Does your Yorkie eat off the floor? - YorkieTalk.com Forums

concretegurl · 01-23-2012, 11:17 AM

Now I'm not trying to open the door to down anyone who answers yes.

We are a unique community where for the most part we all do some things that get us picked on or made fun of by some of or non-Yorkie or non-dog loving friends & family: dog strollers, cloths, sun glasses carriers etc.

A friend was over she dropped some carrot bits on the floor and noticed my dogs patiently looking at it and not waggin their nubbins like crazy.

She went over and tried to provoke them to get it off the floor like magic (I wish they always did this but they don't so don't get impressed)
they all turned and looked at me like really!>can we.

I gave a stern NO NO.

She inquired why I wouldn't let them eat carrot she sees me give it to them all the time.

I said my dogs are trained not to eat off the floor or take anything from anyone but our immediate family (like they refuse treats at stores or at the vets until I take it and give it to them).

She noted having a living vacuum was one of the benefits of having dog what was my issue.

I said well with three dogs and three kids I can't hover all the time and make sure that when I'm making dinner chopping an onion I won't drop a dice of it and I can't risk one of my furkids eating it and gettting sick.
An onion dice is all it takes to possibly kill a dog the size of mine, or give hem stomach upset in the least.

Well sorry for making this long but my friend thinks I'm neurotic and that I over train my dogs into push button dogs overly concerned about silly precautions.
I think not, I think I'm prepared and trained them with certain ideals in mind for their and our safety.
So I was wondering if I'm alone here>?

DvlshAngel985 · 01-23-2012, 11:30 AM

Add me to the neurotic club. It's gone as far as my dad handing Kaji an innocent and clean piece of bread. But, I didn't know what it was. All I saw was Kaji happily accepting something from my dad and then I yelled "drop it" from across the room. I'm so glad Kaji listens so well. He was wide eyed and hurt he didn't get the "treat" and so was my dad.

My parents have given Kaji no no foods before (they didn't know) and I had a sick dog for the remainder of the day. Now, if anyone gives him anything, they ask for approval first.

chachi · 01-23-2012, 11:35 AM

Mine will eat off the floor if its people food. The hard dog food that gets out of their food bowl though they wont touch

Nancy1999 · 01-23-2012, 11:35 AM

I'm impressed with both of you. I taught Joey early drop it, but we didn't work on it enough. Now "drop it" just means "swallow it as fast as you can." concretegurl, you are so right to do this, a large size dog it wouldn't matter so much, but as you say, just a tiny bit of a forbidden substance can cause problems with a Yorkie.

cadycaines · 01-23-2012, 11:37 AM

I think it's a great thing to teach your dogs not to eat anything without "permission"
I am still working on this with Jaxon. He's really good at dropping whatever he picks up as long as I give him the command, but if he can sneak a floor snack behind my back he will, lol!
He also has this habit of taking a mouthful of food out of his dish and dropping it on the floor to eat it...what's that about???

Dazzlingdoodles · 01-23-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I'm impressed with both of you. I taught Joey early drop it, but we didn't work on it enough. Now "drop it" just means "swallow it as fast as you can." concretegurl, you are so right to do this, a large size dog it wouldn't matter so much, but as you say, just a tiny bit of a forbidden substance can cause problems with a Yorkie.

This as well for mine, I wish I could teach them not to eat off the floor

DBlain · 01-23-2012, 11:45 AM

where in the USA do you live, oh I how I wish you lived near me and could give me the help I need. Lola grabs anything that drops on the floor regardless if it is a food, it could be anything a pin, a button, a dryer sheet, a christmas tree ornament etc. Yesterday I kept finding her with tiny tiny red foam buds, something that could have been from a fake floral decoration, I have no idea where she was getting it from. This worries me since I am a klutz and drop things often. I am constantly chasing after her saying no drop it, but she thinks this is a game, so I distract her by throwing a toy, but a toy is not alway handy. So please tell me how you trained them on this issue. Actually now that I remember my first yorkie could be made to leave things, we could put a treat in front of him and make him leave it, but I also trained him to sit, stay, etc fairly easily. Lola thinks everything I do is a game, I use my hand to say down, and she mimics me and puts her paws out then goes down, then comes up and goes down again, if I say down three of four times she keeps doing it till finally I almost have to scream DOWN, it is funny but frustrating at the same time.

DvlshAngel985 · 01-23-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I'm impressed with both of you. I taught Joey early drop it, but we didn't work on it enough. Now "drop it" just means "swallow it as fast as you can." concretegurl, you are so right to do this, a large size dog it wouldn't matter so much, but as you say, just a tiny bit of a forbidden substance can cause problems with a Yorkie.

