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alaskayorkie · 04-19-2011, 10:14 PM

First of all, a caveat: I understand the temptation. Yorkies are so cute and so small that EVERYONE wants to pick them up and cuddle them.

But this has increasingly become my pet peeve. My dogs don't WANT to be picked up. They don't especially like ME picking them up just for the sake of being picked up. They understand when I have to pick them up to put them in the car, or up on the bed, but for the most part they'd rather get places by themselves. When I want Eddie to get moving on a walk, I tell him "I'm gonna pick you up." That sends him high-tailing it.

My peeve started with the neighbor kids. EVERY time they come over, they want to pick them up. I say no. My wife sides with the kids. She doesn't see the harm. The harm, as I see it, is it's an unnecessary risk to take. Yorkies can break legs from falls. Why risk it just so someone can have cuddle time with my dogs? Especially when my dogs don't like it!

People don't ask to pick up my Lab? Why is it any less stressful for my Yorkies to be picked up??

Am I being overprotective?

04-19-2011, 10:14 PM	#1
alaskayorkie Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anchorage Posts: 30,843 Blog Entries: 57	Do you allow people to pick up your Yorkie? First of all, a caveat: I understand the temptation. Yorkies are so cute and so small that EVERYONE wants to pick them up and cuddle them. But this has increasingly become my pet peeve. My dogs don't WANT to be picked up. They don't especially like ME picking them up just for the sake of being picked up. They understand when I have to pick them up to put them in the car, or up on the bed, but for the most part they'd rather get places by themselves. When I want Eddie to get moving on a walk, I tell him "I'm gonna pick you up." That sends him high-tailing it. My peeve started with the neighbor kids. EVERY time they come over, they want to pick them up. I say no. My wife sides with the kids. She doesn't see the harm. The harm, as I see it, is it's an unnecessary risk to take. Yorkies can break legs from falls. Why risk it just so someone can have cuddle time with my dogs? Especially when my dogs don't like it! People don't ask to pick up my Lab? Why is it any less stressful for my Yorkies to be picked up?? Am I being overprotective? __________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube Last edited by alaskayorkie; 04-19-2011 at 10:19 PM.