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Old 10-22-2008, 10:25 AM   #1
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Question Does your yorkie play on their own?

Is it normal for dogs not to play with toys by themselves? Rocy always wants us to play with her, and she will bark for attention until we get off the couch and play with her. Sometimes we just don't have time to play with her when she wants. We'll give her a new toy which she'll play with for about 10 mins, and then never again unless we're throwing it or tugging it. When we leave her home alone I'm sure she's going to get bored because she won't play with her toys on her own. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do?
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Yorkies are demanding little creatures aren't they?
They want what they want. It's more fun to play with
mommy and daddy then to play alone. I think that may
come with maturity. Buddy plays for a few mintues from time
to time on his own by throwing the ball up in the air and catching
it then doing it again. He likes to chew on his chew bone alone also but relies on me most of the time to play with him.
I have read that those with two or more Yorkies find they play with
each other leaving the adults alone most of the time.
Yours may still be too small yet to occupy itself.
Their so full of energy as puppies they need ways to burn it off.
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Old 10-22-2008, 10:50 AM   #3
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Tricksie only plays with toys if we play too. If you ignore her she will just throw them at you.
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Old 10-22-2008, 10:56 AM   #4
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Hmmmm.....mine does prefer playing with us (tugging and fetching mostly), but she has always played on her own pretty well. She used to get a toy, run laps around the living room with it in her mouth, growling at it the whole time, and stopping every now and then to shake it! She also has very small mice (they're cat toys) that have a tail and very short "fur" but I can feel the hard plastic underneath, and they rattle. She loves to shake those and toss them in the air. (That's the only kind I suggest getting, because others she stole from my cats that didn't rattle, she could chew through and some sort of strange white powder got all over. The kind that rattle, though, don't do that. The ones I have I got from Petsmart in the cat section ages ago, but I think they still have them---I got some that were animal prints in one pkg. and some that were Barbie pink mice in another pkg.)

More often than not now, if we're busy, she just gets a toy and chews on it at our feet or in our lap. Again, she'd prefer we were playing with her, but she settles for playing right next to us. And, she barks and growls at me occasionally if she doesn't get her way! I tried totally ignoring her, making no sound at all and not even looking in her direction--that didn't work very well. I have heard that if you yell for them to stop, you are basically letting them know it's okay to "yell" and they keep on. So, what I do now when she gets sassy is to say "Shhhhh!" or "Hush!" pretty quietly. Sometimes, when she keeps on (this is usually the growling, not the barking) I say "Eh!" (whatever that noise is?!) Anyway, saying "Shhh" and "Hush" usually works after I've said it a few times. That's the exact same "psychology" teachers use on noisy children.....if you start speaking very quietly, they will almost always quiet down so they'll be able to hear what you are saying. I even sometimes whisper Bella's commands ("Sit" and "Stay")....she has incredible hearing, so there is no reason to yell! (Honestly, if she does something wrong, the volume of my "No Ma'am!"s and "Bad Dog!"s are really more for me than for her! )

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Old 10-22-2008, 11:03 AM   #5
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Mine will play for a short bit by themselves but mainly play with one of us
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Hmmmm.....mine does prefer playing with us (tugging and fetching mostly), but she has always played on her own pretty well. She used to get a toy, run laps around the living room with it in her mouth, growling at it the whole time, and stopping every now and then to shake it!
Gracie Ruth does this too. She'll grab a toy and run around the room with it, she'll throw it up in the air and then pounce on it all the while giving it a vicious tongue lashing as though it did something bad in fly up into the air. I watch her play and am just amazed at people who say they don't have imaginations. She certainly does, she has a whole story going on in her head when she plays by herself.

Of course, play with Momma, Daddy or Boo is always her first choice, but she does play by herself.
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My boys will play with toys on their own....or tease each other with toys.

For her amusement...Ramsey mostly likes to boss the boys around.
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For her amusement...Ramsey mostly likes to boss the boys around.
Wow the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Jamie will play by himself as a last resort. This is only after his endless barking has not yielded a response from me or my roommate. That's actually one of the main perks of us getting another yorkie soon. We're hoping that it'll give Jamie a new playmate so we can watch 1 hr of General Hospital each night in peace.
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Wow the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Jamie will play by himself as a last resort. This is only after his endless barking has not yielded a response from me or my roommate. That's actually one of the main perks of us getting another yorkie soon. We're hoping that it'll give Jamie a new playmate so we can watch 1 hr of General Hospital each night in peace.
Well let me tell ya...owning more than one does not mean doing anything in PEACE. The last thing it is at my house...is quiet.
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Not my fiona...she is ms. independant!

it sorta worries me how she likes to be alone!
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Pixie DEMANDS that we play with her..she's pretty hard to ignore! she does sometimes pick a toy from her toy box and play with it by herself but she will usually end up bringing it to us and taunting us with it till we give in..lol..
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i also wondered about this because Tyke demands alot of attention and I wondered if it helped getting another yorkie, but i guess i just have to stop and play sometimes. i thought it was just the puppy in him, but i guess some of them want to play alot into adulthood. hmmmm
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Cassi is almost 10 months old and loves to play all the time. As soon as I look at her, she'll run and grab one of her toys to play fetch. If I just ignore her, she'll do this running jump where she plants all four paws on my leg and rebound from it. Ocassionally, she'll settle down and gnaw on her rope, but it never last that long before she's up and about doing something else.
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Mahina will play by herself when I just have no time to play with her. She'll knock over her bucket of toys and usually grabs her favorites (one being bigger than her) and take off running. She'll growl while running, shake it around, throw it on the floor and jump back and forth at it while barking. She even plays with my cat (running back and forth chasing eachother). I think it's hilarious.

I do always try to find at least 10-30minutes to play with her. Since she is a puppy thats all she needs to pass out. Haha. Like right now, I was playing fetch with her in the living room and now she's in her bed fast asleep.
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Cali will play by herself, Pixie has never shown much interest in toys ever, only to take them away from one of the others and then leave it. Roxie likes to play but Pixie and Roxie spend a lot of time chasing and fighting with each other. None of mine initiate play but Roxie will start to look for trouble iw beat up Cali, chew something and then I know it's time to get down and play. They do spend a lot of time everyday chewing on the hooves I get them.
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