Thank you for that! That's how I see it too! I have few that hate cages! My kennel dogs have pup doors and can run in a out! Good luck ! lily

Staci - this was AWESOME of you to offer -

Emily - On your little Callie - I think some of the suggestions WILL work for you - I agree maybe she's not happy about her alone time and wish I could help with a solution too - IS doggie day care out of reach ?... where you can leave them a few hours and they get to play ...it may help socialize her We have several in Houston - but I don't know if it's feasible in your situation.

I wish I could offer more help but do want to say that this can be worked with - sometimes they bite for different reasons...pain...frustration or just because no one has shown them who's boss...it's easy to do with yorkies - they're so cute it's hard to be firm with them....I wish you the best and hope you can find a workable solution so you don't lose your girl

You have been given such great advise from so many members! I do hope to see things improve. Id sure hate to see you find a new home for your Callie if all she lacked was some training.

I wish you the best and hope to hear a success story in the future! :thumbup:

One thing you did not indicate is where you bought the puppy and what were her living conditions prior to coming to you? It sounds as if she is one really pissed off puppy and I can't say as I blame her. Crates are not meant to be used a dogsitters and constant use of them is bound to produce problems. You say she is only in there for three or four hours at a time. Add that to being in the crate all night and she is spending at least half of her days in the crate. If she came from a breeder that kept her in an exercise pen or crate then I'm sure what you are seeing is frustration and boredom.

If she was at one time loving and friendly then the changes are most likely due to her being confined and alone for too long. Have you considered putting her in doggy daycare for a couple of hours a day so she has a chance to socialize and play? Have you considered that with your working schedules perhaps now is not the opportune time to have a puppy?

Have you enrolled her in puppy classes? Do you take her for a walk every morning and evening? Do you go out and play with her in the yard?

Perhaps, I say perhaps because this may not be the case, someone is playing too rough with her. I do know from experience that too rough of play will cause these little one's to be more aggressive at a certain stage. I'm not saying they will always be that way, because I don't believe that is the case with any yorkie.

Secondly, put a big bunch of pennies in an aluminum can or metal container of some sort. When she starts to bite, shake it gently...not too hard at first. If she stops biting, fine. If she continues, shake the can harder. She should quit. They do not like this noise.

Let us know if any of these suggestions work. If nothing works, please take Staci Snyder up on her offer. She is great with these little one's. Cosmo has a wonderful and loving personality. :)

Her living conditions were great at her breeders, I have no choice about leaving her home alone. My husband and I both have to work just to get by. I didn't mean three to four hours at a time, I meant from the time I went to work until my husband got home. (He does leave her out) She isn't being confined now any more than she was before. Her breeder did not have her crated at all. Where I live there is no such thing as doggy daycare, my mother used to keep her for me but her health has become a serious issue and can not do it anymore. She was not sick when I got Callie, she just recently developed the problem. She socializes and plays with our other dog all day, as long as she will allow Callie to play.(She is an older dog so really doesn't like the hyper puppy play.) As well as daily visits to my mothers where there are two other small dogs to play with. My work load has increased after I got Callie so it isn't like I said "hey we have no free time so let's get a puppy" there have been a lot of changes in our household recently. Also there are no puppy classes in our area either. We live in a town where we may be lucky to have 2000 people and don't have anything that bigger towns have. She goes outside and plays all the time, or we go for walks.

I would like to let everyone know that she is doing better. She still bites but not as hard or as often.

glad to hear she is doing better please keep us posted.

Sorry to hear this. I will say that my yorkie doesn't give many kises only on rare occasions. She bites when she is excited instead of kissing and she does tear skin apart but this doesn't mean thats she is vicious she is just a terrier and I don't correct her so it really isn't her fault. I still love her to death.

I think in the end you will find this has just been a puppy phase. I really believe that by the time she gets through teething and she has been spayed that you will find that she no longer bites. :)

How old is she? Chloe used to bite us alot. It would really hurt. I think she was just playing, but thats all she did all day long it seemed. And I am home all day so thats not an issue. I was worried it would never end. But somewhere around 6 months she stopped doing that. Maybe its just a phase. Good luck

Please contact Dr. Stephen Blake at www.thepetwhisperer.com. He is a miracle worker at taking dogs who are aggressive and turning them around! I hope he can help you with Callie. He does phone consultations. :)

Did this behavior start after a vaccination series?

This thread is a great example of why I love YorkieTalk. Someone has a real issue with their pup, and everyone is coming up with a possible solution.

My two cents: Make sure no one is playing aggressive games with the dog, i.e., tug of war, etc.

I feel for you, I really do. We had a beautiful Pom who was just a bit evil. She was a fiesty little thing as a puppy. We thought that with love and firm training she would grow and be a sweet dog. But as she grew she just got worse and worse. To the point where she attacked my then 4 year old daughter, my son and myself. We gave her 2 years and tried very hard to train her. We ended up finding her a very good home. and elderly lady took her and would you know they are a perfact match. Natasha is so spoiled and they just adore one another.

Sometime it just doesn't work out. It doesn't matter what breed. there are sweet and well mannard where on the other hand there is that dog who just not do well in a home for what ever reason. I'm sure there are people out there that will disagree, and will say keep up with it, but in my case I just could not get through with this dog even after 2 years. I did love her and she was loving with me and my oldest daughter but if we did something she wasn't happy with she would attack us too. I'm not saying to give up at all. By all means do what ever you can to make her the loving pet you hope she can be. If not don't be too hard on yourself,,,, It just was not a good match. I do wish you luck!

I'm very sorry to hear about your situation and I sincerely hope that you can break through to your puppy. If your puppy is breaking the skin, she hasn't learned bite inhibition. Lucky used to bite a lot until we tried the following: When she bites you, yelp an exaggerated "Ouch" loudly in a high pitched voice and then ignore her. We can yell at Lucky when she bites us and she ignores us or it gets worse, but if we say "ouch!" and sound hurt, Lucky is startled back into reality and then she realizes she has gone too far and she actually seems to feel bad. We praise her when she settles down. Best of luck! Every dog is different. I'm sure you will find something that works for yours.

Have you thought about putting your husband on the couch and the puppy with you? - kidding...altho, until daisy and diesel were used to sleeping in bed with me, my husband slept on the couch every night....

check your vet, maybe they have doggie daycare. alot of people dont realize that their vet offers doggie daycare.

hope things get better....