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So I have a 10 week old yorkshire terrier and it is the cutest thing ever. Except it tries to eat its own poop. And it barks like crazy. And it tries to rip up every cord he sees. So he no longer becomes cute, but damn annoying.
Any dog owners here with experience with young puppies? I have never had a puppy this age and don't know how to deal with the eating poop part. I googled but I'm getting inconclusive results. Some say to put meat tenderizer in their food to stink up their poop. I just want some advice from people with first hand experience in dealing with puppies and their annoying habits..
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Dogs like stinky things
to stop it pick up the poop when he does it and chastise him if u catch him eating it and the same with the other issues you need to give a puppy boundaries.
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it is trying to bite off my toes right now. i don't know wtf to do. if i take it off my bed, it barks like crazy. if i leave it on my bed, it tries to bite my toes or hands as i type this..
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think of it as a baby. A permanent baby. He's probably biting and barking because he wants to do something. He needs to exercise. I know it's late now, so play with him. But during the day you need do activities with him, so he gets tired and sleeps at night.
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On March 12 2011 16:09 IntoTheWow wrote: think of it as a baby. A permanent baby. He's probably biting and barking because he wants to do something. He needs to exercise. I know it's late now, so play with him. But during the day you need do activities with him, so he gets tired and sleeps at night.
it goes on walks daily though! puppies got too much energy.... maybe it'll slow down once it hits 6months or more.
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When I got my border terrier, I made this game where I would take one of her toys, hang it near the floor and make her chase me, then once she got it I would chase her to try and get it back (be careful of course). This wore her out pretty fast, and now four years later it is highly competitive (she takes secret routes around hallways and under tables, cuts me off, and does football running back twists and moves).
She never ate her own poo though.. Just catch your pup in the act while he is eating it and let him know it is unacceptable behavior (tap his side and strongly say NO or something similar, then pick him up and move him away from the fecal appetizers..)
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my brother brought a pitbull pup for us to take care of for a while, certain things you have to do imo. Be strict obviously, if you don't want it to eat their own crap etc you have to scare them from eating it(sounds sad but pretty true if your dogs dumb then good luck) about the biting, its becasue its teething, get it dental rope or a chew toy and it shoudl be fine, play with it alot so it burns energy and sleeps..
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i've got a chew toy but it loses interest in it so quickly.. it literally pulled out all my old stuff from my closet and started shredding papers to pieces. it would probably chew my toes off if i let it...
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you gotta be hard when it's still young. yell, tap him in the nose with rolled paper, anything.
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same problem with my friends dog when it was a puppy ecept for eating the poop part. He didnt know what to do either till he got a him a bone and other toys to chew but i would recommend u still try to keep him away from something that can shock him if he chews on it. and for barking not much you can do ecept play with him because when u try to punish it barking it will keep barking . when my friends see the dog doing something wrong he would slap it on the ass and say no to whatever the puppy was in the process of doing like eating poop o.o;.
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On March 12 2011 16:48 CanucksJC wrote: you gotta be hard when it's still young. yell, tap him in the nose with rolled paper, anything.
Yeah man, grow some balls. Beat that dog up. Be the dominant one.
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That last post is probably the best. I have a two dogs a German Shepard and a Cane Corso Pitbull
Two amazing animals All dogs need boundaries and you might think your being cruel by slapping it on the ass or hitting its side but the thing it the dog will only resent you if you do it for no reason if it does an action that warrants the discipline then they learn not to do that action
For the shepard he used to eat his crap he grew out of it he also got yelled at alot the pitbull never ate his shit but he loved to roll in other animals shit we just spray him with the hose and he hates that so he stopped doing it.
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My tip is to never let your dog be unattended with access to poop or wires and to always correct when the dog goes for those things or at the very least stop the dog from going over to them. Get a crate if you can't take it with you everywhere. Always keep the dog on a leash when on walks if you don't already do that. Exercise the dog enough. Do things that the dog enjoys like playing or teaching it tricks so it knows there are other fun things to do in the world. Because it is a Yorkshire Terrier, you may just have to live with the annoying barking. If you plan to train that out of it, you should do it now.
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Play w/ him, let him play w/ other dogs, maybe there's a park in your area? Sometimes dog owners meet there to let their dogs play.
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My roommate just got an awesome boxer pup about 3 months ago. She really has been a joy, so much fun! I love dogs, and puppies are even better. Buuuuuut. . .
Roommates 1 and 2 have been exceedingly soft on her 'activities' which include past times such as: pooping and peeing in the house(even with the door to the backyard wide open!), chewing through lamp wires, eating shoes, eating garbage, you get the idea. Fact is, I've even caught them petting and 'baby-talking' the puppy right after cleaning her poo off the floor! This won't do, and it certainly won't train a dog to go outside for business.
