|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
06-11-2005, 01:06 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 149
| Wanting to play but being a nuisance!!! Help!!! Also posted in the Training Forum but thought it might be seen better here. Bitsy has been with us since she was 10 weeks old. She is now 3 months old. In addition, we have two older female dogs that are Min-Pins - One is 7 and the younger Min-Pin is 4. Problem is that Bitsy is continually jumping on and nipping on the younger one's legs wanting her to play. The older Min-Pin growls and Bitsy is immediately submissive but the younger one likes to play once in a while but Bitsy does not want to stop. What do we do to make her stop the nipping on the legs? She is not biting down hard but just being a nuisance!! Friend told us they had a bigger, older dog and when they got a new pup as it got older would hang on to the dogs hind legs when it wanted to get away. Consequently a tendon was damaged. Do not want this to happen! Am I being unduly alarmed or will she outgrow this eventually??? Have tried the pennies in the can but then the younger Min-Pin thinks it is meant for her. Have seriously been thinking it was a mistake to bring a new pup home. Will do whatever it takes to have them get along. Love her dearly--what a little "Miss Independence". Please- any suggestions to curb this nipping. Thank you!!! |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-11-2005, 01:47 PM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,246
| I think when she does it and the other dog is not interested in playing you need to firmly tell her "No". If she doesn't stop, pick her up and put in her "timeout" place, a playpen, bathroom, or somewhere where she is away from the dog she is bothering for a few minutes. Bring her back. If she starts up again, repeat the process, until she gets tired of going in the "timeout" place and figures out her actions are connected to it. You could also distract her with a toy or a training session or something else. It woud be good to have a place where the min pin can go to get away from the puppy when she doesn't want to play. Maybe a crate, or bed that's too high for the puppy but accessible by the min pin. I know my westie and my poodle have chairs they jump up on that the yorkies cannot get on. The cat always goes to higher ground when she is one playing too. Hope this works. Good luck! |
06-11-2005, 01:53 PM | #3 |
My Little Magwad Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,739
| Maggie does the same thing to our heelers. Afterall, the heelers are bred to nip at cattle's legs. They are not use to be nipped by a 4 pound puppy. When I see my female heeler give Maggie the Elvis smirk, I pick her up and take her inside. Sometimes my female heeler doesn't mind it, but sooner or later it does become a pest to her. So far, removing Maggie from this nipping play, is working.
__________________ "My Furkids" Maggie, Molly and Meme... |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart