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Originally Posted by licricket  |
I am not a Yorkie owner as of yet, (I am hoping to meet a potential breeder in the middle of December, she wants to meet me in person before she considers giving me one of her babies...and rightfully so!) but I've found a lot of people's comments on here extremely helpful in thinking about how to take care/train a yorkie. I do agree with the above comment that it seems as if everyone here is passionate about the breed, and from reading close to almost the ENTIRE thread, it does appear to me that the OP does not share this same compassion/care as all of the other owners here. The OP was full of frustration, and even anger, and a lot of comments were made about the fact that if Bdog continues the way she/he? is behaving then she/he? must go. Your OP went from blaming Bdog's behavior on the dog (even insinuating that Bdog is maliciously holding pee/poop to anger you) to now saying that you are only here asking for help and that you really want to train him etc, while at the same time mentioning all of these "obstacles" and "time constraints" you may have. While at the same time, trying to argue with members here for expressing their opinion and telling them to leave "your" thread. Ladyjane, I completely agree with you and think that the OP is not sincere, in fact it seems as if he is constantly changing his demeanor/respones depending on who is replying. Also, I found it interesting that the OP was quicker to reply (and at length) to comments that were directed at the OP's behavior (i.e. hitting the dog, lack of time, care attention, dismissing the fact the OP made clear mention of getting rid of the dog), but when members replied at LENGTH on steps the OP can take to help train and rectify the situation, not only would the OP forget to reply, but if he did, then it would be a short declaration of "great advice" or something similarly shallow.
While I am not answering any questions regarding how to help train Bdog, I do offer from a pretty objective standpoint (after sitting back and reading through this entire thread), that you find a rescue to give Bdog a chance of a happy home. If you cannot even deal with criticism on a forum about your behavior in a respectful way, (i.e. comparing ladyjane to a "bad dog") then I think it is quite clear that you have even less patience to deal with a small dog (I also understand that you have "raised dogs" for many years prior to this, but clearly previous experience is not helping you here. I have owned a dog before (he just passed away after 15 years), and I am here avidly reading/researching on how to take care of a yorkie and I do not PRESUME that my previous experience with a dog will lead me to be able to raise a Yorkie). And I understand that you've made mention of the fact that if you didn't care you wouldn't be posting here to begin with, but honestly it just seems to me like you just want to use this forum as an "I told you so" against your fiance rather than coming from you actually caring about Bdog.