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12-10-2012, 03:05 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK
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| Yorkies in the Park My Yorkie Puppy has shown himself to be attractive to larger dogs that like to tread on him and bite him. Despite this he's still quite friendly to other dogs. I have him under control so that he won't run off to other dogs and will wait for me to introduce him but he's still very excitable so I am not sure I could hold him all the time (without a leash), if I start refusing all his play then he'd probably forget this behaviour. I'm not sure what to do and it's keeping me awake at night. When we go to the park I can leash him but that doesn't really stop the other dogs from running up to him and when he is on lead he has even less ability to get away under his own steam. I don't really want him to have a life of always being on leash or never meeting other dogs. but where else can he run and explore other than the park? Even when introduced to "Friendly" dogs the play can degenerate - staffies are popular here and whilst they are nice enough dogs ordinarily they do seem to think my little yorkie is more prey than playmate. Any advice? |
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12-10-2012, 03:25 AM | #2 |
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| I would not take him there again to be bitten, eventually they will kill him
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12-10-2012, 05:10 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK
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| Ironically it is in his puppy class where he's been nibbled. so if the park is out where can he run free? This is more of a UK specific question as our access to open space is different to the US. |
12-18-2012, 05:31 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Burnham on Crouch
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| My yorkie was attacked not long ago by a border terrier. Since then he's been afraid of most dogs (slowly getting better but it has taken months), and will run in the other direction if he sees one he doesnt like the look of, miles away, or just screams if he is on lead and they fly up to us. Don't let bad experiences like yours lessen your dogs confidence. Whilst I would normally insist that you continued to socialize with all breeds, everywhere you can to keep your dogs confidence and social skills where they should be, yorkies are obviously often a lot more fragile than many other breeds and dont tolerate being bounced on / rolled over etc by others. Sadly due to their size lots of dogs won't even take warning growls, snaps etc seriously, if given. It does depend where in the UK you live. I am fortunate that if I want to avoid parks, there are places I can drive or walk to. Sea walls, farmers fields, woodlands, places like this - you will often see SOME dogs there, but it isn't as busy as a park. I often find where I walk my dog if I want to avoid others is also the same with other owners - they too want to keep to themselves, and often their dogs arent too good with others so they get them under control and you can pass and carry on with your business. I also find if another dog is too much, then the only thing to do is pick mine up out of the way. This is against protocol, but i don't care - i will do what it takes to keep my dog out of harms way. Obviously you dont want to instill a fear in to your dog about other dogs approaching, so you don't do it with every dog you see, but any you feel are not respecting the space, size, and fragileness of your dog. |
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