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Puppy troubles
Hello i have a 11 week old Toy Fox Terrior we got her about 2 weeks ago. I'm having troubles with her biting and eating her own feces. I've looked online at ways to teach your dog not to bite and it seems like ive tried it all. The first couple times she started biting i yelped like a dog and that seemed to startle her now i do it and it doesnt even phase her. I tell her no firmly and she does it anyways. I put her in her kennel then she calms down and is up to it again. I dont expect her to listen to everything i say i know shes a puppy. But any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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use a spray bottle every time she does any thing you disaprove of give her a little squirt of water. soon she will learn that she will be sprayed and will stop doing what ever it is that she shouldnt be. good luck
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Just because she's a puppy doesn't mean she can't behave herself! Ours (a schnauzer-Westie cross) was trained out of biting within a couple of days.
The most important thing to remember is to be consistent. Don't scold your puppy one moment and then play with her the next - that'll just confuse her. With our dog, when he bit us we would say "Ouch!" and look sad, and then put him down and ignore him for a few minutes. That way he learned that he can't bite, because it means he won't get love and cuddles.
As for poop-eating, that's a normal puppy thing that most of them grow out of. Your best bet is to pick up each poop as they come. You might also want to teach her a "leave it" command. I did this by putting my pup on a leash, putting a cookie on the ground and whenever he went to go get it, sniff at it or look at it, I would say "Leave it" and pull his leash so he was looking away. That way you can keep her from eating all those other fascinating things she'll come across when you get her out for walks.
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My teacher once had this problem. She would put tabasco sauce or hot saunce on it so that it would burn teh dog's turn and she said it worked perfectly. So...if you havn't tried that you should :)
Best of luck!
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