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thornsberry · 11-10-2006, 05:59 AM

ok I have a 11 month old yorkie that I dearly love but somethings are driving me crazy and I dont know what to do

I think the problem is I never gave her puppy classes and always babied her. She gets me up once in the middle of the night and then again for the day at 5:30

I thought she would get better with this as she got older but doesn't seem to make a difference and I am not gettting much sleep. About how long do they go through the puppy chewing stage she collects all the socks and chew holes in them.. I have a 4 year old bischon who tolerates the yorkie but I don't think she loves her all that much they get very rowdy together. What can I do I have thought about giving the yorkie to my mother in law. She loves her but I am afraid if I do this I will miss her terribly but I could visit her every week. I just wish she would be a little easier to take care of its not her fault she just wants to be with someone ALL the time. I have her sleep in a cage at night next to my bed but if she hears me roll over she starts barking and crying to get up this drives me crazy.

What CAN I Do Any Suggestions Would Be Greatly Appreciated.....

Pipersmommy · 11-10-2006, 06:51 AM

Piper is 7 months, and she only chews on her toys & occasionally the floor board by the PC room. I think she does that to get me off the PC. She sleeps with us at night, & we have stairs at the end of the bed. So she never wakes us up until morning. I understand the part about being with you all the time. Piper is so far up my rear, that I have to pull her foot out to shower. Can't help but love her.

ARCHIE · 11-10-2006, 07:03 AM

Have you thought about letting her sleep with you? Buddy would wake me up during the night sniffing up my nose in my eyes and ears. I am misrable when I am woke up! After a few nights of pushing him and telling him NO he got the message, however, while I was sleeping he chewed up the lace on the new sheets!

It finally stopped around 1 1/2 yrs. Now he sleeps as long as I do.
I know it is frustrating but it does end. Hang in there, I think you will regret giving him up later. Carol & Buddy

thornsberry · 11-10-2006, 07:16 AM

thanks I do agree I am afraid I will regret giving her up but right now she is driving me crazy I just don't remember my other dog going through the puppy stage for this long. I would be ok with this if I knew that soon she would sleep through the night and could wait to pee till morning. I really don't want her to sleep in bed with me. I started that with the other dog and now I regret it I can't get her out. I have been working with my bishcon to sleep in a dog bed but she likes the big bed much better....

RLC12345678 · 11-10-2006, 07:26 AM

My oldest yorkie is a year and 2 months old and he will have to get up in the middle of the night to potty unless I take him on a good walk before bed. If your yorkie is really wild, she definately needs more exercise. Try taking her on a good walk a couple of times a day and then right before you go to bed at night. On the walk before bed, she will potty and probably won't have to get up in the middle of the night. My yorkie won't potty before bed UNLESS I take him on a walk to do his business. I have found that this is the one and only way he won't wake me up in the middle of the night to go potty.

I let both my yorkies sleep in bed with me. I am sure your yorkie is just sad that your other dog gets to sleep in bed with you and not her!!!!!! Why is the harm??

My oldest yorkie also chews on my socks. I just have to put my socks in a place where he cannot get to them and also I shut my bedroom door so he can't get in there. Bc my yorkie seems to like playing with socks more than his toys, I just take old socks that are missing a match and give them to my yorkie to play with. Those are HIS socks. He is allowed to play with his socks, not mine. Maybe you can try that.

The prevent other chewing, give your yorkie a bully stick, flossie, Nylabone, something for her to chew on so she won't chew on things she isn't supposed to chew on.

I think you will regret giving her away, but it is obvious she isn't getting enough exercise during the day. If she was, she wouldn't be so wild.

thornsberry · 11-10-2006, 07:32 AM

Good advice I will try but what are flossies and nylabones and bulley sticks everytime I go to purchase a bone it says not intended for dogs under 10 pounds

My Rosie weighs 5 pounds so I am always afraid to buy them. She does need something to chew on. Do you give your yorkies bones or bulley sticks while your gone??

blynne · 11-10-2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thornsberry

thanks I do agree I am afraid I will regret giving her up but right now she is driving me crazy I just don't remember my other dog going through the puppy stage for this long. I would be ok with this if I knew that soon she would sleep through the night and could wait to pee till morning. I really don't want her to sleep in bed with me. I started that with the other dog and now I regret it I can't get her out. I have been working with my bishcon to sleep in a dog bed but she likes the big bed much better....

