a few issues..

[jscrevsadie]

Ok, so our sweet Revvy is now about 13 weeks. Full of energy and when not playing is sweet as can be. However, when he plays he wants to bite. My husband and I have tried "yelping" in a high pitch, we have also tried saying ouch in a high pitch as well. We have tried ignoring him and also tried giving him a firm no. Lastly, we've tried to hand him a toy when he starts biting us. None of these seem to work with this pup. He is so stubborn and just keeps at it. As of now, it hurts because those puppy teeth are extremely sharp, but I'm more worried about when he grows up and those jaws get stronger. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to correct this?
Secondly, he seems to have severe separation anxiety. If we leave for even 10 minutes, he has ripped up his puppy pad in his crate and his howling and crying. We put him in his crate because he is still potty training, however we have even put him in a bathroom with the crate door open, so he doesn't feel so caged in. Nope, doesn't work. He seems to like his crate okay when we are home. If my husband and I are gone for an hour or longer, it seems like Revvy is angry with us and will wake us up every hour at night, even if he doesn't have to potty. When we leave we have tried putting a radio near the crate, we've tried putting old shirts of ours in the crate, and we leave a Kong for him to chew on. Nothing seems to work.
Lastly, he no longer poops in his crate at night, he knows to wake us up. But for some reason he won't let us know he has to pee until AFTER he has done so. And when we let him for 15-30 minutes sometimes he won't pee, but the second I put him in his crate and walk out of the room to shower in the morning he pees. Any suggestions?

 

[CrazyCharlie]

Sounds like you have a lot going on over there! Just remember Revvy is still just a baby, so while things may be annoying, he is still learning

For the biting, maybe try putting lemon or something bitter on your hands. He wont like the taste (usually, charlie likes lemon so... yeah) That might help.

Does he have any hard bones to chew on? He is teething and his little sharp evil puppy teeth hurt him so the presure feels good on them. Sadly sometimes its our skin :( Soft toys don't really provide the relief they are looking for.


As for the peeing, how often are you taking him out? Is he just running free or is he on a leash? Do you keep water in his crate with him? I don't know what your puppy experience is but he should be going out at least every hour if not more often.

 

[Toffee]

I'm trying to break Toffee of play biting as well, because she's older and can get pretty rough. When she opens her mouth to bite, I grab her mouth shut with both hands while firmly saying "No! No bite! Bad!". When she calms down, I let go of her mouth. I've been doing it for two days so far and she hasn't attempted play biting anymore.
I'm in the same boat as you with separation anxiety. I'm trying leaving her and going to another part of the house where she can't follow for several minutes throughout the day and building on that.

 

[LuvMyMonster]

I'm going through the same issues with the separation anxiety with Our girl, Slick. She loves her kennel however, so putting her in there is not a problem and she will jsut sleep, but she knows as soon as the thought comes up that we have to leave and she starts getting worried and follows us and looks like we are going to leave her forever. If we leave her outside, on nice days of course, she will dig or tear up anything she can other than her toys. We even tried a doggy door so she can come and go and she just destroys the house. I'm at a loss of what to do myself.
As for the biting, Slick plays kind of rough sometimes and when she starts getting really rough and play biting, we just stop and dont interact with her and look away and make the "shhhh" sound which calms her. When she calms we praise her and ask for kisses and that seems to work for us.