will he stop biting?

heem_infinite

I finally picked up my 8 week old puppy Kiyoshi on saturday. We introduced him to our 3.5 yr old yorkipoo. its been going decent. he wants to play with her i can tell but she doesn't know how to react to him because he keeps making screetching and howling sounds. My yorkipoo thinks he's crazy. he tries to bite everything too. i bought him about 5 different toys to play with. he'll play with them for a minute then try to bite the couch or the carpet. i can't have that. he likes to bite me too, his teeth are too sharp. i yell ouch and he'll keep going. i sprayed bitter apple on the bed sheets because he was going after them and that worked. am i going to have to spray the whole house? he was even trying to bite the bricks in the fireplace. any suggestions on stopping this and how long will it last? would putting him in his crate more be mean?

ivanmeza03

my advice, just shout a strong NO! and move his head away from whatever his biting. stick with that and be patient that worked with Kiba

Taaars

Ahhh...your not going to like my response, Im afraid to say that bitter does not work well on shibas, mine ignored it. My young shibas bit through EVERYTHING...holes in carpet...torn shoes, they ate the sides of wood furniture....ate our leather couches (we had to toss them away...the couches, not the shibas) they even Dug holes into our drywalls!. You can try chew toys, but shibas have powerful jaws and a short attention span with objects...they may like it for a bit..but they will find something more interesting soon enough. The best thing to do is keep them away from wood, leather, cloth, rubber.....walls, hehe. The good news is once they grow in their permanent teeth they do stop chewing on everything, my shibas dont chew on anything more theri than their toys now. As far as bitting you...when he bites you give out a loud "yelp" type sound like a dog....this will alert him that he hurt you...also immediately ignore him, as if you are upset, repeat as necessary, he will catch on that bitting you hurts and try to go softer, but pup teeth are needles...so it may hurt not matter what.

Good luck

Romi

If you are having lots of issues with chewing as Taaars mentioned with his Shibas - I would highly recommend using a crate when you cannot supervise him. This keeps your personals safe as well as him. It's also great to crate train anways. If he starts chewing on your personals when you are around, say "no" and re-direct him to a toy or something he IS allowed to chew on and praise him for it. As for biting you - it will take time for him to learn not to bite you - but he is a puppy - so it's expected....it will take some patience and consistency before he gets it. Just make a loud noise and turn away from him and give him no attention. If he keeps doing it, do not give him ANY attention - keep your ground and ignore him, don't even touch him to move him away, just stay still and turn your head away. (he will get bored once you stop giving him attention after his attempts of getting it). Once he stops - call his name and praise him like crazy. Then he'll realize that when he isn't biting, he gets love and when he does bite, he gets ignored.

Hope that helps!

Sangmort

I'm not as concerned about him biting objects, this is normal puppy behavior...but how does he go about biting you? Is it during a certain kind of play? Does he bite his big sister? ~

heem_infinite

he bites me when he gets tired of what he's playing with and sees my toe, finger, knee, pants, shirt or whatever else that's attached to me. its a playful bite but it isn't very pleasant. how long until his adult teeth come in? he bit at his big sister once, his tail was wagging as was hers but i think it hurt her and she snapped at him and tensed up. after that, she didn't want him around her. last night and this morning they sniffed eachother a lot and she let him follow her everywhere until he tried to eat some of her food and go into her carrying case (which she loves to sleep in). she went for him with terror and might have nipped him a bit. he hasn't tried to go in there again. i think they just need to get used to eachother.

Sangmort

Ok, I thought it might have been the case where he didn't learn Bite Inhibition...

She's just putting him in his place & teaching him good manners Unless it's serious, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just as long as they're supervised. ~

LoveMyMylie

Ok, I went to hell and back with my shiba inu's biting issues. She's six months old and we're still working on it but just recently started making great progress. We did the normal, yelping when she bit, as a pup. She'd realize she hurt us and immediately become cuddly and start liking where she had bitten as if being apologetic. Around 4 months old this faded away, she didn't bite hard, or even enough to hardly feel it, but she'd walk up to us and gently bite for attention. She'd occasionally try to pull us in the direction she wanted us to go in, towards he leash, her food dish, her treats cupboard; so we started firmly telling her "no." It's so frustrating trying to teach her that she can't bite, even a friendly bite may get us in trouble with a stranger, but we kept in mind that this is how she interacts with us, the poor little furball has no hands and can't tell us what she wants, she rarely barks, so the gentle biting was her way of telling us. She has given up on this thankfully and only does it in very rare instances, she's learned to become more vocal and when she wants our attention she barks at us until we follow her to what she wants. Sometimes it's something as simple as, "Hey mom! open the french doors so I can sit here and watch the birds outside!" She does however get a bit rough during playtime, which we allow, it's just some gentle mouthing and she's 1000x's easier on myself than my fiance. She finally understands that when playtime is over, the biting stops too. I feel that's she's still learning her boundaries & a lot of time and patience is needed. She's come a VERY long way, 3 months ago we couldn't even pet her with being bit, she hates to be pet, but now tolerates it with this annoyed look on her face! She does realize that if she does something for us that use to include biting, and she refrains, she gets a yummy treat, that approach has helped significantly.

LoveMyMylie

As far as biting and chewing objects goes, SUPERVISION is the only thing that works with a Shiba, I highly recommend a crate if you can't keep your eye on the pup. My approach with Mylie, has always been to shout "no" and run towards her and whatever she was biting, she'd become scared and run away, now we're down to just shouting "no" and she listens.

tobyshiba

The best thing you can do, is to try your hardest to get through these times, and discourage biting. Redirect to other objects. It won't be long before puppy stops most of the biting. Toby is pretty well behaved now, hes almost 9 months old and has stopped the nipping of hands. He still likes chewing on the wood furniture, though. Not sure why. I think I have a Shibabeaver!