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01-10-2017, 06:22 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Massapequa Park, NY, United States
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| My Yorkie Wont Sleep With Me I find this very odd!! A little history: adopted him from another family. I've had him since dec 15. They said he would sleep in his crate. After a few days maybe a week of him sleeping in his crate he would start to cry. I would let him out of the crate since I really didn't care and he picked up on going potty outside very quickly. I started to try to get him to sleep on the bed with me but he hops off. The most he's stayed on it is 5 minutes. He also doesn't cuddle with me on the couch or anything at all. It's so depressing he weirdly Sleeps by the door in my bedroom next to a curtain. Sometimes on a desk chair near the door. I've woken up to him sleeping on my nightstand next to my bed. Very odd.... |
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01-10-2017, 07:36 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]These little ones often have quirks and idiosyncrasies--some that last and many do not. It took Piper months before she'd take the initiative to sleep close to me on the couch and even longer before she'd climb on my lap; it's like she was too proud to ask or she was pretending that she didn't care if she got loving attention (smooches, hugs, having an arm around her...). I've loved her from the moment I took her in my arms so it was difficult to respect her "coolness," but I was careful not to pick her up or get too hands-ey with her in order that she could feel like she had some choices and say in her life. One of the most emotionally tough issues was that Piper would not look me in the eye; she'd drop her head or turn away...heartbreaking. So everyday, I'd set her in my lap, facing me and I'd look at the ceiling and when I knew she was looking at me, I'd smooch her little noggin and set her down. Nowadays, this little dickens will stare me down until I succumb to her Yorkie mind-meld and if staring at me from the floor doesn't work, she'll get in my face (You cannot look avay and you vill do vhat I vant) So all my ramblings are simply to say things are very likely to change. You're obviously very keyed-in to your boy and that'll go a long way in bonding with him...Soon he'll be hogging the middle of the bed and stealing covers knowing he's safe, wanted, and loved![/FONT] |
01-11-2017, 04:46 PM | #3 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Your baby is still new to your home. Let him come to you on his own terms. Sounds like he is getting closer by sleeping on the nightstand. Make sure he is safe climbing around on things. My Max insisted on sleeping in his xpen with the gate latched, next to my bed, from 13 weeks of age to 1 year. One cold morning, I picked him up and brought him into my bed. From then on, he felt safe sleeping on my bed.
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01-12-2017, 05:25 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| I went through the same thing with my adopted 2 1/2 yo boy. He slept on the bed with his prev. owner but, was NOT allowed to sleep NEXT to them. Every night when we went to bed I would take him and hold him against my body, as soon as I took my hands off him he would scoot to the other side of the bed. I did this for 8 months, then one night after he scooted away he sneaked to the top of my pillow barely touching my head, progress, for 4 weeks this is what he did. Then one night he sneaked next to me, I stroked him said good boy. It took 10 months for him to learn it is ok to sleep NEXT to me. Then I started to put him under the blankets, he sports a puppy cut 365, it gets cold at night, that was a fast do lol, now he sleeps under the blankets, if he gets to warm he'll come out but he still will sleep pressed against me. We are a team for 3 years now. You cannot undo previous training over night. It takes time, persistence on YOUR part and lots of patience and praise. He was CRATE TRAINED to sleep in his crate, every night put him on your bed, hold him, tell him he's a good boy is a soft soothing voice, release him, if he hops off that's fine but continue this routine EVERY NIGHT, it will take time you just have to kinda "re-program" him. Him sleeping on your night stand he is getting CLOSER to you, testing you to see if it's ok for him to be that close to you, praise him saying good boy, take him from the night stand and place him next to you on the bed, show him it's ok to be close to you. The same with cuddling, obviously he didn't get this from his prev. owner, when ever you want to cuddle place him next to you, hold him and cuddle him, talk to him in soft soothing voice telling him he's a good boy, release him and see if he stays, persistence, patience and praise are key factors in re-training. Please do not be depressed, they sense this. Retraining is NOT an over night thing, it can take months to undo what prev. owner TRAINED him what THEY wanted from him. Lots of praise and treats when he does what you want him to do.
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01-12-2017, 06:33 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| Yep, that's Piper, too! She'll get under covers, we're both cozy, and I'm drifting off to dreamland, when suddenly I'm jolted to the feeling of jack hammering on my bed! Because Piper somehow decided she must dig a more comfortable spot and oh the intensity...Her little head is lowered and those little paws of hers are digging fast and furious; sometimes she'll hesitate for a brief second so she can 'hop' her little behind into a better position and Annie-bar-the-doors, she resumes her efforts even more vigorously. True joy is smiling in the dark at our Yorkies' antics, yes?! Umm, more digging maybe? |
01-12-2017, 08:03 AM | #6 | |
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Every night, when Casie is tired, she actually barks at me telling me to go to bed. I think she likes it when I'm sleeping in my bed by the time she's in hers. But if I don't, then she'll drag her feet and go to her bed herself. Girl's gotta get her beauty rest. Excellent advice given!!
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