kids touch her at all times. I hope this helps |
Why did you want to take the bone away? They say that the best thing to do is to give a dog another toy while you take the one from their mouth out. You have to distract them. |
Thank you Marlee, we plan on working on that tonight. lickthestar: I want to teach her that we can take the bone away if we want to. The reason she bit my son was not because he was trying to take it away from her. He was playing on the floor with a toy of his own, he got too close to her and she feared he was going to take it. He didn't even know she had a bone. In my opinion and in our house, it can never be ok that she bite anyone for any reason. |
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