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03-25-2008, 06:15 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| Terrible 2s?? Hi, I have 2 Yorkies and they are 2 years old. Both boys! In the last couple months they have turned into little hellions!!! Eating my clothes and destroying them! Ive lost 2 pairs of pants, about 4 pairs uns and a pair of shorts in the last 2 - 3 weeks! They are peeing and pooping in the house ALL over the place again. Begging for food from the table while we are eating sooo bad. And the whining... not sure what to do about the whining! Somedays I have to put them in my room and shut the door on them, or lock myself into another room for a 1/2 hour or so just to get away. They whine NON-STOP! They want to picked up CONSTANTLY! I KNOW that putting them in another room is not the solution, even for short periods of time, but I need to do things myself and can't pick them up all the time. You guys Ive posted about this before and its getting worse! Im just complaining and venting I guess today. Ive gotten some great advice, but nothing seems to work. The only way I can get anything done is to somehow distract ONE of them and then I just have to deal with the other one. One of them is easily distracted, I just open the front door or put on the tv, he'll sit and watch either place for HOURS. Its adorable and sooo funny! But the other one wants his 'mommy' 24/7. Noone else can pick him up either. If my BF picks him up instead of me, he whines harder, and stares at me sooo longingly I feel like I am the worst owner ever. I feel like Ive created monsters. I take my boys with me all the time, but I also am a single 'mom' (only to them) and work full time and go to school part-time nights, and like to maintain somewhat of a social life. I am home just about every night after work with them and most of the weekend.... but one weekend night I'll go out and leave them home. Never overnight I literally have slept with them everynight since Ive gotten them. I really spoiled them when i had more free time and now Im paying the consequences of that. I cannot do anything at home anymore but give them my FULL undivided attention. Anyways... thanks for listening! Sorry so long. Im sad that they seem so unhappy and that Im so unhappy with them right now because of all this misbehaving! I know its a cry for attention
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03-25-2008, 06:30 AM | #2 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nj
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| Hi, They really are trying to tell you something. Something is there world has changed. What might seem insignificant to you is HUGE to them. I understand how frustrating it can be when they act nutso but it is soooo important that you remain cool and calm they feed off of us, they follow our lead. Do they get much excersise? They need a plan, just like you would structure a day for a kid (skin), and they need excersise both mental and physical. Walks are wonderful for the physical, as for the mental if you are feeding kibble I highly recomend the Amaze-A-Ball you place there meal inside the ball and they have to move the ball around to get the food out, it makes them work for there food I know sounds mean it is not after while they love it. Just image if you were them or any dog for that matter....you are in the house all day long, after a while you would get board and frustrated and what do you do with all of that energy? Hope this helps and I wish you luck with them. |
03-25-2008, 06:37 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| Thank you! Thank you! Im going to look into getting 2 of those amaze-a-ball things you mentioned. I take them up to my boyfriends house and they run around his yard for hours at a time. I know they gotta be bored, and taking them out at my place is not really an option and hasn't been all winter because there is just WAY too much snow! Its been a freezing and LONG winter! I know with spring here though they will get more exercise too. Im glad the warmer weather is around the corner! Yes, their world has changed a lot and I know that and I feel sooo bad for them. I know it must be a challenge for them. With me going back to school pt nights and a new boyfriend taking up some of my attention. I do understand this and try to make sure I always include them when I am home. My boyfriend also plays with them and cuddles with them when Im doing homework but they dont want him at all, they want me and me only. My boyfriend has 2 kids also who want to play with them but nope.... just me! I wish they were more entertained by other people! They are not always alone but sometimes its ME who can't give them attention but there are others around who want to give them attention at those times and they want nothing to do with them.
__________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz |
03-25-2008, 07:25 AM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nj
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| Try to get everyone involved. Let your boyfriend and his kids when they are around feed the pups, you feed them only when you are alone with the pups. This should help them relate to other people. As the weather is getting warmer let others hold the leash while you walk them. They might want you to start off walking them but somewhere mid walk causally hand off the leash. I know I am just as guilty with Milo in the winter, we get much more excersise in the summer. |
03-25-2008, 07:31 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern New York
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| I think exercise is the answer to their hyperactivity. If you could just schedule a good walk in the morning to burn off some of their energy, that might help. I know it's hard in the winter. Hopefully the snow will melt soon! I have two males also, and they need outdoor exercise. They get cabin fever if they're in the house more than two days and they start to act up. I've found walking knocks them out more than anything else.
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