Kaji will probably eat stuff off the floor when I'm not there. I've been told he's a different dog when his controlling mother isn't there.

concretegurl · 01-23-2012, 11:53 AM

Whew!
Glad this wasn' like my "am I weird for my dog showing on the tub floor while I shower' thread!

Dvlish,
I totally know what you mean I'm like the treat police here," what do you have , what are you trying to give the dog, no show it to me first, did you check the list on the refrigerator?"
Chachi,
Aren't they clever like that? Good thing they are so stinking cute!
Cady,
I read a lot of Yorkie take their food out their bowls and do that.To be totally honest and fair, I shoudl review the DVR and see what they really do when I'm not looking...I imagine on more than one occasion they nibbled off the floor when I was not in the room.

Nancy,
LOL drop it means swallow as fast as you can!

True story same friend (she has a pointer she took from a coworker who has chickens-long story short co-workers husband was going to shoot the dog because it killed half their chicken and he loves his little chickens they make eggs and keep bugs out of his garden. The pointer is definitely a RAW eater)

anywhozit pointer was in the yard with her fam...snatched a mole right out the ground it was wriggling and biting the dog's muzzle, they all yelled,"No! Drop it" (maybe it was a vole actually) the dog in one swift chomp and swallow-no more mole!!!!

They all said bad dog but were semi in shock over the incident and joke about what drop it means to her now!

Dazz,
To do the training I only give treats from my hand.
I set them up a few times (Elvis was the hardest actually he was older when I got him and he's a food sneaker) I would put treats on the floor and people foods, then I made them sit and see it look at it and had a treat in my hand.
If they moved toward the treat on the floor big bad mom voice stern No. of they sat and waited soft baby talk mom chatter and a treat from me-it took a lot of time.

DBlain,
California. I know it;s a pain but I have kids so I sweep like 1-2 times a day here, plus during the above training I had to actually leash Princess to me-that girl has one motivation in life-to fill her stomach!

DBlain · 01-23-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cadycaines

I think it's a great thing to teach your dogs not to eat anything without "permission"
I am still working on this with Jaxon. He's really good at dropping whatever he picks up as long as I give him the command, but if he can sneak a floor snack behind my back he will, lol!
He also has this habit of taking a mouthful of food out of his dish and dropping it on the floor to eat it...what's that about???

I think lots of dogs drop their food out of their bowl to eat it, Lola's food is in the kitchen and often she takes hers piece by piece to the dinning room to eat it. I kept my first dog's dish in the hall outside of my bedroom and he would wait unit I got into bed and then grab some kibble, jump on the bed eat it and go back and do it again and again, finally I started taking the dish up before we went to bed. The worst was my dog that would not drink from his bowl, he was afraid of it, so he had to splash the water out of the bowl and lick it up from the floor. Drove me nuts, I tried every type of bowl and placemat known to man to cure him of this.

deonk1 · 01-23-2012, 12:01 PM

Harley has a "leave it cue" but unless I tell him to leave it he'll gobble anything off the floor. He really likes to eat lint, which annoys me.

He does however stick to if he drops kibble out of his dish, he usually wont eat that until his bowl is empty, I haven't figured out if he's saving the best for last, or that piece of kibble isn't good enough... lol

Joyce Adams · 01-23-2012, 12:28 PM

Well Yoshi will smell of something and then eat it, but Prissy will just grab it and run..I have taught Yoshi to leave it if he was around something that I thought would be bad but never thought of using that for food on the floor..

You sure have some well trained dogs...

southernbelle04 · 01-23-2012, 12:36 PM

We are trying to teach Katie Scarlett to not eat off of the floor as well. I am always worried that she is going to find something on the floor and pick up that she shouldn't. I am very OCD about my house and vacuum a lot. But I still worry. It's a work in progress for us. I keep a sharp eye out, but like many, you can't watch them every single second of every day.

Cha Cha · 01-23-2012, 01:22 PM

I am impressed! Really I am. My post is going to make me look like a bad parent. Moka is very cautious and waits for permission, but Mylee on the otherhand, it's whoever is fastest. If I know I dropped something and tell her NO, she'll stop. But I catch her eating off the floor, out of the dishwasher, she'll get in the trash, heck, just today the wind blew open the door to our barbeque grill and we caught her in there looking for grease droppings. She'll even eat off the table if she can get up there. She's just very determined. She also eats bugs, leaves, branches, mulch, you name it she'll try to eat it. I should add because of her we are extra cautious to keep the trash door closed, and rinse our dishes before we put them in the washer.

concretegurl · 01-23-2012, 01:28 PM

Don't feel bad. I'm just being curious.

