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mymackensie · 10-21-2008, 03:55 PM

I have a 5 month old little girl & she is a bundle of hyperness. She chews on our pants legs & growls mostly in the morning before work or after work while we are trying to play with her. She gets up on our dining room table if we leave the chair out. She attacks my 8 year grandson everytime he comes over & that is quite often since he lives across the street from me. He digs in our backyard constantly. Chews the garbage on our basket in the kitchen if we forget to put it up when we leave to go somewhere. You name it, she does it. We have a 32" gate which she climbs over & have added a 24" gate on top & so far she cannot get over both of them. I have kept her in the kitchen till she was 4 months old than introduced her to the living room. In that time in the kitchen, she had a permanent puppy pad in a tray when we were not home (she chewed the disposable ones) & when we are home she was taken outside. Now she just goes wherever she darn well pleases, even on our recliners. The new thing is to run out the front door when someone comes. When you try to hold her, she wiggles all over the place you can barely hold onto her.

I am a very patience person but when my daughter, nieces & nephews saw the "LOOK" they knew! Yorkies don't know the "LOOK"!

I am seriously thinking of finding a new home for MacKensie. My husband & I are 59 years old & we think we are to old for this youngster. I have an appointment to get her spayed in November & I am hoping this will settle her down as other people have told me.

I have talked to the other three people who have puppies from this litter. Two families have other dogs & are doing quite well. One lady gave her puppy back cause she couldn't deal with it.

We have gone to puppy class & she follows command such as sit, stay & come great. It is just the wildness which is a problem.

I am having out of town company next Monday evening for dinner & I made an appointment at the groomer to be bathed just to have her out of the house so she won't be jumping & biting on the guests. How sad it that!

I am sure she rebels because we are not with her all day. I am a partner in a catering business & cannot take her to work because the heatlth bureau would not appreciate her being there which is understandable.

Since I have been writing this I have stopped to take my telephone bill which she jumped to get off of the desk out of her mouth, took our portable phone out of her mouth & repluged the adapter into the socket & now she is after my computer wires.

Bedtime is the best! I put her to bed in her crate, which is beside my bed at 8:00 each night just like you would put a baby to bed at the same time each night. This is when we can relax. And with all this turmoil during the day, she goes to bed without a wimper & sleeps all night till I wake her at 5:30 AM.

Please tell me this is going to get better cause I am not sure how long we can last.

My daughter who loves all animals & has a dog & cat agrees she is out of control & could not deal with her & she is only 35 years old.

Any reinforcement would be wonderful. I really want to keep her & hope once the puppiness is out of her & the spaying is done she will be the dog I was looking for in our retirement years.

10-21-2008, 03:55 PM	#1
mymackensie Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: whitehall pa lehigh Posts: 42	Patience Running Out I have a 5 month old little girl & she is a bundle of hyperness. She chews on our pants legs & growls mostly in the morning before work or after work while we are trying to play with her. She gets up on our dining room table if we leave the chair out. She attacks my 8 year grandson everytime he comes over & that is quite often since he lives across the street from me. He digs in our backyard constantly. Chews the garbage on our basket in the kitchen if we forget to put it up when we leave to go somewhere. You name it, she does it. We have a 32" gate which she climbs over & have added a 24" gate on top & so far she cannot get over both of them. I have kept her in the kitchen till she was 4 months old than introduced her to the living room. In that time in the kitchen, she had a permanent puppy pad in a tray when we were not home (she chewed the disposable ones) & when we are home she was taken outside. Now she just goes wherever she darn well pleases, even on our recliners. The new thing is to run out the front door when someone comes. When you try to hold her, she wiggles all over the place you can barely hold onto her. I am a very patience person but when my daughter, nieces & nephews saw the "LOOK" they knew! Yorkies don't know the "LOOK"! I am seriously thinking of finding a new home for MacKensie. My husband & I are 59 years old & we think we are to old for this youngster. I have an appointment to get her spayed in November & I am hoping this will settle her down as other people have told me. I have talked to the other three people who have puppies from this litter. Two families have other dogs & are doing quite well. One lady gave her puppy back cause she couldn't deal with it. We have gone to puppy class & she follows command such as sit, stay & come great. It is just the wildness which is a problem. I am having out of town company next Monday evening for dinner & I made an appointment at the groomer to be bathed just to have her out of the house so she won't be jumping & biting on the guests. How sad it that! I am sure she rebels because we are not with her all day. I am a partner in a catering business & cannot take her to work because the heatlth bureau would not appreciate her being there which is understandable. Since I have been writing this I have stopped to take my telephone bill which she jumped to get off of the desk out of her mouth, took our portable phone out of her mouth & repluged the adapter into the socket & now she is after my computer wires. Bedtime is the best! I put her to bed in her crate, which is beside my bed at 8:00 each night just like you would put a baby to bed at the same time each night. This is when we can relax. And with all this turmoil during the day, she goes to bed without a wimper & sleeps all night till I wake her at 5:30 AM. Please tell me this is going to get better cause I am not sure how long we can last. My daughter who loves all animals & has a dog & cat agrees she is out of control & could not deal with her & she is only 35 years old. Any reinforcement would be wonderful. I really want to keep her & hope once the puppiness is out of her & the spaying is done she will be the dog I was looking for in our retirement years.