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wahawaha · 12-13-2009, 07:08 AM

My puppy is becoming bossy. It starts in the morning when I get his food. He starts "talking" (combination of whimpering & low yelps) to me if I take too long mixing the water with his food. Then after he eats he will do it louder to signal he wants to go outside to the bathroom (I don't want to discourage this, he just started going outside last month). If I'm on the laptop & he wants to play he will sit next to me, talks (it gets louder if I ignore him) and taps me repeatedly on the arm with his paws. If he's chewing on something & I take it away he tries to do this with me too. He's not growling, not barking loud, just sounds like he's trying to tell me what to do in a bossy way. He just turned 6 months, so I don't know if this is because he's getting older or if I've babied him too much. We've only had him for 7 weeks, but this just started last week or so. Any help on curbing this behavior? He goes to puppy training classes, so he's usually well behaved.

12-13-2009, 07:08 AM	#1
wahawaha Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 132	Help, My Yorkiepoo is Becoming Bossy My puppy is becoming bossy. It starts in the morning when I get his food. He starts "talking" (combination of whimpering & low yelps) to me if I take too long mixing the water with his food. Then after he eats he will do it louder to signal he wants to go outside to the bathroom (I don't want to discourage this, he just started going outside last month). If I'm on the laptop & he wants to play he will sit next to me, talks (it gets louder if I ignore him) and taps me repeatedly on the arm with his paws. If he's chewing on something & I take it away he tries to do this with me too. He's not growling, not barking loud, just sounds like he's trying to tell me what to do in a bossy way. He just turned 6 months, so I don't know if this is because he's getting older or if I've babied him too much. We've only had him for 7 weeks, but this just started last week or so. Any help on curbing this behavior? He goes to puppy training classes, so he's usually well behaved. Last edited by wahawaha; 12-13-2009 at 07:12 AM.