Serena,
Thank you for your advice. I followed the advice of taking things out of her mouth waiting 20 seconds then giving it back to her, which worked fine and which were totally appropriate for her to play with. I got her to sit and then praised her for it. The problem is this, and it all happened today. Chloe, my older dog vomited and Polly, the westie, ran straight for her vomit. I picked her up, washed off the vomit and dried her with a paper towel. She went for the towel and wouldn't let go. When I finally got the towel, she growled, bit me and drew blood. She also urinated off the weewee pad, onto the ceramic tile. As I was cleaning it up, she bit me, left bite marks and a black and blue (I think she was playing). At one point, she was in my mother's room, chewing on a slipper. My mother took it away from her, growled, bit her and drew blood. I'm so concerned about this, because I don't remember my other two dogs as puppies being this aggressive. I understand that Westies have totally different personalities, but my concern is as she gets older, what's going to happen. I thought puppies are suppose to bring joy and laughter to a home, but she's beginning to scare me. When she tries to bite me, I imitate a growl and tell her "NO", and it works for a few minutes, but then she's back to old routine.
I'd like to briefly tell you how I got her. I've wanted a westie for a long time and one day, not too long ago, I was walking into a pet shop to buy dog food. There was this lovely couple, I thought, buying pet food and the woman was holding this cute wonderful little puppy. I asked her if it was a Westie and she said yes, she was the last of a litter of five and her name was "Lucky". She told me to hold her, as I did, and immediately fell in love with her. She was licking me all over the place. At first I said I couldn't take her, because I had two other dogs, but then as I was leaving, I asked for their phone number in case I had a change of heart. I knew I wanted her and called the next morning. It turned out that he gave me his work number and I was to meet them and her back at the pet shop the next day. Sounds a bit sketchy? I wanted to see the mother, but they wouldn't let me. they made some excuse. They wanted to sell her for $350. I normally would never pay for a dog, because I think they're just priceless. You could never pay enough for them with all the unconditional love and joy that they bring into your lives. I took my mother with me the next day to the pet shop and she fell in love with her as well. I wanted to see the pup walk and play with her a bit. she seemed fine. I asked her why she called the pup Lucky and she said no reason. Seemed like a great name. Asked her if she was the runt of the litter, she didn't understand what I meant. She definitely wasn't a breeder, as she said she was, because she would have understood what runt meant and she would have let me see the mother. She stated that pup was 10 weeks old and didn't have her shots because she was recently weaned off her mother. well, I thought that's pretty old to be weaned off the mother and her first shot should have taken place between 4-6 weeks old. They wouldn't accept a check. They wanted cash. I wanted the papers, at least, on the mother and father. They had a copy of the mother's papers. I said to myself, they must have stolen her or possibly selling it from a puppy mill. what would happen to this pup if I didn't take her. I thought the unimaginable, so I took her. I immediately took her to the vet. People at the office just fell in love with her and found her in a very good disposition for a Westie. She got her first shot without a fight, was very friendly to all and the vet said she was only 8 weeks old, which the couple had lied about.
I feel maybe she was weaned off her mother alot earlier and didn't get a chance to socialize with the other pups. I feel sorry for her and really want this to work out. I don't want to give up on her. I understand with Westies, they have a very strong bite and if this isn't corrected now, I don't know if I'll have a hand left or if I can have her play with children or adults for fear she may bite them. My younger dog who's 5 fights with her because the pup is always taking things away from her. My older dog is constantly putting her in her place. It seems like neither dogs like her. Please help, I don't want to lose her.