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12-10-2013, 10:30 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2013 Location: Athens, Tn
Posts: 11
| Kipper success! Well I haven't been in here for awhile...Kipper is now 9 1/2 mos old and weighs 7 lbs. I have fallen in love with the little stinker! I had only a little trouble housebreaking him, but found out so much of the horror stories regarding Yorkies and small breeds are not necessarily true...I have housebroken many various breeds over the years and Kip was no better or worse than any others. The key for him, and I read this on here also, was teaching him to use the doggie door. Once he really understood he could go outside in short order when his bladder was full he picked it right up...of course along with catching and punishing for accidents and praising EVERY TIME he did it right. I had also asked on here about neutering, and I am waiting as long as possible on that because of his small size. His nature is quite different from my late poodle, and that took some adjusting, but I have come to accept his determined independence! He shows his affection differently, but show it he does! Does anyone know why, when I go to pet him on his head and down his back, he sinks his back down like he doesn't want to be petted? If I scratch under his chin he is fine...wondering if this harkens back to his terrier roots of going into burrows and tunnels to catch prey? Maybe touching his head or back brings that reflexive "scrunch down low" response? |
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12-10-2013, 02:37 PM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Could the doggie door be raking along the top of his head and down his back, not enough to do visable damage, but enough to make it where he does not like that feeling associated with a loving stroke? I really have no idea....I know none of mine have this reflex, but then I do not have a doggie door either. Wonder if any other dogs that use their heads/faces to push through any obsticles and then follow through with their bodies, have this reflex? |
12-10-2013, 02:45 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2013 Location: Athens, Tn
Posts: 11
| Hmmm, that's an interesting thought...trying to think if he was doing it before the door or not... |
12-10-2013, 07:57 PM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: California
Posts: 352
| Does he have dry skin? I know if I forget Gizmo's fish oil for a few days he gets sensitive when his skin dries out. |
12-11-2013, 08:55 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2013 Location: Athens, Tn
Posts: 11
| Well he doesn't seem to be itching a lot...I'm hoping maybe he'll just grow out of it? Idk...just mildly annoying but I still love him. I was just thinking maybe it was a Yorkie thing, but from these responses it sounds like not.. |
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