My Dolce is almost 10 months old. My husband and my daughter think she's evil. I think she's just very smart. When we brought her home, she took to the house right away. There was no testing the waters. She took over immediately (all the toys, the food bowl, etc.) Prada, my three year old has an entirely different personality so there is constitent fighting. Dolce takes toys away from Prada, she bites her on the head for no reason, etc. Prada only tolerates it for so long. But Dolce can still put her in a corner. She's definately much better than she was when she was younger, but obviously still has alot of puppy nutso in her. I know exactly what you mean when you say your baby is driving you crazy.

Anyway, once Dolce got big enough to sleep in the bed(she was the runt and is only 4lbs now) we let her. There was no more getting up 3 and 4 times a night. They sleep just as long as we do. Both of my dogs are pad trained so if they do have to go in the night they just get up and go and climb back into bed. To tell you the truth, I can't sleep unless they are in the bed with us.

I guess what I am saying is please don't give up on your baby. Be patient and work with her, she'll get better. After all, when you got her you assumed the responsibility for her life. I think you would really regret it if you got rid of her. You would miss out on so much. There's nothing like Yorkie's kisses. Good Luck.

Potter · 11-10-2006, 08:15 AM

My baby sleeps well when my husband is not around. He actually sleeps all the way from 12.30am to 7.30am, sometimes 8.00am but now that he is home, he wakes up in the middle of the night at about 4.30am.I really don't understand and yes, it could get very frustrating. He is 5 months next week and I have posted this issue before and forum members promised me it will get better but I really can't wait. I don't mind it but my husband really does and I don't know how long he would be able to hold it up.

RLC12345678 · 11-10-2006, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by thornsberry

Good advice I will try but what are flossies and nylabones and bulley sticks everytime I go to purchase a bone it says not intended for dogs under 10 pounds

My Rosie weighs 5 pounds so I am always afraid to buy them. She does need something to chew on. Do you give your yorkies bones or bulley sticks while your gone??

No, flossies and bully sticks and Nylabones (make sure it is the Healthy Edibles Nylabones that are 100% digestible) are all safe for yorkies. I give them to my yorkies that are 2.5lbs and 3.6lbs. Whether you can leave them alone with the bones or not, that depends on your yorkie. Is your yorkie a chewer or an eater? My yorkies are chewers. They don't "eat" the bones. If your yorkie is an "eater" I would not leave them alone with a bone. But if she is good about just chewing, then I think it is fine as long as the bone is not too small and can't get caught in her throat if she swallowed it. It is always best to throw bones out when they get small.

thornsberry · 11-10-2006, 09:08 AM

Well I went and bought teething bones for puppy she seems to enjoy it. I also bought Denti-Chew. I can't find the bully sticks are they like a long skinney spiral bone??

Bnot · 11-10-2006, 12:40 PM

Venus is 5 months. At night, I start her out in her crate. After the first time she wakes me to go potty, I take her to potty, then let her sleep the rest of the night in the bed with me. Seems that keeps her from getting me up again, and I do sleep quite late at times. Before I started doing that, she's wake me up 2 more times to go potty before I got up

I have pet stairs, and it doesn't look like she's pottied on the bed, so I have to assume she's going to her pee pads.

I'm sure you'd regret giving your dog to your mother-in-law. Remember once you give her away....you don't get them back no matter how close of a relative they are.

Bnot · 11-10-2006, 12:42 PM

Oh, btw...my older yorkie sleeps with me, and I think Venus just wanted to be closer to both of us sleeping! I think she was a little jealous he got to sleep with me, and she didn't.

11-10-2006, 05:59 AM	#1
thornsberry Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 44	help!!! ok I have a 11 month old yorkie that I dearly love but somethings are driving me crazy and I dont know what to do I think the problem is I never gave her puppy classes and always babied her. She gets me up once in the middle of the night and then again for the day at 5:30 I thought she would get better with this as she got older but doesn't seem to make a difference and I am not gettting much sleep. About how long do they go through the puppy chewing stage she collects all the socks and chew holes in them.. I have a 4 year old bischon who tolerates the yorkie but I don't think she loves her all that much they get very rowdy together. What can I do I have thought about giving the yorkie to my mother in law. She loves her but I am afraid if I do this I will miss her terribly but I could visit her every week. I just wish she would be a little easier to take care of its not her fault she just wants to be with someone ALL the time. I have her sleep in a cage at night next to my bed but if she hears me roll over she starts barking and crying to get up this drives me crazy. What CAN I Do Any Suggestions Would Be Greatly Appreciated.....

