My name is Deborah, Pixi is my second B. She is a 14 months old Black and White petite. She is sweeter than honey but has her moments that are quite obnoxious. Wait, did I just tell a huge population of B owners that my sweet B is obnoxious? My husband did not want another B, we lost our last B at 17 to Lymphoma March 2012 he was so well behaved and had the freedom of the whole house, he had a charmed life, he did not want to push our luck. Pixi was stuck at a Pet store from the age of 2 months until I rescued her at 6 months. She was hard to house train but after 6 weeks successful almost completely. She was crated until she was 9 months and given the freedom of our family room and Kitchen, no destruction. She has a thing with biting socks with feet in them and pulling stuffing out of pillows and quilts and now the couch but only when we are home. Nipping relentlessly on extremities, nothing deters her. I have leash trained her, used bitter apple, used quit it spray, distract her with toys and it seems like she laughs at me and continues without fear in fact I think it is just all a big game to her. I walk her 30 minutes to an hour, play with her and cuddle with her. I have read with B's you should try not to react because they just get more excited. We have tried putting her on a leash, gently holding her down, lifting her off her feet but I think we failed at being her Alpha. I am hoping she will settle down.
I am going to admit I spoiled her by giving her so much freedom. I need to work on this before my husband wants to find her another home.
I don't want to give her up and know there is much room for progress but unsure what to do.
Thanks for listening,
Pixi's Mom