I'm a little more on top of the floor's cleanliness since I have a crawling baby right now too.

Keeping him from eating stuff on the floor is a full time job right now!

Just sayin' Princess has this disorder the vet calls it.

She tried to eat random objects mostly hard plastic.

And in the back yard (did a lot of plant removal) it's a free for all if an apple falls from the tree they think it's a treat waiting in the grass for them to devour!

Of course hopping bugs (especially grass hopper) are treats that are fun to chase and play with prior to eating!

01-23-2012, 11:17 AM	#1
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	Does your Yorkie eat off the floor? Now I'm not trying to open the door to down anyone who answers yes. We are a unique community where for the most part we all do some things that get us picked on or made fun of by some of or non-Yorkie or non-dog loving friends & family: dog strollers, cloths, sun glasses carriers etc. A friend was over she dropped some carrot bits on the floor and noticed my dogs patiently looking at it and not waggin their nubbins like crazy. She went over and tried to provoke them to get it off the floor like magic (I wish they always did this but they don't so don't get impressed) they all turned and looked at me like really!>can we. I gave a stern NO NO. She inquired why I wouldn't let them eat carrot she sees me give it to them all the time. I said my dogs are trained not to eat off the floor or take anything from anyone but our immediate family (like they refuse treats at stores or at the vets until I take it and give it to them). She noted having a living vacuum was one of the benefits of having dog what was my issue. I said well with three dogs and three kids I can't hover all the time and make sure that when I'm making dinner chopping an onion I won't drop a dice of it and I can't risk one of my furkids eating it and gettting sick. An onion dice is all it takes to possibly kill a dog the size of mine, or give hem stomach upset in the least. Well sorry for making this long but my friend thinks I'm neurotic and that I over train my dogs into push button dogs overly concerned about silly precautions. I think not, I think I'm prepared and trained them with certain ideals in mind for their and our safety. So I was wondering if I'm alone here>? __________________ Shan & 8 kids now!

01-23-2012, 11:30 AM	#2
DvlshAngel985 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Posts: 12,693	Add me to the neurotic club. It's gone as far as my dad handing Kaji an innocent and clean piece of bread. But, I didn't know what it was. All I saw was Kaji happily accepting something from my dad and then I yelled "drop it" from across the room. I'm so glad Kaji listens so well. He was wide eyed and hurt he didn't get the "treat" and so was my dad. My parents have given Kaji no no foods before (they didn't know) and I had a sick dog for the remainder of the day. Now, if anyone gives him anything, they ask for approval first. __________________ Littlest JakJak We miss you Kaji

01-23-2012, 11:35 AM	#3
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Mine will eat off the floor if its people food. The hard dog food that gets out of their food bowl though they wont touch __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

01-23-2012, 11:35 AM	#4
Nancy1999 I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 25,396 Blog Entries: 2	I'm impressed with both of you. I taught Joey early drop it, but we didn't work on it enough. Now "drop it" just means "swallow it as fast as you can." concretegurl, you are so right to do this, a large size dog it wouldn't matter so much, but as you say, just a tiny bit of a forbidden substance can cause problems with a Yorkie. __________________ NancyJoey Proud members of the CrAzYcLuB and YAP! ** Just Say No to Puppymills – Join YAP! Yorkshire Terrier Club of America – Breeder Referrals

01-23-2012, 11:37 AM	#5
cadycaines Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 64	I think it's a great thing to teach your dogs not to eat anything without "permission" I am still working on this with Jaxon. He's really good at dropping whatever he picks up as long as I give him the command, but if he can sneak a floor snack behind my back he will, lol! He also has this habit of taking a mouthful of food out of his dish and dropping it on the floor to eat it...what's that about??? __________________ Gail and Jaxon

01-23-2012, 11:45 AM	#7
DBlain Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI Posts: 6,190	where in the USA do you live, oh I how I wish you lived near me and could give me the help I need. Lola grabs anything that drops on the floor regardless if it is a food, it could be anything a pin, a button, a dryer sheet, a christmas tree ornament etc. Yesterday I kept finding her with tiny tiny red foam buds, something that could have been from a fake floral decoration, I have no idea where she was getting it from. This worries me since I am a klutz and drop things often. I am constantly chasing after her saying no drop it, but she thinks this is a game, so I distract her by throwing a toy, but a toy is not alway handy. So please tell me how you trained them on this issue. Actually now that I remember my first yorkie could be made to leave things, we could put a treat in front of him and make him leave it, but I also trained him to sit, stay, etc fairly easily. Lola thinks everything I do is a game, I use my hand to say down, and she mimics me and puts her paws out then goes down, then comes up and goes down again, if I say down three of four times she keeps doing it till finally I almost have to scream DOWN, it is funny but frustrating at the same time.

