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06-27-2007, 04:31 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia
Posts: 23
| Teething? Aggressive biting? HELP!!! Please help me asap! We got our male yorkie from a breeder when he was 12weeks old. He is sooo smart and has an incredible personality! But lately it's almost like he's gone schzophrenic. He is now 4 months going on 5 (he turned 4 months on June 17th). Last week he started this thing where he would bite our feet then run 100mph around the room and come back for another bite and continue this. At first we didn't think much of it other than he was playing. But this week he seems to be very agitated and hyper (completely opposite of what he's been). His "game" has escalted big time these past couple days. He constantly will snap and bite our feet and do his run around the room. We tried ignoring him by crossing our arms and turning away to ignore but he doesn't even notice and continues to bite us. He begins growling and barking as well. Nothing traumatic that I know of has happened to him. We've treated him extremely well. When he isn't snapping at us, he lets us pet him and pick him up or do whatever, so I don't think he's snapping at us out of fear or hatred. I've been reading a book and searching online for methods. We tried confining him away from us for a few minutes. We've tried it over and over again and it hasn't taught him a thing. The last thing I read was to "YELP" when he bites. So we've been doing that. It actually startles him causing him to stop biting for a second and we try to praise at that point. But he seems to be on a constant mission to continue biting at us. But now since we are yelping he will take a stuffed animal and bite that instead for a little while. Before the "yelp" method he wouldn't take anything we shoved in his face, just ignored it and continued to bite us. So we've made progress. I was just on the floor with the stuff animal and he was going WILD biting it, very aggressive biting. We noticed that he is missing a front tooth and is at the age where his adult teeth should be trying to come in and causing inflamation and pain. I am PRAYING that he is biting because of the pain from his teeth and not because he's going crazy. Has anyone had this experience?? Any advice would be great. Thank you! |
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06-27-2007, 04:35 PM | #2 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fresno
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| I have been having a similar problem. I posted about it here and some people have chimed in. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84554 |
06-28-2007, 04:23 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia
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| thanks Thanks for referring me to your thread! A lot of people posted methods to prevent it which I've already tried. I think what will put me at ease is... does my problem sound like it's associated with teeth growing in and the pain that comes with it? This problem seems like it happened over night, so something must be triggering it for him to go from the best, happy, loving puppy to an evil dog. For an update. After I posted this thread last night: Usually by that time of night, Riley is tired out and lays down. Since this problem started he stays antsy and doesn't seem to be comfortable enough to lay. Because he was getting tired though, he left us alone and chewed on bones and his stuffed animal pretty heavily for the rest of the night. We've got him crate trained at night and have gotten to the point where he actually sleeps through the entire night... well yesterday was the worst day of his tantrums and he kept us up ALL NIGHT. He whined the entire night. We let him out a few times to take him to the potty area, but he just decided to lay down. So he was whining for another reason. I really think his mouth is in pain and that's what's causing his behavior change and whining through the night. What do you think? We have an appointment with the vet on Saturday, but it's just for a regular checkup/shots. I am going to ask for advice there. But until then, I'm trying to figure out if this is a behavioral issue or teething? |
06-28-2007, 04:25 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia
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| and just another piece of info. He has become more and more wanting to hump. Sometimes he will nip and then try to hump us. Could this also be a sign of sexual frustration? The vet wanted to neuter at 6 months, but if this is related, I think we need to take care of it sooner |
06-28-2007, 10:26 AM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fresno
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| Your pup is older than mine so I don't know. I have never had a puppy before so this is all new to me. It does sound like your pup is at the right age for major teething, so maybe that is what is happening on top of adolesence. Also, two more techniques have been posted on the thread I referred to you - they sound promising! Last edited by Galatea; 06-28-2007 at 10:27 AM. |
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