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Originally Posted by mh357  He really thinks they're rats. And he doesn't understand the concept of pampering them like I do. I'm all about that. He's definitely not abusive in any way, but this just annoys me! |
Hi ya - this bit just caught my attention. Most blokes don't get pampering anything - except themselves. I saw recently on a tv show called "it's me or the dog" (it's a British dog training show that's ABSOLUTELY fantastic) - this guy couldn't stand his wife's yorkie - he thought it was dumb - then the trainer lady showed him how to train the dog and he totally fell in love with the wee dog. Cos he could interact with the dog on his own terms - I don't know ANY guy whose idea of a fun afternoon is dressing a dog up in cute clothes. (I'm not saying that this is bad in any way I'm just saying guys - well, straight guys - don't see this as a good use for a dog!)
So may be you could try selling the yorkie on the training angle with him! Yorkies are definitely still all dog - even if they just happen to look FABULOUS in clothes. They are also super smart dogs - once you know what motivates them they pick stuff up really quickly.
My two do agility and I know some people do competition obedience with yorkies - but I think you'd need better patience than I do to do that!
When you get your puppy get the puppy and your bloke along to a training class (ideally one that uses positive re-inforcement methods). Training is one of the best ways to build a happy, healthy relationship between you and your dog - or at least that's what I find. You don't have to do competition obedience to enjoy training your dog - we're not even particularly good agility - but we all enjoy it - me, Dougal and Dixie.
That's just my point of view - I hope I don't come across as preachy, I don't mean to
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