01-23-2012, 11:53 AM	#9
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	Whew! Glad this wasn' like my "am I weird for my dog showing on the tub floor while I shower' thread! Dvlish, I totally know what you mean I'm like the treat police here," what do you have , what are you trying to give the dog, no show it to me first, did you check the list on the refrigerator?" Chachi, Aren't they clever like that? Good thing they are so stinking cute! Cady, I read a lot of Yorkie take their food out their bowls and do that.To be totally honest and fair, I shoudl review the DVR and see what they really do when I'm not looking...I imagine on more than one occasion they nibbled off the floor when I was not in the room. Nancy, LOL drop it means swallow as fast as you can! True story same friend (she has a pointer she took from a coworker who has chickens-long story short co-workers husband was going to shoot the dog because it killed half their chicken and he loves his little chickens they make eggs and keep bugs out of his garden. The pointer is definitely a RAW eater) anywhozit pointer was in the yard with her fam...snatched a mole right out the ground it was wriggling and biting the dog's muzzle, they all yelled,"No! Drop it" (maybe it was a vole actually) the dog in one swift chomp and swallow-no more mole!!!! They all said bad dog but were semi in shock over the incident and joke about what drop it means to her now! Dazz, To do the training I only give treats from my hand. I set them up a few times (Elvis was the hardest actually he was older when I got him and he's a food sneaker) I would put treats on the floor and people foods, then I made them sit and see it look at it and had a treat in my hand. If they moved toward the treat on the floor big bad mom voice stern No. of they sat and waited soft baby talk mom chatter and a treat from me-it took a lot of time. DBlain, California. I know it;s a pain but I have kids so I sweep like 1-2 times a day here, plus during the above training I had to actually leash Princess to me-that girl has one motivation in life-to fill her stomach! __________________ Shan & 8 kids now! Last edited by concretegurl; 01-23-2012 at 11:56 AM.

01-23-2012, 12:01 PM	#11
deonk1 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 1,795	Harley has a "leave it cue" but unless I tell him to leave it he'll gobble anything off the floor. He really likes to eat lint, which annoys me. He does however stick to if he drops kibble out of his dish, he usually wont eat that until his bowl is empty, I haven't figured out if he's saving the best for last, or that piece of kibble isn't good enough... lol __________________ Kendra Harley, you were the light in my life, rest peacefully my love!

01-23-2012, 12:28 PM	#12
Joyce Adams Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,995	Well Yoshi will smell of something and then eat it, but Prissy will just grab it and run..I have taught Yoshi to leave it if he was around something that I thought would be bad but never thought of using that for food on the floor.. You sure have some well trained dogs... __________________ Have a great day... Mommy to Yoshi and Miss Priss

01-23-2012, 12:36 PM	#13
southernbelle04 Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sweet Home Alabama Posts: 7,554 Blog Entries: 1	We are trying to teach Katie Scarlett to not eat off of the floor as well. I am always worried that she is going to find something on the floor and pick up that she shouldn't. I am very OCD about my house and vacuum a lot. But I still worry. It's a work in progress for us. I keep a sharp eye out, but like many, you can't watch them every single second of every day. __________________ Aymee & Katie Scarlett

01-23-2012, 01:22 PM	#14
Cha Cha Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play Posts: 7,069	I am impressed! Really I am. My post is going to make me look like a bad parent. Moka is very cautious and waits for permission, but Mylee on the otherhand, it's whoever is fastest. If I know I dropped something and tell her NO, she'll stop. But I catch her eating off the floor, out of the dishwasher, she'll get in the trash, heck, just today the wind blew open the door to our barbeque grill and we caught her in there looking for grease droppings. She'll even eat off the table if she can get up there. She's just very determined. She also eats bugs, leaves, branches, mulch, you name it she'll try to eat it. I should add because of her we are extra cautious to keep the trash door closed, and rinse our dishes before we put them in the washer. __________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee Last edited by Cha Cha; 01-23-2012 at 01:25 PM.

01-23-2012, 01:28 PM	#15
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	Don't feel bad. I'm just being curious. I'm a little more on top of the floor's cleanliness since I have a crawling baby right now too. Keeping him from eating stuff on the floor is a full time job right now! Just sayin' Princess has this disorder the vet calls it. She tried to eat random objects mostly hard plastic. And in the back yard (did a lot of plant removal) it's a free for all if an apple falls from the tree they think it's a treat waiting in the grass for them to devour! Of course hopping bugs (especially grass hopper) are treats that are fun to chase and play with prior to eating! __________________ Shan & 8 kids now!