11-10-2006, 08:15 AM	#8
Potter YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,583	My baby sleeps well when my husband is not around. He actually sleeps all the way from 12.30am to 7.30am, sometimes 8.00am but now that he is home, he wakes up in the middle of the night at about 4.30am.I really don't understand and yes, it could get very frustrating. He is 5 months next week and I have posted this issue before and forum members promised me it will get better but I really can't wait. I don't mind it but my husband really does and I don't know how long he would be able to hold it up. __________________ http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?j=t&i=410379 "No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich."

11-10-2006, 06:51 AM	#2
Pipersmommy Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SW Fl Posts: 1,808	Piper is 7 months, and she only chews on her toys & occasionally the floor board by the PC room. I think she does that to get me off the PC. She sleeps with us at night, & we have stairs at the end of the bed. So she never wakes us up until morning. I understand the part about being with you all the time. Piper is so far up my rear, that I have to pull her foot out to shower. Can't help but love her.

11-10-2006, 07:03 AM	#3
ARCHIE No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 16,218	Have you thought about letting her sleep with you? Buddy would wake me up during the night sniffing up my nose in my eyes and ears. I am misrable when I am woke up! After a few nights of pushing him and telling him NO he got the message, however, while I was sleeping he chewed up the lace on the new sheets! It finally stopped around 1 1/2 yrs. Now he sleeps as long as I do. I know it is frustrating but it does end. Hang in there, I think you will regret giving him up later. Carol & Buddy

11-10-2006, 07:16 AM	#4
thornsberry Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 44	thanks I do agree I am afraid I will regret giving her up but right now she is driving me crazy I just don't remember my other dog going through the puppy stage for this long. I would be ok with this if I knew that soon she would sleep through the night and could wait to pee till morning. I really don't want her to sleep in bed with me. I started that with the other dog and now I regret it I can't get her out. I have been working with my bishcon to sleep in a dog bed but she likes the big bed much better....

11-10-2006, 07:26 AM	#5
RLC12345678 I heart Hootie & Hobbs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 7,149	My oldest yorkie is a year and 2 months old and he will have to get up in the middle of the night to potty unless I take him on a good walk before bed. If your yorkie is really wild, she definately needs more exercise. Try taking her on a good walk a couple of times a day and then right before you go to bed at night. On the walk before bed, she will potty and probably won't have to get up in the middle of the night. My yorkie won't potty before bed UNLESS I take him on a walk to do his business. I have found that this is the one and only way he won't wake me up in the middle of the night to go potty. I let both my yorkies sleep in bed with me. I am sure your yorkie is just sad that your other dog gets to sleep in bed with you and not her!!!!!! Why is the harm?? My oldest yorkie also chews on my socks. I just have to put my socks in a place where he cannot get to them and also I shut my bedroom door so he can't get in there. Bc my yorkie seems to like playing with socks more than his toys, I just take old socks that are missing a match and give them to my yorkie to play with. Those are HIS socks. He is allowed to play with his socks, not mine. Maybe you can try that. The prevent other chewing, give your yorkie a bully stick, flossie, Nylabone, something for her to chew on so she won't chew on things she isn't supposed to chew on. I think you will regret giving her away, but it is obvious she isn't getting enough exercise during the day. If she was, she wouldn't be so wild.

11-10-2006, 07:32 AM	#6
thornsberry Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 44	Good advice I will try but what are flossies and nylabones and bulley sticks everytime I go to purchase a bone it says not intended for dogs under 10 pounds My Rosie weighs 5 pounds so I am always afraid to buy them. She does need something to chew on. Do you give your yorkies bones or bulley sticks while your gone??

11-10-2006, 09:08 AM	#10
thornsberry Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 44	Well I went and bought teething bones for puppy she seems to enjoy it. I also bought Denti-Chew. I can't find the bully sticks are they like a long skinney spiral bone??

11-10-2006, 12:40 PM	#11
Bnot YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mobile AL Posts: 1,399	Venus is 5 months. At night, I start her out in her crate. After the first time she wakes me to go potty, I take her to potty, then let her sleep the rest of the night in the bed with me. Seems that keeps her from getting me up again, and I do sleep quite late at times. Before I started doing that, she's wake me up 2 more times to go potty before I got up I have pet stairs, and it doesn't look like she's pottied on the bed, so I have to assume she's going to her pee pads. I'm sure you'd regret giving your dog to your mother-in-law. Remember once you give her away....you don't get them back no matter how close of a relative they are.

11-10-2006, 12:42 PM	#12
Bnot YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mobile AL Posts: 1,399	Oh, btw...my older yorkie sleeps with me, and I think Venus just wanted to be closer to both of us sleeping! I think she was a little jealous he got to sleep with me, and she didn't.