Originally Posted by YorkieSue  Here is the shorter version of the new thread that I TRIED TO POST on this frustrating site but lost...again. A nice woman responded and suggested that if I am going to be longer than two or three minutes writing on the site that I first write it elsewhere and then copy and paste it as the thread when I get to the site. Doesn't this seem ridiculous to have to do? What is the matter with the Webmaster or whomever on this site that after two or three minutes, your effort to submit is totally lost!! This is THE MAIN REASON I have stayed away from YorkieTalk--I cannot stand the frustrations on this site and I am surprised that others don't complain bitterly. They should because half the time I cannot even get onto the site from aol..I have to go to Firefox. What is wrong with this picture and how can so many people support nonsense like this??
Having said the above, I wrote earlier about a Yorkie I have had for eight years. Some of you may remember or think you do, my writings about a little dog called Dixie Cup. She was going to be the Apple of my eye after the death of the most beloved dog I have or will ever own again. When Phoebe Snow died, I died a little. But my hopes soared when Dixie Cup become available in S.C. (I live in NY). I drove there, got her, the day after I bought her, on the way back home, I knew I had trouble. Dixie has been "off" for eight and half YEARS and I have agonized over her temperment. And she doesn't just have a tough terrier temperament either...she's damaged or something akin to this. She truly seems schizophrenic as she can change on a dime. I've been bitten (twice badly) about six times and threatened by her so many times I have lost count. I"ve had in trainers, been to umpteen vet appts, written to scads of people, worked with her for hours on end FOR YEARS and still she is untrustworthy, aloof, sometimes vicious, and very dangerous. Every time I let my guard down I get hurt. She is a resource guarder (I am her prime target, her dog bone if you will) bar none. She is territorial, possessive and dangerous when guarding whatever it is she finds to guard. It is not just one object and sometimes it not an object at all--it's a space or section under the bed.
Last nite as I walked by her as she was chewing her treat WHILE TETHERED (i ABSOLUTELY NEVER leave her free in the house at night..she's too flaky and she hates my two little boy dogs I rescued who are so sweet it is unbelievable. They do not deserve to be injured by her and two trainers have warned me that she will do more than just hurt them...she is vicious)she suddenly growled and before I could blink had her teeth in my left thigh. I am so depressed over this little dogthat there are no words. She is not a pal or companion at all as I have learned over the past 8 1/2 years and my heart is broken. Even tethered I have to be careful around her. When she is not tethered she is muzzled as I will not have my two boy dogs hurt or killed if I Need to shower...and sometimes I do need to take care of me!! Yes, yes, I use crates too but basically, Dixie would spend 24/7 in a crate if anyone but me had her...she simply cannot stop guarding and attacking...doesn't matter what it is. Last nite really destroyed me. I have tried everything but a shock collar. I've crated, gated, separated, muzzled, tethered, tranquilized (prozac)and shot off air horns at her. NOTHING BUT NOTHING MAKES A DENT. sHE is dangerous.
The suggestion is always the same. Give her up, why bother keeping her, get rid of her etc. etc. etc. WEll, my response to this is, "would you get rid of your child because she was emot. disturbed or autistic?" I suppose some would, but I am not some. No one would keep this dog, this I know. She would be euthanized or worse...abused terribly. It wouldn't take her two seconds to bite a kid in the face if a family, swayed by her cuteness, adopted her. Nope, she stays with me because I couldn't live with myself if I gave her to a shelter or family (who would not keep ker after the first bite) and well, I can barely live with her either. This is sickening and I am close to being emotionally destroyed over this gorgeous, once show dog. She is a mess and I am lost for any remedies to EVEN JUST CALM DOWN THE SITUATION. I have no life at night because she won't stop barking at ME, attacking the boys (even tethered) and 'killing' the leash she is tied with. She is hurting her throat now because she is violent with her leash now that she has damaged her trachea and is now coughing. I am without hope.
Anyone ever had a dog like this? One that you can barely enjoy and that takes 24/7 monitoring??? Dreadful....thanks for listening. YorkieSue |