Chloe eats paper and tissue, fiance spanks her bum

[MollysMum54]

Originally Posted by sandyapk

Never never never spank a yorkie. They can get hurt too easily.

Replace fiance if he won't listen.

[chachi]

The problem with spanking is he could accidentally spank her too hard and hurt her. It will also make her fearful of him. I would explain that to him.

[AbbysMom08]

Sorry, don't know what I did with my original post.

My Abby is 7 months old and yep she does the same thing.
We have to try to make sure we don't leave any tissues laying around because she will tear them up.
Something else she does,,,,,if I leave my purse on the sofa or chair, she will get into it and pull out a piece of paper if she can find one. (My fault for leaving it where she can get to it)

[MollysMum54]

On a serious note...Molly will still chew up tissues now if i leave them about and she is 3 years old. She also chewed up my new work shoes. I think you have to live your life differently when you have a pup. Get into the habit of always picking thigs up and putting lids on things. The rubbish bin in my bedroom now lives on top of an ottoman, so molly cant reach it! You just have to change your way of life and move everything up higher...just like you do when you have a toddler in the house.

[ssarniak]

I would say that the spanking is probably making it worse and hindering the learning process.

I try to keep all that kind of stuff out of reach first off and if I do catch my pup getting into something, I get it out of his mouth and say no firmly. He still get's into stuff...but he's a puppy and that's what puppy's do. :-\

[luvfla]

Shoot Keegan is 7 & anyone who leaves a chapstick laying around...well they just lost it. He can smell them a MILE away!

OP...maybe you could get Matt a book, maybe one of Cesar Milan's. This is a totally new experience to him so a book would be really helpful to him. What do you think?

[lreed]

Originally Posted by MollysMum54

On a serious note...Molly will still chew up tissues now if i leave them about and she is 3 years old. She also chewed up my new work shoes. I think you have to live your life differently when you have a pup. Get into the habit of always picking thigs up and putting lids on things. The rubbish bin in my bedroom now lives on top of an ottoman, so molly cant reach it! You just have to change your way of life and move everything up higher...just like you do when you have a toddler in the house.

I totally agree...I used this rule of thumb raising my kids, my grandkids and my puppies/dogs. Teach right from wrong, but put temptation out of the way. For the Yorkies, everything up very high, covered trash cans, pee pads where ever I can put them. They're such tiny creatures....you have to be very careful and tolerant. My husband isn't very tolerant and occasionally yells at them, so now they automatically bark at him every time he gets up, or enters a room. And they go nuts if he picks up a newspaper or magazine.

[Luckys Momma]

Lucky is 1 yr old and still gets into stuff. For instance if I drop a dryer sheet after getting my clothes out he takes it and runs and shreds it. I try to keep everything put up but if he does get something I just say bad puppy and pick it up and throw it away. That hurts him worse than a spanking ever would. He doesnt want me to be mad at him. They are very curious and want to get into everything but thats just part of it. lol. I think the first key in training a Yorkie is teaching them no and the difference between bad puppy (no reward) and good puppy (treat and lots of praise) They really love to please. They are very smart.

[margaritaville]

If your puppy tears something up it's your fault! Once I realized that, there was no reason to get upset with the dog. This (see pix) is how I live. Friday I had to find a different bra than I planned to wear because he took my bra and ran with it and I didn;t have time to chase him.

[Luckys Momma]

Originally Posted by margaritaville

If your puppy tears something up it's your fault! Once I realized that, there was no reason to get upset with the dog. This (see pix) is how I live. Friday I had to find a different bra than I planned to wear because he took my bra and ran with it and I didn;t have time to chase him.

lol.... Thats so true. We should know better by now huh? They love getting what they should'nt and playing keep away!!!!

[Sweetlips6]

As much as we love our little angels, they are dogs at heart. And dogs love to chew and dig and destroy paper(and everything else lol). It is their nature.
My Bonnie loves to find something on the floor and take off with it. Even if we think things are picked up, their little noses and mouths are 1 inch off the floor, they can find the smallest things. Bonnie is going on 6 months and I have to watch her like a hawk. If I even have a paper towel, cleaning up something, she tries to eat it out of my hand. They just love paper. I hope she will out-grow it, or learn that it is bad behavior, but the urge will always be there, I think.
I was raised in a home where my mom got after our family dog with a rolled up newspaper and rubbed his nose in her potty accidents. That was acceptable at that time-it was common practice and how one person told the next person how to take care of training problems. Through education, I learned a different way of training. That is what your boyfriend needs, just educate him is the new more modern thinking on training.
I am sorry some on here were a little strong, or made you feel like you had to defend your boyfriend. There is a lot of abuse out in that big scary world, and they just wanted to warn you. I will probably get flamed for saying this, but some people will choose their pets over their human relationships. Good luck educating your BF to a more gentle form of training. On a lighter note, maybe you can give BF a "treat" when he uses the correct training methods. LOL

[ssarniak]

Originally Posted by margaritaville

If your puppy tears something up it's your fault! Once I realized that, there was no reason to get upset with the dog. This (see pix) is how I live. Friday I had to find a different bra than I planned to wear because he took my bra and ran with it and I didn;t have time to chase him.

lol is it wrong that I find that picture cute. :-P But I totally understand. The worst is when Danger will have something and he can move and maneuver under anything so he'll get under the dining room table and by the time I've finally caught him to scold him, he probably already forgot what he did wrong so it's pointless. :-P I try though.

[manolos mom]

Hitting will make your dog fearful. They are like toddlers, you have to puppy proof your home....

[Peek-A-Boo Momm]

My yorkie is 11 weeks old and he knows what the word NO means. I have never spanked him -- I don't spank my kids so why would I spank my baby. My mother in law has boston's and she spanks them and they are fearful of her. I don't want that from Alex. Just be calm and tell him NO. Good Luck

Hugs,

[nacke]

It is just like raising children, you both learn along the way. Though spanking a dog doesnt work the same way as spanking a child either. And it looks like you have both learned that here, through way too much criticism. Just pass that on to your fiance, and go from there

My toddler and pup will grab ANYTHING left on the floor. Paper, wrappers, anything, and try to stick in their little mouths! For me its constantly picking up paper that drops, and telling them no. (i sound like a broken record somedays!) Your pup is also probably teething.

Try to teach him the drop command, and praise him when he drops the paper or whatnot. It will take some time to learn, but its a way better option than replacing the fiance!