[TeddyandTiffy]

Originally Posted by Rosey07

Do Yorkies get mad? I mean like "mad at us" for leaving them?

I only crate Furgie when we go somewhere that she can not go and sometimes at night if she is sick or stinky, so a few time a week she may be created for some reason or other....but when we get back she's all shaking, lowering her head and pulls away from me when I go to get her out. I'm confused...It's as if she is mad and she don't want me to touch her...yet she does, She will do this in the mornings when I crate her over night too What is this?

Do any of you go through this and how do I help her with it...it is just gonna aways happen...you know...LIFE!

I love her name that is so cute! Can I ask how old she is? Yes they can get mad at U. U should see my Teddy when I do something he don't like, he pouts, rubs his pony out, goes and paws at my rugs. Sage tears puppy pads up when she is mad at me. They are very smart, don't ever ever underestimate them! She is just getting use to the process, if U've never put her in one then she has to adjust to it. She will get use to it. Do U have toys in there for her? What about blankies? Make it like her own little home. Do U have food and water where she can get to it all the time? Trust me if U do it the right way she will come to love it and even go sleep in it when U're home, even if U have other beds out throughout U're home, Mine go in theirs to sleep even with beds out in our living room and Yorkies room or if something scares her she'll run it her little crate. There is NOTHING wrong with crating babies when need be. And no she won't do this all the time.

"i think a kinder solution would be to fence off a room where the dog can have room to move all day. people who leave their dogs in crates all day will have neurotic dogs and wonder why

think of what is best for your pet.. not yourself

there has got to be another answer for these poor caged dogs.. "

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with U on this one, and I'm not trying to start any fusses here but just my own personal thoughts on this matter. Fencing off a room might be a kinder solution in somes eyes but I've done that fenced off my kitchen for my Yorkies, my kitchen chairs we're ate all to pieces, baseboards, pee in the floor. Fenced off my living room and same thing happened U should see my coffee table, not counting baseboards, chewed holes in my carpet when we had carpet in the living room. Ate my sewing machine cord up, ate a fan cord up all the way through while it was plugged in and running mind U while I was gone to the store. (Thank Tiffanie for that one). When Yorkies are puppies and no one is there to watch them they will chew/eat whatever they can get their teeth on. I've tried all the sprays out there and all the hot sauces on the market. I feel if U can't be there to watch them or put them in a room without no baseboard and nothing to chew on that they may get hurt on then they should be crated or in playpens for their safety.


She didn't say she left her in her crate all day long, she said when she left & sometimes at night. There is nothing wrong with crating Yorkies if done the right way. I crate/playpen all 5 of mine when need be and they love it. There are just sometimes that people can't be there to watch them. U and them get a better nights sleep when they are crated. I do not have neurotic dogs, they don't pace or go around in circle at all, they are not scared or shaking when I let them out. Now if U do it wrong and never let them out then they could end up this way. Mine are not crated/playpen up all day long, just when need be. So I can't say crating is wrong if done the right way.