I'm on the verge of crying! so frustrated...

[Yorkiekids]

Have you tried crating him at night, so you can sleep?

[sallen15]

Lucy was doing puppy biting a lot, we went to a training class and it helped a little but what I found to be the best thing was to get her challenging chew toys. She has nylabones that she loves of course, but I've gotten her a busy buddy treat disk thingy and a kong and I've also gotten her several Pet Stages toys that are few chewing etc and this has helped tremendously. She's about 6 months old and now will pick up one of her many toys to occupy her instead of attacking our fingers. So you might want to look into that.

Also, maybe try finding a doggy day care for 1 or 2 days a week so she gets exercise as well as socialization with other dogs and also you'll be able to get some puppy free time to study and go to class, etc.

Hope everything works out, I know how stressful college is, I just graduated in May, and I got Lucy in June, and it's been stressful too. So hang in there!

BTW good luck on mid-terms!

[chloeandj]

A little bitter apple on my fingers fixed that right up with my Tinkerbell. Have you been to any puppy classes with him?

[aarnold808]

Originally Posted by MyTrixie143

The biting is NOT a phase, it will not go away and it will not get better unless you do something about it now.
Spraying him with a water bottle, holding him down, or holding his mouth shut briefly will only make him angry and will make things worse.

You have to tell him in his language that the biting is not acceptable.
When he bites you, yell "yipe" in a high pitch voice. You want to imitate what a puppy that yelps sounds like. After yelping move away from him for a minute and ignore him. Do this EVERY time he bites you, even if it doesn't hurt much.
This will teach him that if he wants to play with you, he has to be gentle.

Have you ever watched a group of puppies play. When one is playing too rough the other will yelp causing the first puppy to back off. This is the same concept with puppies and humans, you are just speaking in his language.

It might sound goofy to yelp like a puppy but it is one of the most successful ways of stopping the bite. It teaches him bite control, every dog should learn this.


As for his barking you need to figure out what is triggering his barking. Usually sound control is one of the best methods for stopping excessive barking.

If you need any help or ideas, feel free to pm me.

Good luck and enjoy your little guy.

I did this with my teddy because he was a biter as well, and I can honestly say that this advice works. He rarely bites me now, only when I'm ignoring him, and then I will yelp, he will look at me stunned and back off, and then I divert his attention to one of his toys, and he will bite on that for 45 mins to an hour. So try this advice, it worked for me!