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03-16-2014, 04:14 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Highland, Michigan, USA
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| My puppy won't greet me enthusiasticly? I got luka, who is actually a yorkie bichon cross but I think he's more yorkie, about a month ago. He's my little sidekick, he goes everywhere with me and follows me around for the most part, I feed him, groom him, sleep with him, train him(he is as smart as a whip and already comes super obediently and knows sit, shake, and down and is nearly potty trained and he's only 13 weeks!) he's a very very well behaved puppy, probably one of the best behaved I've ever had. He knows what no means and will stop whatever he's doing if he hears it and moves on to something else. He does not jump on me and I've never taught him not too, when I have treats for him he sits down ad looks up at me with his big smart eyes and waits for me to ask him to do something. Sometimes if I'm busy with something I'll look down and he'll be sitting there looking up at me with his ears perked and his head cocked to the side. Now I know he sounds particularly bonded to me which I believe he is but however when I come home from being gone any amount of time (it can be 7 hours some days and sometimes 4 in which time my sister or sister in law watch him) he'll see me, stop what he's doing and just sit where he is and stare at me with that same look! And he won't move until i call him over to me in which he'll wag his tail but not super fast and he'll ask to be picked up and I'll lift him and he just tucks his nose under my chin and snuggles me for a minute until I put him down and it's like I never left. But when my sister/sister in law/mom or any stranger for that matter walks through the door he goes crazy! Gets super excited and hops up on their legs and wiggles his butt like crazy! Why doesn't he do this for me? Any ideas? |
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03-17-2014, 05:54 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Maybe he senses you're the true Alpha, and so he is trying to be submissive, that's my best guess. Maybe try playing with him more...not where he has to do something for you, but where the play is just fun/goofy.
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03-17-2014, 06:11 AM | #3 |
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| Our kids greet my DH differently then they do me. With him it's all the crazy activity, jumping, crying, racing around to find and bring him a toy. Oh and the barking and screaming when they hear his motorcycle drive up. You'd think I was inside beating them to death. But with me, I'll get some barking and they do all come to greet me, but it's not on the same level of crazy that my DH gets. I'm more the disciplinarian of the 2 of us, so I think that has something to do with it. Rather like Wylie's Mom said, perhaps they view me as more the Alpha. I get greeted, but DH is just another pack member so he gets the crazy greeting. Now that said, our routine when I come home from work is to change clothes and then I sit down on the floor and we play for 10-15 min. This is when I get the crazy acting stuff from them. So maybe try something like this and see if he doesn't react more crazy a few minutes after you come in.
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03-17-2014, 06:47 AM | #4 |
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| Luka sounds like a sweetheart. Maybe he is waiting patiently for you to give him the cue as Ann suggested, or maybe it is his little adorable game. Max will play 'hard to get' when we are going to go out. He is excited to go out, but will walk away instead of letting me put his harness on. I have to tell him how much I want him to go with me before he will come back for his harness.
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03-17-2014, 07:52 AM | #5 | |
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I was kind of thinking of it this way too, even though there seems to be an idea that this "pack mentality" and "alpha dog" thing does not count with the way we interact with our babies.....I dont agree with that train of thought!......and it seems like this baby associates more of a "teacher", "boss", "disciplinarian" relationship with you, than a crazy, fun, happy, lets run and get crazy and then flop down on the floor and snuggle type of relationship. Maybe if you "loosen up" with him a little.....maybe less teaching, tricks, strict kind of relationship ....maybe that will allow him to feel more free and less "on guard"? | |
03-17-2014, 09:14 AM | #6 | |
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This is what I see too. He feels that his elective greeting activity level is more permitted with those who he is not as submissive to as you.
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03-17-2014, 09:22 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member | HA HA, excuse the double post, but I just thought of something... This situation is SO like a Military Situation, when a very high ranking Officer enters the room, what do NC's/lesser ranks do... Shut up, be still, and try not to do anything wrong !
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03-17-2014, 11:15 AM | #8 | |
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Lmao! exactly! When my hubby walks in a room you can hear crickets, but he's the biggest goofball and will play tricks on the Privates/Specialist/Sergeants making them think they're in trouble. They learn most officers are pretty cool. | |
03-18-2014, 01:40 AM | #9 |
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| I really appreciate all the replies! I forgot to mention that we do play ALOT. More than anything else really. And I'll run around with him and let him chase me and he'll flop around like a little worm. So I do make sure that we have lots of fun time too and afterwards he'll crawl into my lap and take a little nap. I've never had to truly get strict with him cause he's never done anything really wrong, just puppy stuff. not that it would ever ever ever get any stricter than a stern no. I don't wanna be the commanding officer of my puppies life haha! He must just have a very submissive attitude. |
03-18-2014, 01:58 AM | #10 |
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| He will when he gets older its definitely a yorkie trait
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