help! my yorkie bites!

[knkbrown81]

My yorkie Daisy is 9 months old, she bites everyone.. She bites me in the mornings when I try to get my things together for work, she bites my youngest daughter if she just walks past her too fast, she attacks my cats. She chews up everthing. She is really a sweet dog and will be a great pleasure once we get these few things under control, but nothing seems to work. When I tell her no she barks and bites me. When I try to pick her up to remove her from the situation she barks and bites me. We call her crazy Daisy because she is so crazy. If anyone has any suggestions on how to stop the biting and dragging shoes behind the couch so we can't catch her it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Daisy's mom

[chachi]

When she bites tell her no bite and put something she can chew on in her mouth. If you dont want your shoes chewed your going to have to put them up untill shes threw with the chewing stage. Any thing left on the floor is fair game to them

[lily]

Originally Posted by Erin

Cesar is not an expert, he is a TV star. The true *experts* in the field say that the alpha roll does not work (and can make things worse) and neither does his ridiculous "use your hand as a mouth" technique. Yes a mother dog will put a puppy in it's place. But we are not dogs.

When your dog bites, make a high pitched OUCH noise and fold your arms, turn your back and look at the ceiling for a few seconds. Do this several times and your dog will figure out that you don't want to play if she bites. Be consistent. If you ignore her, she will do whatever it takes to get your attention back, like not biting! Also, if she bites your hand say NO or OUCH and then place a bone in her mouth and praise her when she bites the bone. You need to teach her what is acceptable to chew on.

I agree with the "soft mouth" thing too. Dogs need to be taught they don't need to bite hard to make their point. What you have to understand is that biting is perfectly acceptable to a dog. In their eyes, it is the correct response to the situation. Obviously that is not acceptable to humans. So we need to teach them the correct way to use that instinct.

In your case though, I'm sure the issue is teething. Give her lots of cold or frozen things to chew on!!!

I think you are wrong. It does work! He has been the dog business 25-30 yrs. How long have you been training.? It's like kids if you let them run over the top of you they have no respect for anyone or anything! I'm the boss , not my kids or dogs.! Thank you

[Mitzis Mom]

Well... I'm not one that follows a famous person just b/c he/she is famous. I'm a skeptic but I also like to give things a try when they sound logical.

Watching Caesar Milan for quite some time now I tried to follow some of his methods to get my pack under control and it actually works. For example it was always very chaotic to get all for of them ready for walkies and I was stressed out long before we were actually out of the door. Then it was a struggle and wild "crocheting" with the leads and nobody had really fun.

Now I take my time to get them ready and take a few deep breaths before I start and without me yelling at them to shut up they just wait their time to be lifted up on the counter, brushed out and the harness put on. Then we assemble all at the front door and one by one has to sit down to get the lead on (I started with a treat to make them do it and now they do it by themselves.) Before I open the door they all have to look at me and wait. Then I open the door and go out first. I have them on fairly short leads two on each side. They are not allowed to sniff or stay back or even mark. We walk to the park in a fast pace and then they are let off the leads and can run around for a few minutes before we go back.

It is so much easier now, they don't start barking at every person or dog that comes by and act like a pack of vicious wolfs...

Funny thing they still love their walkies even though they are so restricted and they are more obedient at home too just "calm submissive"...

I know I'm going to get bashed for this post but you know what? I don't care. It works for me and my M&Ms and nothing else counts...

[kbumpus]

i agree that the 'alpha dog' thing does not work.
i have tried this with kayden...and she only gets more aggressive when i do release her. (sometimes i held her down for up to a minute)
i did it about 5 times to see if it would work...with no positive results...and it made me feel like i was being cruel to her

i have to say that i haven't been successful at finding a 'cure' for this yet.
i've also tried the 'walk away' thing...but she just follows me...obsessively biting at my ankles...and barking. and boy can she bark.
recently, i've started the 'time out' thing. this works while she's behind the gate, but once i let her out...it's on again.
and i hate doing this...especially if i've been at work all day.

and the water bottle doesn't work for her, either. she loves water...she she would get even more excited when i broke that out.

and...i tried the coins in the can. that just made her want to grab the can to see what was in it.

i'm just hoping she'll grow out of it soon.

[Mikaella]

Originally Posted by knkbrown81

My yorkie Daisy is 9 months old, she bites everyone.. She bites me in the mornings when I try to get my things together for work, she bites my youngest daughter if she just walks past her too fast, she attacks my cats. She chews up everthing. She is really a sweet dog and will be a great pleasure once we get these few things under control, but nothing seems to work. When I tell her no she barks and bites me. When I try to pick her up to remove her from the situation she barks and bites me. We call her crazy Daisy because she is so crazy. If anyone has any suggestions on how to stop the biting and dragging shoes behind the couch so we can't catch her it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Daisy's mom

Oye! I think we have clones! My Daisy is also very sweet, but toooo hyper, to the point where she gets a little annoying and nasty. When I tell her No Biting, or Drop it, or simply No she barks at my as if I've annoyed her!!! Lately I try to watch my tone and my level of anxiety before correcting her...Even a vet told me my dog was Untrained and too dominant...ugh...I know I should be more stern, but its like...i didnt get a dog to be stern with her!? I dont spoil her, but is it so wrong to just let them live...with some boundaries...

[Pam Campbell]

Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma

When he starts to bite I usually grab a toy and give it to him to bite it. I think it's a puppy thing, but I would give him a toy each time to show him when he bites he should bite his toy not you. Good luck

This is what I do...

[Samarina]

Any tips on teaching my baby to stop biting. Its never in an aggressive way,but its all the time. He is very energetic and is always playful. But he bites hard, and its during play, relaxation, cuddles and well all the time. He has even bitten on the face, nose ears, chin. You cant even pet him with out the bites. I have tried all differant things. Taps on the nose, while saying no bites, holding his bottom jaw just enough to be uncomfortable, also folding my arms and ignoring him. He is 12 weeks old and I have had him for almost a month. We tried to kick the biting to a curb from day 1. He just doesn't seem to get it

[Rhetts_mama]

Originally Posted by Samarina

Any tips on teaching my baby to stop biting. Its never in an aggressive way,but its all the time. He is very energetic and is always playful. But he bites hard, and its during play, relaxation, cuddles and well all the time. He has even bitten on the face, nose ears, chin. You cant even pet him with out the bites. I have tried all differant things. Taps on the nose, while saying no bites, holding his bottom jaw just enough to be uncomfortable, also folding my arms and ignoring him. He is 12 weeks old and I have had him for almost a month. We tried to kick the biting to a curb from day 1. He just doesn't seem to get it

You got him at 8 weeks, that's a huge part of the problem. Yorkies do best when they stay with their mothers and litter mates for at least 12 weeks to learn socialization skills and bite inhibition. Since you got him so young, it's up to you to do the teaching.

Do NOT use physical punishment to teach him not to bite. It doesn't work, as you have already found out. It just encourages aggression. You need to be consistent in your methods. Either immediately stop what ever you are doing and put him in a very short 2-3 minute time out or immediately redirect biting on to something appropriate such as a toy. Good luck.