|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
03-13-2008, 06:01 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| Work? I had to stop working recently because of an illness in the family. The illness in the family sucks but it has provided alot of time for me and Sophie to spend together. She just comes along with me I think when I return to work in the fall I'm only going to return part time to have more time with the kids and Sophie. Since I've been off her attitude has improved so much. She is sweeter and way more snuggly. I can't really explain the change but it is almost as if she feels like she fits in now. Have you noticed a change in your Yorkie's attitude when your schedule changes? |
Welcome Guest! | |
03-13-2008, 06:03 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dresher, PA
Posts: 2,779
| My boys seem to be more clingy if I have been home for a while and then am gone for a extended period of time, rather than if I was working a regular schedule.
__________________ Teapots = Happiness GraycieChipHarley Fakes Are Never In Fashion |
03-13-2008, 06:05 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: texas
Posts: 5,272
| Sounds like you and Sophie are enjoying your time together.
__________________ Decide To Make It A Good Day |
03-13-2008, 06:13 PM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
Posts: 4,068
| i stayed home for a year after a car accident. romeo became very clingy and had a rough time when i returned to work.
__________________ Bernadette & Romeo |
03-13-2008, 06:17 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| This going to sound really cheesy but I've come to really appreciate Sophie. (Queue the teasing husband...he calls me to crazy dog lady) I can talk to Sophie and she doesn't care what I'm saying, who I'm talking about or what my opinion is. At this point in time my dad is ill and sometimes I don't want to explain why I'm saying what I'm saying. When times are tough families can become challenging. Sophie can be challenging but she thinks I rock all the time. She never questions anything I do. |
03-13-2008, 06:19 PM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| |
03-13-2008, 06:23 PM | #7 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
Posts: 4,068
| he never got over it. i now have to bring him to my mom's house when i work so he'll be with someone.
__________________ Bernadette & Romeo |
03-13-2008, 06:24 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: new york
Posts: 597
| My monkey has been very angry... This whole year she will be home alone for a good chunk of the day. I am working over 50 hours a week and since I my x moved out she is either home alone or my parents pick her up occasionally and she spends the night at their house. I have def seen a change in her attitute. She knows that I am giving her extra attention and treats and that im feeling guilty and she knows exactly how to get what she wants! I cant wait to get through this year!!! and get back to more normalcy. |
03-13-2008, 07:06 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama, etc.
Posts: 9,031
| Absolutely!! I retired and stayed home 24/7 with Toto for about 2 1/2 years. This past August our broker talked me into coming back to Colorado to work on a project ... he promised "whatever it takes" to talk me into it! The nice offices he rented doesn't allow pets in the building! He thought it would be OK ... what a dork ... he should have asked and I thought he did!! Long story short ... we are going through "separation anxiety" and Toto is worse than me because she doesn't understand. I work more at my home office because, quite frankly, this job just isn't that important to me!
__________________ Toto's Mom - http://www.dogster.com/?206581 Yorkie Rescue Colorado - http://www.yorkierescuecolorado.com/ "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- Albert Einstein |
03-13-2008, 07:19 PM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| Thanks for sharing |
03-13-2008, 08:42 PM | #11 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 983
| I just recently started working from home Before I would do half a day at the office and half at home. I recently started working exclusively out of my home office and Tucker seems like he wants my attention to play every minute and doesn't understand that I have to actually work. It's like he thinks that if I am home I should be able to play with him, but that just isn't the reality of it. It's almost as if he is sadder now because he thinks I am ignoring him for no good reason. I don't know what to do.
__________________ April & Tucker |
03-14-2008, 05:18 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS
Posts: 3,289
| Ever thought of getting another Yorkie for the company of your little furbaby? There have been posts where a member has bought another doggie and it helped with seperation anxiety.
__________________ Joanne Eli ChipperEva Snowboy Rosie(R.I.P. 1996-July 29, 2013) Cocoa(R.I.P 1998-April 26, 2012): |
03-14-2008, 05:45 AM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| |
03-14-2008, 05:53 AM | #14 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida
Posts: 32
| Quote:
Dito! I have been off the past 2 days and Phoebe is sooo clingy. I love it. One problem though: I am having to do all my house work one handed
__________________ Phoebe Brooke | |
03-14-2008, 03:40 PM | #15 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 3
| Dear Sophie's Mom, Dogs are not just dogs they have a heart and they understand. When my daddy was ill and I had sat at the hospital for hours and hours I could come home and talk to my dog Dakota, it seamed as if he understood every word that I said. If I cried he licked my tears. He and I would get out and walk and talk for hours, no matter what time it was, he didn't care. My daddy passed away 6 years this June and it still seams like yesterday, Dakota will be dead 2 years April 30, 2008 I still miss him daily. Hope the best for your dad..... |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart