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08-07-2015, 04:42 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2015 Location: Bethalto, IL USA
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| Separation Anxiety?? I adopted this Yorkie when he was 2.5 years old. It's really my only regret, not having him since he was a pup. He'll be 6 just before Christmas. Even though my dad lives with me, he took to me right away, and is a real clinger, which is OK as my previous Yorkie was a clinger too. But this one puts cling, in the word clinger! I wouldn't trade him in for the world! He was bred as a show dog, so he's just beautiful! And, he loves me so much! In fact, the way both Yorkies I've had have loved me convinces me that I'd never have anything else! But, lately I've been having trouble taking him to the groomers. He gets stressed out, sometimes goes #2 in his carrier (and it's only an 8 minute trip), and is stressed out for awhile after he gets home. He used to do OK when my dad took him. But, I think the problem may have developed after I had to retire, due to a medical issue. You see, before, when I was working, he knew I wasn't home anyway. But, now he knows I go home, and then come back to pick him up. He knows I'm home, because I'm home most of the time now. I'm afraid he's suffering from separation anxiety. If he didn't go do-do in the carrier at times, I would try just taking him to the park or Petco a couple times a week, so that maybe he'd learn to enjoy the car ride. Or, just set him in my lap, on a towel, and just go around the block, a couple of times, and gradually lengthen the trip and go to the park or something, to get him acclimated to riding in the car more. Also, I have a 12 year old Maltese, who goes to the groomer at the same time. My dad holds him in his lap, and I don't think Peyton likes the preferential treatment. I say that, because I had to take them separately, last time. And, Peyton did quite a bit better. I'm open to ideas. It sure is better to take them together, though, rather than have to separate them. When I go pick him up, for some reason, he's still been on the groomer's table. And, he looks so pretty!! I don't know what I'm going to do when I lose him. Hopefully, it's at least 10 years from now. I'll be pushing 70. Heck, he might outlive me! But, in 3 years, we've become such buddies! We live in a split level house, and my dad says he lays at the top of the stairs, waiting for me, whenever I'm gone. Isn't that sweet? I tell you, God didn't make a perfect world, but he sure knew what he was doing when he created the dog! |
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08-08-2015, 05:14 PM | #2 |
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| They are the biggest personality that God could stuff into a body so small. And when he realized that might not be enough, he invented the "Teapot Yorkie"! They are amazing little creatures.
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08-09-2015, 06:05 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Hi and welcome to YT. You sound sooo in love w/ your little yorkie, it's very sweet. Ya know, I have to kind of wonder here if he is having some sort of fear/trauma response toward going to the groomer's, specifically. Back when we use to take Wylie to the groomer, he was utterly traumatized by the 3 grooming sessions we tried - so we said "never again" and since have done all the grooming on our own. Would that be an option for you?
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08-09-2015, 03:50 PM | #4 | |
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Food for serious thought!!! I was taking mine to a groomer that charged me a fortune, but all my dogs adored this place....then one day, someone screwed up the appointments and the place was overbooked....not just a couple of dogs overbooked but almost 3 times as many dogs were booked for that day! If they would have told me when I got there that they had screwed up the books and it may take much longer for my babies to be done,I simply would have rescheduled....but they said NOTHING, until I called them at 5pm because I had not heard anything and I had a tiny little boy that HAD to eat every 4 hours or he had seizures....horrific, long story cut to the bone, my dogs were finished at 8pm that night, and they were all horribly traumatized by the experience, especially my tiny little precious little boy Bumper....he was sooooo traumatized, that whenever I even turned the water on in the sink for ANY reason, he would throw his head back and gasp for air, eyes HUGE in terror, and look like he was being drowned, standing in the middle of the kitchen floor!!!! That was the end of groomers for my dogs....I learned to do it myself, and since mine do not go anywhere and dont have to look like a million dollars, it worked well for us! Hopefully, your baby did not experience a traumatic experience at the groomer....remember, it could be ANY trauma....water hose gets loose and sprays water suddenly in their face, water comes on too hot initially, maybe something in those drying cages if your groomer uses those, it could be ANYTHING that frightened him. But then it could just as easily be "your other dog" thing....preferential treatment idea!!! Could they both go in a larger carrier on the way to the groomer, instead of leaving the Yorkie in a crate and the other baby gets to ride with "parents"!!! | |
08-10-2015, 10:05 AM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2015 Location: Bethalto, IL USA
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| Thanks Thanks for the responses. As I said previously, he was bred as a show dog, and trimming all of that hair, isn't an option. Bathing, yes, trimming, no. He just laid down right beside me, by the way. He has to go Wednesday, and I'm just dreading it. I do have a bigger carrier, that I could put them both in..that might help. I might cut down on the visits , too. I've been taking him monthly, but might change it to 6 weeks, like I used to do with my little Yorkie girl. I think I'm going to try the bigger cage, and cut down on the trips, and do some of it at home, so I won't take him as often. My little female Yorkie was a real cutie, but she didn't have the "show" coat that he has, so she was easier to take care of, bathe, etc. I have him cut shorter on the sides, but leave the face pretty long. I mean, what's the sense of having a show quality Yorkie, if he doesn't look a little bit like one? But, I tell you, otherwise he's a real sweetie. Now, my Maltese is laying on me. They've got the life! But, my Yorkie has been everything that I've wanted in a little buddy, up to this point. And, I just can't imagine a dog being more attached to me. I never dreamed I'd own a dog of this quality. Unfortunately, I've made the decision that he's the last pet I'll ever own. So, I hope he lasts as long as I do! |
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