Puppy help.... please?

Question

I recently got a yorkie puppy (he is about four months now):

-he chews on all of our furniture

-pees and poops on our rugs and carpets

-cries when he goes in his play pen (which is his kennel basically- it has a little puppy bed, toys, food, and water), but it's only 2x4ft

-antagonizes our other two dogs all the time.

WHAT DO I DO!!

ps i already take him to puppy obedience school, but it's not improving him at all.

THANKS SO MUCH! i really would appreciate some help!

Answer 1

He's a puppy. Puppies do all those things, that's what they do. They chew, they p**p and pee everywhere, and they play roughly with other dogs.

Answer 2

You need to take control of your dog and it's your energy that is preventing you from doing that.  You are either letting him take over the house or you are a nervous person that is afraid to discipline your dog.  You need help from a dog whisperer or dog behaviourist to train YOU how to handle a dog.  I can't tell you how to do it cause it would take all night and I'd need to have you with me here to do it.  But you need to take control of the space you and the dog are in....it's YOUR house, not the dog's and YOUR food, not the dog's and YOUR rules not the dog's but you can't do it with hitting or yelling, you do it with discipline and control.

He also needs lots of exercise to burn off energy.  A tired dog is a good dog.  I just saw the part in your question that he is 4 mos old.  Nip it in the bud now or you'll have big problems later.

Answer 3

Be sure you spend time playing with your puppy.  He may be bored and doing distructive things because of boredom.  

Put puppy pads in one part of your home and make the puppy use the restroom there.  Also put a bell by the door and each time you take the puppy out to potty, make the puppy hit the bell with his/her paw.  This works!!!  So everytime they want to go outside, they'll get accustomed to hitting the bell.

Give him chew toys or little rawhide (be sure you are in the room when he chews on rawhide) to keep him busy.

When he portrays bad behavior, never hit, it will only make them aggressive.  Talk to him very sternly and say "No! Bad dog"  They will become familiar with that phrase and know when they are doing wrong.  Take your dog for walks to give it plenty of exercise so it won't be too hyper and destructive.

Good luck!  Puppies require lots of patience and training, so keep it up!

Answer 4

Sounds like regular puppy behaviour :P

Good call on the obedience classes.

Walk or play with your puppy as much as possible, really wear it out, so that it isn't so bored, and doesn't go looking for trouble!!

Take your puppy out 15ish mins after it eats, and make it stay out until it goes to the bathroom!! Also take it out about every 2 hours during the day too p**p. Avoid using 'pittle pads' in the house if you are trying to train it to go outside, that's just confusing!! If you are training with pads, make sure they are in the same place all the time, and make your puppy wait there too pee after it eats.

Maybe get some baby gates and contain your puppy to one area of the house until it is better house trained and supply lots of toys so it isn't so interested in chewing your furniture! Good Luck!!

Answer 5

Go to Doctors Foster & Smith online and you'll find lots of training products for a reasonable price. I used a spray that you put on the pee pads that attracted them to it, and it worked wonders for me. As far as teasing the other dogs, it's just a puppy and that's what puppies do. To get him to stop chewing on stuff try putting something that doesn't taste good on it,something bitter like lemon juice, and that might help. GOOD LUCK

Answer 6

This is what puppies do.  He is probably starting to teethe and that would be what the biting is from.  give him some hard things to chew on.  As far as the peeing and pooping in the house, w hat exactly are you doing to train the dog?

Answer 7

He is a puppy and little dogs are more likely to think they are the boss. Stick with obedience school, be firm at home, and make sure you spend half an hour a night reviewing what you did in class. He will learn and it just takes time. But just an FYI my husbands aunt has 3 yorkies and 2 of them never completely housebroke. They have at least one accident a week but they have super small blatters.