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05-19-2009, 01:52 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia
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| My 2nd Pound Puppy I have two yorkies, one old and ready for his blanket 20/24 and another who acts like he's pumped up on caffeine or maybe crack. This last one is the one I'm writing about: he's a separation anxiety dog who shows signs of food aggressiveness. I can tell you: I do not have the personality to deal with this dog! He barks incessantly, whether at play or fighting. At first, his barks were so piercing that I my ears rang! They've stopped ringing when he barks but that's not a good sign, it just means that the nerves he stimulated with the high pitched noise are dead! Never to return, poor Callie's hearing. I have him trained with Mr. Can. A coke can with some pennies that I shake. He hates it! And he typically does shut up. But I feel guilty trying to get him to be quite much of the time, as he clearly enjoys an all thrusters romp in the back yard, or around the house. What do I do? I'm tearing my hair out. Callie PS, I've had him since September 08. I have a friend in a Yorkie rescue and she tells me, "Oh no, he's all yours," when I suggested she take him for a while to see if he behaved that way in her house! |
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05-21-2009, 07:12 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia
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| No one has any ideas on how to calm my Yorkie down? He's causing problems with his barking. My neighborhood is almost always quiet and I don't want the others to be any angrier with me than they already are. Several of them had been parking on my side lot when I moved in and felt they had a right to do so. I'm renting and it's in my lease that NO ONE CAN PARK THERE! So rather than be called in default of my lease I asked everyone not to park in that spot. Most of them did not take it well. So, I'm looking for good ways to get my baby not to bark. Ideas,anyone? Callie |
05-21-2009, 08:09 AM | #3 |
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| I think the barking needs to stop. You don't need it, the neighbors don't want it, and it isn't necessary for him to have fun. Keep at it with the can if it's working and don't stop until he's got the gist of it. |
05-21-2009, 08:36 AM | #4 |
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| Do you take him on walks or just let him out in the yard? If you do take him for walks how often and how long are the walks? It just sounds like he has built up energy that he hasn't been able to get out...additional exercise may help with his energy. There's also the fact that yorkies are notorious for being "yappy". It may just be part of his personality, but I'm sure theres ways to help. When he's barking make sure you dont pick him up. Some may think that will quiet their dog, but it's really just endorsing the behavior. Have you looked into working with a trainer? One on one training would probably work better than a group setting. I hope you find something that works for him!
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05-21-2009, 09:37 AM | #5 |
♥ Ella Belle ♥ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NM, United States
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| You gotta be consistent. Making him quiet down with the can just SOME of the time wont work. Do it consistently every single time he barks. Hope this helps
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05-21-2009, 09:38 AM | #6 |
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| You may feel bad constantly correcting him but it will be so worth it in the end!!!
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05-21-2009, 01:09 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia
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| I have thought about a trainer, but these are his issues: he's a separation anxiety dog, and he is food aggressive and sometimes snaps at people along with the barking. The snapping is enough to get him put down in Virginia! I can't believe they'd do that to this poor little guy, but he's not legally allowed to be adopted out by any rescue group if they notice that he snaps at people. I do not want to give him away, by any means, and I got him from the shelter with a case of kennel cough that kept him so sad and just laying there. MY guess is that's the only way he got out of being PTS! I am job hunting now, and cannot afford a trainer, so this is the only forum I have for ideas about barking. One question though: could constantly correcting him make him fearful? Could it add to his need to snap at people? If it's in anxiety? Or fear? Callie |
05-21-2009, 02:31 PM | #8 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Have you heard of "Nothing in Life in Free?" A lot of people have used it on here successfully, you can google it. It's basically exactly what it says: NOTHING comes free to him. Do you free feed? Usually, I would suggest free feeding but with a food agressive dog I would not. Make him SIT before every meal. Let him know that you own the food, not him. Put your hands all in his food before you give it to him so that you're scent is in it. You should be able to take that food bowl away from him easily without a fight. For example, make him sit, give him the food and if he doesn't eat it within 30 minutes, take it away. Put it back down an hour later. He will learn you have the power. Just continue practicing these little things. I would continue using the Coke can if it shuts him up. I know it's worked greatly for Jackson and he doesn't fear me in any way. He KNOWS when I want him to shut up. Barking at unknown things doesn't bother me (strangers, weird noises, etc) as LONG as when I tell him it's OK and to be quiet, he's quiet! So, if I were you and it's working so far.. I would definitely continue using the pennies in a can. Be consistant with it. Have a few cans laying around at easy reach. When I bring Jackson to my dad's house, my dad owns a Jack russell mix who is a huge barker and it makes me so proud when their dog just won't shut up but Jackson immediately comes over to me all quiet. So, I will give him a treat. Use his absolute favorite thing when he's quiet. He will learn eventually that is what you want him to do. You could also try a squirt bottle with water. I've used that whenever Jackson barks at the cats over at my dads house and he hates it so he stops. As for the seperation anxiety, let him know you're always going to come back, you're not leaving him. Start slow. Pick up your keys and your purse and maybe carry them around the house but don't leave. He probably picks up little things like that and knows you're going to leave. So let him know it's not a huge deal, and jut desensitise him to your keys, your purse, etc things you grab when you leave. Then walk out the door, come back 3 minutes later, walk out the door, come back 10 mins later, make it longer and longer and keep practicing. Does he stay in a crate or in a pen or a small room? He probably should be confined if he is chewing, or having accidents, but I dunno if he is or not. Also do not make it a big deal when you come home or leave. Literally no byes, no hi's, just walk out the door calmly as if it's no big deal. I agree with posters above... he needs at least an hours worth of walks a day on a leash. It really tires them out with new smells, etc. It just will tire him out. He sounds like a highly energic dog who needs rehabilition and I think you can do it Any other questions, just ask us here at YT!
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