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Originally Posted by DaniMarie

This thread is hilarious!!!

My Poppy is only six months, so we have a bit of time before she develops more habits.

We have three cats and they are all VERY spoiled, so when we got the dog, my husband made me promise to treat her with discipline and not give in to her demands, like I do with the cats.

That worked in theory until the very first time I held her in my hands. He actually said at that moment "Oh God, here it begins...".


When Poppy wants attention, she makes a sneezing noise a few times before it develops into a bark. She does this when, although she can jump up onto the couch and does it ALL THE TIME, especially when Mommy and Daddy are eating their food up there, she wants one of us to pick her up. Not one of us, because she won't let Daddy give her a boost, only Mommy. She whines and whines and whines until I find the right angle for her and we've put the blanket in the right position for her to nest on. Oh and Mommy can't forget the obligatory rub down before she relaxes. Only Mommy can do this correctly to her standards. Daddy has tried every day since we've had her.

She also hasn't done very well with the "outside training", so we primarily use puppy pads, which are great. She knows as soon as she goes on the puppy pad, she deserves a treat and comes to collect with a very specific look on her face. She has a habit of trying to trick me, by walking over to the pad, walking around on it for a minute or two, then running over to me and giving me that look! Since we're still potty training, and it's important that she associate the good behavior with the reward, I don't fall for that trickery, but she still tries every single day!

She has pet stairs that go up to our bed and no matter where she is, what she's doing, whether she's even sleeping or not, she makes SURE the cats aren't sitting on her stairs. If they are, she'll bark and bark and bark until Mommy kicks the cat off her stairs.

Mommy is not allowed to sleep until first Daddy falls asleep, THEN Poppy falls asleep. If Mommy tries to fall asleep first, Poppy gets very offended and gives out high pitched yelps to let me know that I'm not adhering to her system.

It's also amazing how such a tiny 5lb bundle of fluff can make me somehow hang half off the bed by the middle of the night. Poppy must sleep directly on Mommy, by leaning on her from the side. (I'm currently having a hard time typing because she's laying on my left arm napping) If I try to move and reposition, she moves with me and I end up inched off the bed.

OH and yes! She must have two-three ice cubes in her water dish. I put the cubes in and pour the filtered water over them.

Those are just some for now.

haha, I'm reading this, LMAO!!!! Soooooo yorkie typical! Aren't they great?