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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Well, Marcel is a pile of goo - just a pile of goo covered in fur. If you put him on his back so you can rub his tummy, it's "okay Mama!" - if you take his bone away, "okay Mama!" - if you clip his claws "okay Mama" - if you need to lock him in a certain area for a bit "okay Mama!". He is seriously the most trusting and loving and innocent dog I've ever met - just relaxed and easy-breezy. He is sort of an eternal puppy. And, he's the consummate little brother, and doesn't mind that role one bit.

But our Wylie thinks he carries the world on his shoulders. He hates barriers - he chewed through a baby-gate when he was 10 mths old ! He hates closed doors and/or not having access to everyone in the house at all times. Trying to clip his claws is like trying to restrain a gorilla. He has separation issues, and shakes whenever we leave. He does *not* like you to take his bone away - he fights giving it up. He is very sensitive and aware. When he used to eat kibble, he would want his kibble "fluffed" every night around 9pm (just a "hand-fluff" to his kibble), before he'd eat it. He has certain little habits that just appear, go on for months or even years, and then he has a new one. Like right now, he is having a love affair with my socks - he brings them up to the bed every night, carrying them ever-so-gently - and places them softly, and then just lays with them. This habit came out of nowhere, and will end the same way. That's just him.


We love both our boys' personalities bc they are so unique and funny...but yeah, they can be some work too.

Thor is like that with plucking the hair out of his ears. He doesn't care if I stick a q-tip in, and the plucking doesn't seem to hurt him, but he hates it with all his little heart. I cannot believe how much a 4 lb dog can struggle! I try to do one quick pull to get a few hairs every night, but somehow he knows if I'm touching his ears just to touch them, clean them, or pluck them.