Are all puppies THIS hyper?

[pstinard]

Originally Posted by BabieChloe

Thank you for the advice everyone.. Except that little argument that transpired here.. Lol. I'm going to ignore her and leave to another room when she bites, even though I don't like doing that because she's just too cute.. But she'll have to learn! As for my yorkie being a killer.. I don't know, she's 1.5lbs so she doesn't look like a killer to me butttt.. She does look like a feisty little fur baby who needs to learn some manners

Please keep us posted on your progress. And thanks for sparking that fascinating discussion on the myth of the "killer Yorkie" and the "alpha dog."

[xFoxyx]

I am dealing with this as well. Ripley is almost 4 months old and she loves to play. She does like to bite my hands and feet, but its not too hard. Sometimes she does and I will let out and "Ouch" and say "No!" then give her a toy to chew on. She then usually plays with her toys. She does love my hands and feet though. I'm just very persistent with giving her a chewy or a toy to chew on when she gets too focused on my hands or feet.

She has also tried to chew on our furniture, but a quick squirt from the spray bottle stops that pretty fast. I have also used pennies in a Coke can as well to distract her.

She loves to play..ALL THE TIME!!! I forget what having a puppy was like. I had my Presley for over 17 years. She only calms down after she's really played hard. We try to wear her out so she sleeps through the night. So far, so good.

Patience! A lot of patience is what you need and training. You will get there.

[AlecM]

We've had our Shelby for 2 months now - she's now 6-months old. Although not hugely 'bitey', she does get excited and forgets herself.

Two simple things we got from our trainer that have worked really well-

Redirect - always have chew toys around for her to chew on and redirect her mouth to.

"Too bad"- if she bites on one of us - say "too bad" (not loud, just like you would normally say "too bad" - cross arms, and look away (and if not on the floor with her, which I am often, I'll walk away). Usually just for 5-10 seconds - totally withdrawing attention even for a short bit really brings it home to her. If she hasn't been bitey for a while and then forgets herself and bites us - it's an instant reminder.

If we go back to her and she gets bitey again, it's "too bad" again - at first it took 5 or so times - now we seldom have to do more than once and she remembers the rules. She does not like to have attention withdrawn, even for a little bit - particularly when she was having fun!