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09-08-2008, 03:11 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Weston, WV
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| puppy monster My Yorkie is now 16 weeks old and can get very nasty when I try to take something away that he shouldn't have. He especially likes paper and growls and bites me when I try to get it away. How do I let him know this is unacceptable. Will putting him in the crate help? Telling his NO just makes him more defiant. |
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09-08-2008, 08:57 PM | #2 |
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| I always lightly take my tootsie by the scruff of the neck and tell her No! Most of the time this works real well...... Good Luck!!! |
09-08-2008, 10:03 PM | #3 |
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| sounds like shes thinks shes dominent here.. you could pick her up by back of her neck and look sternly into her eyes with a firm voice and say no. Do this until she stops this behaviour. Thats what I do with puppies, never hit or yell at a puppy though! |
09-09-2008, 12:31 AM | #4 |
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| When Twinkle does this I clap my hands and say 'No' in a firm voice and this has worked for me so it may be worth a try. If your puppy sleeps in his crate at night it might not be a good idea to put him in there as a punishment for biting incase he then associates his crate with being naughty. I hope this is a help - those little teeth hurt don't they! xxx xxx
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09-09-2008, 01:17 AM | #5 |
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| The vet says to flip them over on their backs, pin them down with your two fingers ( Around their necks), and DO NOT let them up until they cease struggling and submit. This shows that you are dominant.
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09-09-2008, 02:35 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | 16 weeks is still very young.. he probably is playing tug of war.. he is used to playing with other pups in the litter maybe
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09-09-2008, 07:23 AM | #7 |
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| If he snaps at you, don't pull your hand away. I'd use one of the physical techniques like holding the dog by the scruff of its neck or pinning it down, but as Misti said, just be sure not to be firm and let go until the dog is submissive, even if he's already dropped the thing. Don't hold so hard that you're hurting the dog . . . just enough to show him you're in control. Another good training technique is to put something really tempting on the floor and give your dog a clear path to it. When he tries to take it, step in front of him and block his path (don't push him or pick him up) and give him a verbal correction. Do this over and over again until he's uninterested in the thing and focusses entirely on something else. That way, he'll learn that those things belong to you. |
09-09-2008, 07:33 AM | #8 |
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| I learned from Cesar to growl back at the dog.. it works wonders for mine he he i know its silly but it works! i've also heard of the flipping, well laying them down and making them show their stomach to you. when they do this they are submitting to you saying "ok your the pack leader"
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09-09-2008, 07:35 AM | #9 |
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| You've received some really great advice, whichever technique you use now is the time to break the behavior. He cannot be allowed to continue with this behavior, he must know that he can't behave that way with anyone. Good luck!
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09-09-2008, 07:46 AM | #10 |
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| You have to brake his dominance right now or it will just get worst with time. Do NOT accept any kind of growling toward you. Net time the little pup get aggressive pin him down on his back gently but firmly and hold he that way until he come down. Do NOT let him win. Ha little monster are so cute at this age... I got a 4 months little girl trying to take over the house. Good luck |
09-09-2008, 07:51 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Milwaukee
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| Also, if he won't let go of something no matter what you do you can put your hand around his muzzle and pinch his upper lip/cheek into his upper molars. When this is done, the natural dog reflex is to drop what he's holding. |
09-09-2008, 08:23 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northeast WI
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| Good advice! Hello! This is all awesome advice and it really works! We had the exact same problem with Mariah. We used to call it her "Taz Mood" or that she was going "Taz" on us based on the Tazmanian Devil cartoon character. She too would go nuts if we tried to take something away from her and a few times when my kids (who are 18 & 13) tried to take her from my arms! They actually were becoming afraid of her! One of the things we did to stop this is to have "training sessions". We would give her an everlasting treat ball - which she loves and that she had a habit of "tazing out" on us if we took it away. We chose this because it was too big/heavy for her to carry away quickly. With most things when she runs away we cannot catch her...she is simply too quick! We would purposely give the treat ball to her and shortly take it away while using the techniques described above to stop her from "tazing out". We would firmly tell her no and gently pin her down or tap her bottom. She learned quickly and eventually she stopped turning into "Taz" for everything! One of the best pieces of advice I got was to teach them the command "leave it". She learned it nearly instantly and it is a huge help! |
09-09-2008, 08:28 AM | #13 | |
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That is old school thinking by a vet with no understanding of learning theroy or dog behavior One sure fast way to break a dogs soul is to do that. Why do that when in the real truth of it alpha rolls are donw in play by one wolf to anther and or dog to another and in a true fight they do not alpha roll they go for the throat and kill. Flat out that abusive and wrong. You never hold a human child down and shove your fingres down their throut unless you needed to get up poison. Why is it then acceoptable to do this to a living breathing soul packing being that learns in the same manner as a human child just has a differnt language. Dogs, yorkies are to tiny to be pinning and big dogs well just are to big. Sure fire way to get oneself bite is to pull that on a dog that going to look at you and go we are done and your dead. Do that to my dog and that is sure what would happen. Pull it on a dog fear fear concerns and your going to break it soul and be dealing with a messed up dog for the rest of it life. Ask switch from what it has to something of higher value a food treat or a play thing or your love. Take the item show the dog make that item a more intresting thing and switch it. Teach drop it, leave it and mine. TEACH not abuse. JL Last edited by YorkieMother; 09-09-2008 at 08:32 AM. | |
09-09-2008, 09:30 AM | #14 |
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| Ya That was on the dog whisper last week! |
09-09-2008, 09:34 AM | #15 |
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| Just thought I would add a link to great articles on aplha rolls Dominance is such a pop word ... | Dog Star Daily Body Language | Dog Star Daily DogTown Versus The Dog Whisperer | Dog Star Daily ClickerSolutions Training Articles -- The History and Misconceptions of Dominance Theory There is never any reason to use force of any kind when training a loving member of ones family. JL |
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