Does your yorkie "cower"?

[jnasworthy]

I adopted Gracie from a horrible breeder. She is five years old and for the first two years of her life she was keep in a kennel. Unfortatally, they used her as a meal ticket and had one litter after another. She does cower when you go to pick her up at times. She will also walk in circles when she is nervous. Overall though she is a very sweet, loving, little dog who stole my heart!

[Duncansmom]

omg, piper is a crawler too! its funny to watch her, its like shes GI Jane! funny lil traits thats dogs get from dogland.Both of mine do it but I think its coz they think they are gettin a baf!

[scrappysmom]

Scrappydoo does it i dont know why he does it .

[txshopper73]

Gracie has never cowered but Dallas has since we brought him home as a pup (he's now 1 1/2 years). Now, if you're laying down, he comes right up to you without any problems...but something about standing up freaks him out.

[Brookef18]

Yes sadie is afraid of the vacuum cleaner and will try to get up high (Like the couch) and she will shake. She used to be afraid of other people, the car, just about anything new but she is growing up and is not as afraid any more

Chewy only does this when he smels smoke. When we cook bacon, he hides and shakes like a leaf. I am not sure why he does this... But other then smoke he is fine!

[Yorkie Luv of 3]

Chewy only does this when he smels smoke. When we cook bacon, he hides and shakes like a leaf. I am not sure why he does this... But other then smoke he is fine![/quote]



our Daisy does that too, ,i guess they'll make good smoke alarms for us ,, ya think?

and Cricket has only met ONE person she didnt like shyed away from.. woman smelled so of POT,, you could almost get high from her AROMA!! so, ,one tiny drug dog,, one teapot smoke alarm,,
wonder what specialty Trixie will have,,;-)

[judyp515]

LeRoy does this and I don't know why as he has never been hit---only loved! He is hard to pick up as he gets nervous when we reach down to pick him up and then runs in circles. I am in the process of trying to teach him to go up on something like the wall so we can pick him up---he is doing pretty good with this but will take consistent training. Louie on the other hand comes right up to me to be picked up and does not seem nervous at all. I guess it's just there personalities!

[HallTx1203]

Bennie and Barney were the only two in the litter...
Barney never cowers- does not know a stranger.....
Bennie cowers at everything....He does the belly crawl to come to you for a treat....or to be petted....or whatever....

I know that they have never been hit or abused...Their breeder is a sweetheart...Barney acts like all her pets do...Very much the extroverts....

Bennie is the lone cowerer....Wish I knew what to do to help him overcome this...

Any suggestions?

Joyce

[dani23d]

yes, and I know it's 'cause he did something bad! ie. shredding tissue paper or documents!!!

[stedmansmommy]

Stedman does this! It's weird because he doesn't duck his whole body down, but sometimes when you go to pet him on his head, he ducks his head (his head ONLY) - my hubby and I just cannot figure him out, lol. Like Layla, Stedman has never been touched in anything but a loving way, so it makes absolutely no sense to us. And we of course got him when he was a baby, so it can't be anything in his past. We just don't get it!

Tatum never ever does this...but she WILL run away if someone she doesn't know tries to pet her, or pick her up. She is just a mommy's girl, and she is shy around people she doesn't know LOL. Little mess

[magnolia]

Gage cowers and there is no "perhaps" on abuse - he was most definitely abused before I rescued him. He is getting better but it has been a looooong road with him - one I'm so very glad I chose to go down

[Reese1]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

Layla has only EVER been touched in a loving way... all her life.. YET.. when people, myself included, go to pet her, she cowers and if you didn't know us, you would assume she is abused. Is Layla the only one?

No Layla is not the only one, Wrigley is like that too! We got her when she was 12 weeks old and has been spoiled and loved and treated like a princess!
Wrigley loves to jump up and lay in our laps, but if we reach down to pick her up, she ducks her head, tucks her tail and acts like she is afraid.
She's very shy with strangers and it takes her a long time to warm up to people, if you approach her too quickly, she runs and hides. On Easter she spent most of the day under the ottoman, with her head peeking out with all the family over!
This has frustrated us and we feel bad when she does this and we have wondered if there is anything we can do to change the behavior, but I just think it's who she is!
The funny thing is Crosley we rescued from a family who weren't treating her right and she doesn't cower at all, she loves everyone!!