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01-09-2009, 11:04 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lorton va usa
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| biting and chewing my yorkie bites all the time, sometimes its just playing and sometimes its serious and its very annoying. she also bites and chews on anything she can find. but dont get me wrong shes a very sweet girl and i love her to death. but how do i get her to stop biting and chewing? |
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01-09-2009, 11:58 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TX
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| Well with play biting, make a loud yipping OUCH noise, tell her the command you want to use for her to understand to stop biting then stop playing with her turn, away and ignore her for a little bit. Just keep doing this, she'll get the picture. Try your best to imitate the yip that you've heard dogs make when one bites the other too hard. This is a noise she'll recognize from her time with her siblings. Now if she's seriously biting and not playing, then take your hand and firmly but gently pin her down to the floor. Say the command that you've used with the play biting and hold her down until she stops squirming. Firm but gentle voice and hold are important. Also, it needs to be done immediately when she starts to bite. Once you see that the command is working with the play biting you can try it first with the serious biting, but be ready to quickly add the touch to reinforce it if necessary. Again, it shouldn't take her too long to figure it out. The chewing...well that's something she'll hopefully outgrow and until then there are several Stop Chew products out. Many people have good luck with the solid deodorant sticks also. Gracie Ruth and Yogi are chewers-extraordinaires. Seriously, if there was an Olympic event for chewing these two would take the Gold every time. If I catch them chewing something inappropriate, I'll pick up a toy or treat and say to them, "Trade Ya". They stop chewing the bad thing and come get the acceptable item. It took a few times for them to understand but now I usually only have to say the words and they'll stop and come running.
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01-09-2009, 12:04 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| You didn't say how old. I'm guessing aroundc 4 months. The answer you got from TeresaM is a good one. Puppies who are taken from their mothers too young co not learn proper dog etiquette. So you hve to act as their mother and teach them in the same manner that their mother would have. As for chewing on everything else, provide plenty of chew toys nd keep them way from anything that you don't want them to chew on. |
01-09-2009, 12:53 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lorton va usa
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| thanks for the help!! |
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