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01-26-2014, 06:22 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: opelousas la
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| how can i stop amber from biteing I am new to this site and need help. I have a 9 week old yorkie, that I have got a week ago. I am trying to Kennel train Amber, and for the most part of it, I think she pretty much understands that she needs to go outside to potty, even thou she do have a few accidents in the house from time to time,but other than that she wants to bite and growl at me and the kids alot. I don't know if this is just a stage she is going through as puppy due to her teething. But I cant make her understand that the biteing hurts and she should not do that. When she does it I tell her no in a stern voice but she backs away and growls at me.I dont want her to think this is ok and she can do what she want to do. she lets me hold her and cuddle with her but when we try to play with her she starts going crazy and keeps jumping and barking and growling. I dont know if this is just her playing or not.Can someone please tell me how can i stop her from doing this? |
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01-26-2014, 07:11 PM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Puppies should stay with there moms until 12 weeks and this is one of the reasons because there moms teach them bit inhibition. When she does it you can say no and then get up walk away and ignore her. The only thing that worked when mine was a pup though was to squirt her with a water bottle and say no.
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01-27-2014, 09:43 AM | #3 |
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| Your puppy is very young. For one thing pups do not have the ability to hold back their urine until they are at least 16 weeks old. They cannot help having accidents. It is up to you to get her to the appropriate place at the right time. When pups live with their litter mates they learn just how hard they can bite and other social skills. Since she was deprived of that learning experience you have to spend extra time teaching her. Don't let your kids play games that excite her. That will lead to biting. Don't encourage tug games. That will also encourage biting. Yorkies were bred to kill rodents. They are feisty little creatures so they naturally enjoy a good fight. You have to teach the pup that it can play with toys and bite those but not the hands. Making a high pitched cry sound when she hurts someone will let her know she has gone too far. These dogs love their people but a pup doesn't realize that it can hurt someone. Gracie always loved to play and would sometimes get too rough. As soon as we made a high pitched cry sound when she accidentally hurt us she would automatically become very submissive and try to lick our hands. You really need to control conditions around the pup. Make sure she gets lots of good exercise. A tired puppy is a very good puppy. Don't let her get too excited about fighting. Most people like to move their hands in front of a pup or play tug with it but that is just asking for trouble when you are trying to teach a pup not to bite. Teach her to play fetch and other games that will use up energy without turning on the fight mode. A good all natural chew toy will also help the pup to get the biting energy out without using a human body part to do it. Don't use rawhide though. It is a choking hazard and it can cause stomach blockages. |
01-27-2014, 08:16 PM | #4 |
and molliluv too! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Irving TX, USA
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| she is still super young, puppies teethe until they are 6 months old. You must teach her not to bite you but it is going to take time, a 9 week old yorkie is too young to learn much of anything but you can start teaching.
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01-27-2014, 08:43 PM | #5 |
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| She's still an infant and I would just allow her to be one. When she's older and bites too hard, you can just say "uh oh" and push the hand or fingers she is biting on back into her mouth and take her control of the biting away from her and she won't like it that she can't end the bite herself when she's ready. She will soon learn that hard biting will elicit this unpleasant session and eventually stop it. Others will thump the dog on the nose(not too hard I hope) or get up and leave the room, ending the play session abruptly. I don't like the thumping or having to get up and leave or remove the dog from the room so I just push my hand or fingers gently back into the mouth a bit and hold them there until the dog begins to turn away or struggle to end the biting quite willingly now. I don't mind mouthing and soft biting(which Tibbe LOVES to do when hand-fighting and playing with me) but just taught Tibbe and previous dogs that hard biting was a no-no. As dogs don't have arms or hands to hold and hug with and show passion with, they often show their passion or excitement in a bite so I let them soft bite during play.
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