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When Callie was a puppy and grabbing feet the only thing that worked was to say no and squirt her with a water bottle. It gets dangerous when they are doing that because they could get kicked or you could fall. |
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When we're playing and he gets too rough I jerk my hand back and do a high pitched "OW!!!". He calms down immediately and cuddles up for kisses to say he's sorry. |
These techniques (some of them will need to be modified for the Yorkie's mouth size). A sibilant "SSSSSSSSS" sound does work and tack on No at the end of it. A two finger (maybe just one finger with a Yorkie); quick firm poke under the ear is very effective as well. It must be immediate and can be combined with the Sssssss sound. Try it on yourself first to get the pressure correct. It should be firm quick and immediate to be effective. It has the effect of "jarring" the dog out of the mindset it is currently in. Most importantly do NOTHING that the dog can construe as a reward for his behaviour. Like pick them up, give them a toy, crouch down and talk to them. As a young puppy you can substitute your fingers for a toy; but at seven months old by now, they look at toys as a reward. Those are just some ideas. |
we haven't tryed the sound to see if that will work. but we have tryed the bitter apple at first it worked for a little while and then she got use to it and it don't work any more. |
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Get a spray bottle with water. Next time your yorkie bites just say "No!" or "No biting," in a firm voice and spray your dog. I have a male Yorkie named Jasper and if he bites that is what I do. It also helps for other things when he is misbehaving. |
but lot of the time she does it when we have our hand ful with something. thats when she think it's alright to go for our feet |
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You will have to make trips down the hall to get her to bite so you can stop her when she tries to take advantage of the situation. You have to set her up to bite so you can discipline and teach her not to do it. Some of the most effective training occurs when you can catch them attempting to do something and stop it in its tracks. It may take her a while to get the message but one day the light will dawn and she will stop the biting if you persist in training until she gets the idea it is something you don't want and learns to stop herself when the urge strikes. |
yeah maybe but she still goes after my feet when I have one thing in my hands |
I have tryed to stop her when I seen her coming my way sometime that just don't work. but I keep it up say no bit or that hurt but it just don't work. at time I think she think it's a game to go after my feet for some reason. |
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I never thought of drop to make a different sound and saying no bit. but it is a thought maybe I should try it. but I am not going to give up |
Or you could carry a couple empty flimsy plastic food containers(like Chicken Salad from the deli comes in) or a couple of small lightweight magazines or comicbooks and drop those saying the word "no" as you do when she starts to bite. She won't like something falling on or near her even though a couple of those can't hurt her and she will skittle back away. Once there are some disliked consequences to her biting as you walk carrying something and it is no longer fun or rewarding for her, she will start to police herself and stop biting. Look for her pulling back on her own and not biting and that's when you praise and reward her. She will learn restraining herself keeps the papers from falling and gets praise and reward and prefer that. |
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