Davis is 9 1/2 months and while I love him to pieces, he is going to give me a stroke!!! He used to be so obedient and well behaved and in the past few weeks he has been a little yorkshire 'terror'!! We've had a few incidents and I'm just a ball of stress!!
Incident #1
Usually when we take him out for his walks we have to coax him down the front stairs with tons of praise, and he would never run out the front door if we opened it for company and whatnot. But 2 weeks ago his daddy opened the door just a crack to see how cold it was outside and he shot out the door and into the street!!! Daddy was right out the door after him and was able to stop traffic and catch him fairly quickly, but I'm STILL having anxiety over it!!!! Mother-in-law came to visit and just let herself in and he bolted for the door again. I screamed "wait!! Stop!!" and I think I hurt her feelings, but I was yelling more at Davis then her. Now I keep the door locked so I know I can pick him up before someone opens it..
#2
2 days ago I was cleaning and he managed to get a water bottle that I dropped. I told him "no! stay!" I tried to get it from him but he stashed it behind the couch. I kept cleaning, and then a few minutes later, he's got it back out again. I quickly grab it from him and see that he's chewed a pieces of the lid right off! I quickly look down at him, and he's chewing on the piece. Before I can grab him to get it out his mouth, he SWALLOWS IT!! I called the vet and I have to take him in so they can force him to throw it up. The vet said it was a good thing I called and brought him in right away or he would've ended up on the operating table. MY NERVES!
#3
He's been nipping toes and whatever else he can to get out attention, even if we are already playing with him. We tell him a stern "no", and he sometimes stops. He's in time out right now for bitting my elbow HARD while I was petting/ playing with him. (we flip the laundry basket over on him and keep him in for 10 minutes).
#4
He's being VERY demanding for his treats. Not whining or barking, but sassing. He looks at where his treats are and and then at us and demands then. Sometimes we give them but he has to do his tricks first. He always has to do his tricks first for treats and now he sometimes tries to refuse to do them..
#5
he's been digging at the carpet. he always gets told "no" and if he keeps doing it, he gets time out.
do we just keep putting him in time out? I dont know what else to do!!! It's like a toddlers terrible twos!! And it seems that he will listen to my fiance much more than he will listen to me. Is it just because he sounds more stern when he talks to Davis? Sometimes he's still my sweet little boy, but he's certainly getting very saucy lately. Any have experience/ advice about this? What happened to my well-behaved little boy??
