Holy biters all over! Lol I wouldn't know how to deal with a biter whatsoever in any breed.

I would say though - and I know many of you watch the Dog Whisperer, one must show the dog who is alpha, it's their way to try and dominate, ha especially our little boisterous ones!

Glad to hear she is being a better girl, maybe she heard Santa was swapping her name from one list to another /wink.

Jeni

My Teddy went to through the same thing. Except he would bite my feet, my pant legs, my hands. I would have scratches all over my hands. Its a phase that I guess from reading this thread that puppies go through. He still likes to play rough, but at least I don't have a whole bunch of scratches on my hands.

Why do people get so upset about puppy biting????

Every puppy I have ever had in my life went through this stage and drove me crazy -- albeit - some are worse than others.

Of course they bite your feet - it's part of you. I have a feeling that most people who are getting their feet bitten a lot are not wearing shoes..... wear shoes or put a blanket over your lap so the pup can't get to your feet.

Also - don't hold your puppy and play with him when he is having a biting frenzy -- get him some other toys to play with - feed him something - give him a chew toy ... do anything to distract him from biting you. I usually give mine a pat on the butt, tell him "no no" and find something else for him to do. Even doing these things doesn't mean that I never get chewed on. I have a lot of scratches to prove that I have been chewed on a lot. I just try to keep it to a minimum.

Your puppy is teething and playing. He doesn't know he's hurting you. Even when he acts aggressive, it is a normal part of puppyhood and development.
You should just discourage it (if it's directed toward you) and find other things for him to do.

I am lucky in one way. I have another dog, a Bichon, that my pup spends a lot time playing with. He jump on, bites, and attacks the bichon all the time. And, it usually ends up in a free-for-all play time, which they both love. But, the bichon has thick hair, so all the biting the little Yorkie does, doesn't even phase him. Lucky him! When the two of them are going at it, I can definitely tell that it is play and an important part of the puppy's growth and development. And my four-year-old Bichon has enough puppy in him to enjoy it too.

I have never had a puppy that didn't bit and didn't outgrow it and am surprised that it is such a big issue - or problem - for so many people. After all, we do have a puppy, don't we???

Carol Jean

Personally, I'm glad you brought this up. I have to laugh every time someone suggests this - the visual of someone in the 100 - 200 pound range alpha-rolling a 5 pound dog cracks me up! :D

I mean no offense to those who support it. Yes, it may work for some people people and some dogs. So might whipping them. But like whipping them, it's old school. There are kinder/gentler methods that work.

Newbie
 

Hi everyone, I'm JKat. I am a proud mom of a 2.5 month old girl. I just want to say, I really appreciate everyone's input. Just like Sarah515 (not as bad though. I guess she's still little), I was frustrated that my girl'd bite and growl at us. Also like her yorkie (and everyone's, I realized), mine'd have "be-witching" hours.

I'm VERY happy and excited to stumble upon this website when I was online looking for solutions tonight. It is a great tool for newbies like me!

THANKS!! :)

We got the Kong chew toys and they really work
 

As soon as our new girl started what you described, I purchased couple of the Kong chew toys. She always has one availeable to her and the other is in a freezer bag in the freezer, they are really neat I manage to get a Biscuit into the center where the hole is and she loves this, seems like when they are real cold and frozen it relieves the pain from the teething process. It says you can stick peanut butter up in the center of them and they love that, haven't had to try that yet. At night I place both them in the freezer bag give one to her first thing in the morning. That seems to be working great. It is funny with all the toys we got her she prefers to play with all the socks rolled and tied together. Our baby just turned 14 weeks. It takes a lot of patience with a puppy but oh my they are worth every bit of the time and patience we have to put forth. Ours knows what a microwave is, her food and water must be warmed and she likes to cuddle in baby blankie and rocked and then to bed and sleeps all night, wakes up to do her numbers around 3:30 and then right back to sleep she goes. She sleeps till we get up in the mornings, and sometimes that isnt early. We have been lucky there as she has not been any problem sleeping and keeping us awake :-) :-) I am glad we found those to help her with her teething.

I can't help but laugh,,,,, when my cousing was little my aunt got him a puppy. A dobie. He was the sweetest dog but as a puppie he had a bad nipping problem. So my uncle used to bite him back. After that he would bite everyone but my uncle. One day my cousin was in the back yard with the pup and he came in running with his mouth wide open crying we thought the puppy bit him and hurt him but then he started gaging. As he got closer we noticed that his mouth was full of dog hair. It was the funniest thing.

They all go through this. Gus did this as well. But then I got bitter apple and he stoped real quick. He would never growl or bark at me unless we were playing.

I use the crate for time outs too. Actually when he knows he's in trouble he run there anyway.

Don't worry, I really think it's just stage. Good luck to you!

Puppies will be puppies. I agree with whomever said you are asking your baby to be calm during her most playful times of the day. try to remember that.
But I do want to add that if you truly think your puppy is aggressive and not just playful, tug of war is a no no. In fact so are any rough games having anything to do with their mouth. Try playing fetch instead, yorkies love to run and chase.

Okay after reading all of this ..Mini biting seems normal ..we are working it out she bites I give her distractions and try to figure out what she wants ..she cant ask me to play ect ..so i am looking for her expressions to clue me so far its working out better she has drawn blood from me 2 times so with patience and love we will get through this kinda reminds me of babies ..you got to fill their needs and watch them grow >smiles And as for time outs ..if it works ..I'd do it .even if itsa a time out for you rather than the puppy ..Hang in there folks ..they will grow up "
Deb..hanging in

It's probablly her teething. Chew toys, frozen carrots, you can even get baby toys, the teething ones and put them in the freezer for the water to freeze, when it melts, just freeze it again.
As far as night time, do you have a night light? I know it might sound weird, but Princess needs one. She hates to be in a dark room.
Hang in there! We are here with you! :)


WELCOME To YT JKAT! :D :D :D :D

One day I got so frustrated with Layla I tried to bite her back. She's so feisty she just turned right around and bit me on the nose!