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help growling barking nipping Paris is 16 months old. He is getting mean. If he is on the couch first he will growl and snap at you like it is his couch. this has been going on for 2 months. Any tricks to help me before we get rid of him. He sits ands shakes and fetches with no problems. If you are sitting anor lying first and he comes up there isnt a problem. i think he is controlling us. If you try to grab his mouth when he growls while jumping he will nip or bite your hand. |
congradulations you have a yorkie alot of yorkies are like this i cant help you my guy is 3 and hes very agressive toward other animals and people outside the house i just learn to live with it try whatever you can cause if you get rid of him and give him to a rescue or shelter they will put him to sleep good luck |
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what do you think about those zap collars |
Ohhhhhh you should look at the thread titled Strange Love in the My Yorkie section. That will tell you all you need to know about what the opinions are on the collars. An alternative to consider is using a plain old spray bottle full of water. When he bites or barks spritz him in the face and he should stop. Soon he will learn that it is not okay behavior. Here are some other things to consider. Have you considered taking him to classes? How long has he been doing it? Is there anything that would have changed significantly in his live? His aggression may be due to changes in his environment if there have been any. What have you already tried? |
I second Camillek's suggestion of taking him to classes. They teach you many techniques of how to show your dog that they are not the dominant one in the house. One thing they teach you is every day you should sit on the floor with your legs out straight. Take your puppy and gently move it onto it's back, resting against your stomach/lap area. Make the puppy lay like this until it completely relaxes. Your puppy will probably struggle, but do not let it go. Keep it on your lap until it is completely relaxed and trusting of you and then slowly release and let it go. Most dominant dogs do not like being on their back as it leaves them vulnerable and exposed. By forcing them to do this often, they view you as dominant and usually helps with the biting problem. Another thing you can try to let your dog know that you are dominant is to keep some of its toys up where he can't get them (don't leave them out all the time). Give him the toy for a little while and then take it away. This will let him know that you control the toys, not him. Finally, you can also put your puppy in his crate every time he acts out. Once he realizes that he has to go into his crate for awhile when he does that, he should realize it is not a good thing to do and stop. Hope this helps. You learn lots of useful tips like this in puppy class - I highly recommend attending. |
Take the spray bottle with water, spray him when he does something you don't want him toand say NO. they learn that they can;t do what you dont want them to. I bet you'll bwe surprised how fast he learns now all i have to do is pick the bopttle up and they stop. dogs are very smart. |
I say NO NO to a zap collar on a yorkie, unless he weighs fifty pounds! (And I'm the one who started all the shock collar controversy!) I have used the spray bottle method, and I have used the alpha roll type method for one of my terriers (a super alpha-wannabe male mix breed) and it did solve his dominance issues with me and others. He doesn't bite anymore, and he was a super snappy-bitey-yappy-crazy puppy no matter how much we played with him, 24/7. He was never kenneled and we would play all day -- fetch, tug-of-war, etc. I ended up with a super-hyper not so dominant dog that doesn't pay much attention to me if there is anything else moving anywhere ... even shadows. Now my yorkie, on the other hand, is laid back and MUCH less active as a five month puppy than the terrier mix that's now neutered and about a year old. Luca Dean (the yorkie) is a breeze to train and play with, becuase he actually listens and after playing, he actually wears out!!! He's a yorkie nonetheless, and the ground rules were: no barking at us, growling at us humans, nipping at us, etc. I used the on the back method, and he's still a little anxious about it, but it's getting the trick done. He also learned NO! immediately. Terriers need all the attention you have to give, and the more positive the better. If your yorkie is always encountering negative stuff b/c he's always in trouble, be sure to praise him ANYTIME he does ANYTHING right. If he's chewing on the furniture and you say no and he stops, give him a toy and say 'good boy' as soon as it hits his mouth. He's then getting the attention he needs and getting praise, which will encourage more of the toy playing than furniture destruction. Love, love, cooing, etc. Anytime I see Dean with a toy in his mouth, he gets told things like, "get that sock!" "Where's that ball?" All this stuff helps them make associations between what's Okay and NOT Okay. Good luck! Just wanted to let you know that there tons of other methods besides the shock collar. A shock collar is not for a yorkie, no matter what size really. And definitely not for a dog that still has dominance issues. |
BTW, when you roll them over, don't get close to their face -- first instinct is to bite, unless, of course, they roll over for you automatically! Then that means they really wanna snuggle! |
A previous much loved yorkie started this behaviour but only BRIEFLY!! He'd get into bed with us and if we moved he'd get upset and give a growl - well after a while I showed him exactly who was boss and it vcertainly wasn't him... I'd get hold of him gently but firmly by the scruff, growl back and down on the floor he'd go... he soon decided he'd have to abide by our rules ..!! He was the naughtiest but most lovable boy ever but would have liked to have been boss LOL!! A dog's mother gets hold of them by the scruff of the neck to discipline them so this is what I did!! Don't let this behaviour go on too long ..!! |
Thank-you I will start to take control. My daughter just finished college and took a full time job so now I must show the dog who is boss. |
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