Fact is, yelling at the dog once you find it's 'presents' in the house won't help either. If it's after the incident, the dog wont have any idea why it's being scolded and may begin to attribute being called over to you with punishment.
You have to actually CATCH the dog in the act and scold it at that moment for it to know what exactly it's being punished for. I imagine similar measures go for a dog that is eating its dumps too. You gotta be hard on the pup.
For example. 3 weeks ago I moved in with my two friends listed as Roomies 1&2 above. For the first couple days, this dog would go in the house for me to find later. Since I figured out she tries to do this out of human sight, I'd just keep my eye on her at all times (annoying to have to babysit so closely, but it is a baby after all I guess). Anyway, I caught her in the act a couple times, scolded her sternly and put her outside as punishment. Since my first week here, she has since stopped going to the bathroom in the house when I am at home. However, she will still do it when I'm gone but another roommate is home. I attribute this to them essentially rewarding her bad behavior previously. She either thinks it's something they'll praise her for, or she just knows she can get away with it around them.
More related to your problem though, is her most recent hobby: Going out into the yard, finding a log she laid previously and then bringing it back into the house! Ugh, it's not quite eating, but its still disgusting. I'm dealing with it similar to the pooping in the house ordeal. Whenever she even sniffs near her chocolate children I clap my hands once loudly and yell at her to stop. She's learning quickly. Perhaps you can try a similar method, OP.
Oh yeah, I also play with her for long periods of time every evening after work. So much fun, and shes super energetic. After a lengthy play session she's tired as hell, and curls up to relax. She's so much more well behaved after roughhousing, fetch, tug, whatever it's like a different dog lol.
Long post for something very simple to say. Sorry, guess I'm just very talkative tonight haha.
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On March 12 2011 16:09 IntoTheWow wrote: think of it as a baby. A permanent baby. He's probably biting and barking because he wants to do something. He needs to exercise. I know it's late now, so play with him. But during the day you need do activities with him, so he gets tired and sleeps at night.
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The behaviors you've described (aside from the poo eating, which is just one of the nasty things that dogs do) sound to me like they're resulting from too little exercise. Write this down on your soul:
Tired dogs have happy owners.
If you have a small, energetic dog, you're probably looking at an hour and a half per day minimum. That might sound like a big figure to you. To a lot of people it is. But I guarantee you that if you hit that amount of good, solid playtime per day for a week or so, you'll see a much more composed and docile dog. If you want some ideas on how to hit that, here they are:
1) walks: Old faithful. I would recommend two forty-five minute walks rather than one hour and a half chunk. The upside is that this is a low-tech and simple solution. The downside is that it can get boring as hell if you're doing fourteen walks a week.
2) dog parks: If you have a dog park nearby, become a regular there. Honestly, I think that dog parks are fucking wonderful. There are two huge draws to them. One is that other dogs will play with your dog, and you're free to be as involved or uninvolved as you want. Two is that the constant influx of new dogs and people that your dog will meet at the park will help to socialize and calm your dog a great deal. The only downsides to the dog park are that you might have to drive to get there and that you do have to keep an eye out for the occasional aggressive dog (when you first start going, though, you're liable to interpret playing as fighting. Dogs can be rough as shit with each other and still be having a good time. Watch for hackles and tucked tails, and listen for yelps. That's when you need to step in. Otherwise chances are they're just wrestling, which is great for tiring a dog out).
3) in house obstacle courses: I had to invent this for my first dog because I live in an apartment and he was high energy as hell. You can get imaginative. My most basic design just involved putting chairs down in the hallway so that he had to jump over them to fetch the ball. It tired him out much more than just running back and forth down the hall. But I've made ramps and tunnels and walls and all sorts of nonsense just to make sure he has to actually work for the ball. Kind of a pain in the ass to set-up/clean-up, but the effort has saved me a lot of dog annoyance on rainy days.
The way I see it, you can view getting your dog some exercise as a chore, in which case shooting for an hour and a half a day really sucks. Or you can view it as the reason you got the dog in the first place, a little bit of daily companionship, in which case I think it's pretty enjoyable and even kind of relaxing. But the bottom line is that frequent exercise takes care of about 70-80% of behavior problems right off the bat, at least in the case of a young dog that's got a lot of energy to spare.
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thanks guys for all the advice. i guess since my sister is the sole caretaker of the puppy, i'll have to relay all these to her. in the meantime, i'm getting the "raising the perfect puppy" by cesar millan. that man knows his shit about dogs. hopefully, it'll help with everything.
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You should watch the Dog Whisperer, or something. My mom watched that and her dog doesn't even bark.
Edit: Haha oh ok you're getting the book. Well good.
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OMG my dog use to eat it's own poop too. Drives you nuts! And I think Yorkies are kind of known for barking a lot.
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