HELP! Got Bad Advice and now I need help. My 10Wk Yorkie is aggresive with me :(

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

The biting is because he was taken from his mom to early and up until 12 weeks there mom is teaching them about biting. What worked for us was a squirt bottle of water and say no and give a squirt. It dosent hurt them but they get that it's bad. It was the only thing that worked for us. You should not be taking him for long walks until he has had all of his shots or he could get parvo or something else that could make him very sick.

This is a developmental fact....mommas teach these babies, and I sit in amazemnt and watch it happening with every single litter I have ever produced. Mommas teach these offspring sooooooo much social behavior and when babies are separated from momma too early, it has a detremental effect on the baby. These babies that are dumped on people at 6 weeks of age are missing out on sooooo much teaching and coaching from momma....it is quite a shame. People do not like to admit it, people like to think they can do as well as the momma can do.....it just is not true. Let momma do what God programmed HER to do....leave your baby with mommas until at LEAST 12 weeks old....I keep mine 14 weeks.....it is absolutely amazing to see this great wonderous miracle between momma and babies evolve.

[yorkiefan_]

The alpha roll was the only thing that worked for me to get Cookie to stop biting me at about 16 weeks or so. YMMV; a lot of people say that method has been discredited. It's probably because I always play with her by running around and wrestling, fighting over toys, things dogs like to do. Now she'll use her teeth to go after me when we're playing, but never hard like before, and it was something I integrated back into our playtime at around 3 or 4 months once she learned reasonable limits that she has now been following for more than a year.

[yorkiefan_]

In Cookie's case I really think I brought it on by being an aggressive playmate though, so it sounds like a different situation. I got Cookie at 14.5 weeks and the biting didn't start until a week or so after I got her. I guess doing stuff like chasing each other around the yard and wrestling may have brought that on, but I just don't want a dog content to sit on the couch her whole life.

[SirTeddykins]

Originally Posted by Faboosh

I don't know exactly about his worsening aggression, but I can say that we did sort of what your trainer told you to do and it worked for us beautifully.

We were told (on YT actually) that when Billi bites, make a loud squeal and pull our hand away for a few seconds. Then start playing again, and when she bites do it again. It's basically the same thing her litter mates would be doing to her if/when she bit them. It took a couple weeks for Billi to really get it, but she did and she has never bitten any of us since. I will add that we got her at 8 weeks, and by about 12-13 weeks, she stopped completely. She'd get a little better, then she'd regress, then she'd get better and then stop altogether.

Part of it is like what Taylor mentioned, having these pups at such a young age- it's up to us to them teach them what their mom and litter mates would be teaching them up until about 12 weeks of age. He could be getting more aggressive temporarily and then back down, I don't know. But it's definitely worth talking to a new trainer and continuing to squeal and pull away in the meantime.

This is good advice, I have seen trainers on TV use this method and it seems to work?


For me, when Teddy was biting at around 4 months, I would tell him NO and then say 'Get your toy' and give him a toy to chew on.

Now, he no longer bites and when he's over excited about anything, he 'gets' his toy.


Your baby just needs to be taught what is acceptable to bite and what isn't and hands and any other human parts are off limits.


They will grow out of it and its not usually aggression just baby ignorance and lack of training. I'm pretty sure we've all been bitten by human toddlers or seen them bite each other. Similar concept, I think.