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Old 07-18-2011, 10:30 AM   #1
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Hello,

I have been reading yorkietalk for the past week, ever since my boyfriend and I brought home Goldie, a rescue dog who the vet thinks is about 5 years old. I have learned so much from reading these threads but now have tons of questions! I will try to keep my questions to a minimum to begin with, but we are feeling a bit overwhelmed!

First, some background: Goldie was found by animal control as a stray and a woman who fosters dogs offered to take her in until she could be adopted. Not sure how long she was with this woman (probably 1-2 months) and we're not sure exactly how long she was on the streets or what her history was before that. This is all to say that we know there will be certain challenges with her, likely having either been abused or neglected.

When either or both of us are home, she is pretty quiet (barks when she sees cars/people from the window) and loves to just cuddle with us and be scratched behind her ears. When one/both of us come in the front door she is SUPER excited, jumping and pawing at us. So, we are thrilled that in just one week she has bonded with us and feels comfortable with us.

Here's the thing--we think she is now SO comfortable with us that she is now testing the limits and also gets very anxious when we leave her by herself. For the past two nights she has barked incessantly when we went to bed. We always keep that door and the bathroom door closed and let her basically roam the apartment, other than having a babygate up to keep her out of our pantry. Well... last night she somehow managed to jump OVER the gate and we found her in the pantry. She did the same thing this afternoon when I was gone for 1-1 1/2 hours. She has never tried doing this when we are at home with her. Anyways, we're not sure how to handle disciplining her with things like this because we know we can't let her run the apartment, but at the same time we don't think she's over her past traumas (the way she reacts to people other than the two of us, as well as dogs, is indicative of this. But that's for another post!) so we don't want to be too harsh.

Anyways, sorry for the long, rambling post... I guess I'm just looking for some feedback from those of you have had similar problems, or from those of you who have also rescued a yorkie!

Thank you!!

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Old 07-18-2011, 02:03 PM   #2
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Welcome to YT! Hope you enjoy it here.

I don't really have any suggestions for you other than getting creative with better solution for the pantry. Maybe taller baby gate. Be sure to check out YT's General Training section. There may be some ideas there.

Does she understand any commands? Start teaching her some with praise and/or small treats. Squeaky toys worked real well with Roxy at side tracking her from trouble she was about to get into. Saying 'ah ah' & 'leave it' commands are good too.

Keep up with the questions & be open to suggestions & willing to learn. Good luck with your new one.
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Thanks for your reply! Re: the squeaky toys would you just leave them near where you didn't want Roxy to go and the noise would sort of scare her off?

Goldie doesn't know specific commands yet, but she definitely responds to our tone of voice or when we say "No." We are starting an obedience class with her soon so hopefully we can tackle the commands there!!
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I'd grab one of her many squeaky toys & squeak it to distract her attention to entice her into a play session or toss for fetch. It would draw her away from whatever she was getting into and trading it off with some fun. That way there was no real discipline involved. It's one of my ways of training her to leave things that weren't hers. Goldie may have a different kind of favorite toys that would works better for her, but squeaky toys were the best for Roxy. The squeak draws her attention immediately, then some play right after was a reward. In Roxy's world, if a toy doesn't squeak, it's not a toy. lol! She has a basket full of toys. The latex squeaky ones are her favorites. Does Goldie appear to know how to play? Some of the rescues I've read about don't know how to play, and need to learn how. I've not had that experience, so I can't advise you on that.

Classes should certainly help. Remember though that for classes to really work, you have to do the work between classes. The instructors just teach you how to work your dog.
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Thanks for the responses. RoxyLuv, I think you are right re: rescues not knowing how to play sometimes. Goldie needs to learn how to play and learn to have fun with toys. That's something else on our to-do list

Last night was much better though--she barked for maybe 3-4 minutes (which we painfully ignored) and then she just went to sleep and didn't make a peep (or try to jump over the babygate) for the whole night! Small victories...!
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Welcome to YT!! I also have a rescue and she still doesn't know how to play. But she loves walks! Have you tried walking her? (Please no collar just a harness) And I have another dog that will jump over the baby gate so I now use 2 gates one on top of the other. I'm sure others will have even more ideas.
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Why don't you keep her in the bedroom with you instead of allowing her to roam the house at night? Dogs are pack animals and like to sleep together even if she sleeps on your bedroom floor or even in a crate?
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Cheryl, we considered doing that with the second babygate! She was fine last night so we will see how she does in the coming days... if she keeps doing that then we will probably get a second one to put up when we're not around. We go on walks every day, and she usually likes them... except that she barks at dogs/people who make eye contact with her/focus on her. When it's just her and me though we have fun and I know she likes them!

Tjdmom, we were told she wasn't crated with her foster mom so we didn't want her to feel too closed in... we thought allowing her a bigger space would make her feel better. But we are considering using a crate if this behavior keeps up.

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Cheryl, we considered doing that with the second babygate! She was fine last night so we will see how she does in the coming days... if she keeps doing that then we will probably get a second one to put up when we're not around. We go on walks every day, and she usually likes them... except that she barks at dogs/people who make eye contact with her/focus on her. When it's just her and me though we have fun and I know she likes them!

Tjdmom, we were told she wasn't crated with her foster mom so we didn't want her to feel too closed in... we thought allowing her a bigger space would make her feel better. But we are considering using a crate if this behavior keeps up.

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She may feel since you have left her out of the bedroom that it is her "job" to guard the house at night instead of getting a good night sleep she is constantly on the alert prowling for any possible intruders. I am thinking that if she is in the bedroom with you and the door is closed, she might feel like she can relax and sleep like you are doing and I actually believe it to be good bonding time with dogs too even though you are asleep. Also, I have found that with a dog that is anxious, sometimes a crate can feel like a safe place for them. Make sure it is a covered crate and make it as much like a den as possible. I say this because you said that she barks at dogs or people who make eye contact so it sounds like she might be a little insecure so I don't necessarily always believe or use crates. I have one dog who gets "freaked out" by anything out of the norm. Like for instance, when summer came and we had the ceiling fan, it was making a bag in my bedroom flutter so he would start barking at it in the middle of the night. He woke up us up several times that night so the next night, I crated him and no more barking and then he adjusted and doesn't need to be crated any longer. Of course, each one is different, some hate the crate so it really depends on the individual pup...
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