I find this thread funny, and here I thought I just had a strange Yorkie!
Seems, Chelsea is "normal"...she will ONLY let me pet her on her terms, when she is tired, although she loves to jump in my lap, but its all intended for other purposes...TO EXPLORE! I guess from the time that she was a tyke, and me putting her on my shoulder, she THINKS she is still of size to master this, so she climbs on my shoulder alot. Now, she is 14 lbs, so its not done very gently.
When she is totally exhausted, then PET! PET! She does have her favorite spots; the base of the tail, behind the ears, and lets me rub her eyes and nose, otherwise, she is waaaaaaayyyy too busy for any of this stuff.
Chelsea'sMOM