need advice asap plz

**roxanne22** · 26-02-2007 16:22

we got a new puppy a couple of weeks ago its a maltease ****zu its really cute but everytime my daugther walks around it yanks at her and starts getting rough on her and i dont know how to stop em plz help

**IheartOman** · 26-02-2007 16:28

owwww, do you have any pics? I got one a few months ago and I LOVE LOVE LOVE him.

Coco (my puppy) does the same thing to our cat. It is an attention thing. I don't have any specific tricks that I know to stop him except telling him sternly "no" and then when he stops giving him love

It is one of those things you do just have to ride out though because he is so young and doesn't understand just yet. Like anything, positive reinforcement will eventually get through to him

**brooke** · 26-02-2007 16:35

we have a maltese x ****zu as well.... they eventually grow out of it but the best thing to do is when the puppy starts to yank on your dd to gentally pull the puppy away and destract it..... we found our dog was like that for approx 12mth.
they are such beautiful loving dogs... our doggy "mr leo" looks like a bear now! and our dd loves him!

**IheartOman** · 26-02-2007 16:37

Originally Posted by brooke

we have a maltese x ****zu as well.... they eventually grow out of it but the best thing to do is when the puppy starts to yank on your dd to gentally pull the puppy away and destract it..... we found our dog was like that for approx 12mth.
they are such beautiful loving dogs... our doggy "mr leo" looks like a bear now! and our dd loves him!

PICS PEOPLE! PICS! I love my maltese x shih tzu and I think he looks like a bear now and he is only 3 months old

**IheartOman** · 26-02-2007 16:38

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**brooke** · 26-02-2007 16:48

here is a pic.. its a little old we havent taken many since our Princess was born.. she is more the show stealer these days!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...urplace112.jpg

**prideNJoy** · 26-02-2007 17:37

Unfortunately the only thing you can do is teach your daughter to very sternly tell the dog 'no'

and then replace it with one of pups toys. It's a pecking order thing, they do it with young children because they see them as one of their own. Pup will grow out of it but you need to make sure he/she knows that there at the bottom of the pecking order.

Mel

**roxanne22** · 26-02-2007 18:37

thanks everybody for your quick responces she is so cute

**lovingmotheract** · 26-02-2007 18:48

i say have a spray bottle of water with you and when you see him/her going to yanks at her and starts getting rough then spray the dog the dog will stop it then.

good luck.

**Fizzgig** · 26-02-2007 20:12

Unfortunately children & puppies don't mix. Your pup sees your DD as a playmate and always will. The high pitch squeeling that kids normally do just make things worse also as it excites the pup.

Kids don't have an authoritive tone to reprimand appropriately and they do not have much of a size advantage (even over a Maltese Shih Tzu).

Supervise at all times, try not to dress your DD in flowy dresses that will entice the pup the jump, try to teach DD not to run away from the pup as the pup will instinctively chase.

You will have more luck if you teach your daughter to give the pup a command, not a reprimand. Try this exercise:
Show the pup you have a piece of food with a flat palm. When you have the pups attention close up your hand. He/she will try to get the food by licking & biting. As he is trying to get the food say 'OFF' in a stern tone. When he backs off & sits (you may have to say off a number of times at the start) open your palm & give him the food with plenty of 'good boys'. Repeat..

This exercise teaches pups that OFF means back off. When you have mastered it get DD to do it. When DD has mastered it, take it into the back yard & when the pup jumps up at her & nips say "OFF" & when he backs off get DD to reward with a treat. Pup will soon learn that it's more fun not to jump up & nip because I get a treat when I don't!

Best of luck..