Tibbe gets so offended sometimes when I make him stop doing something. Sometimes he will get so miffed, he will go get in his airline carrier sitting on the floor at the end of the couch or go to the bedroom and get up on the bed, sometimes with his little back to the door. And most times, he won't even turn around if I go into the bedroom and ask him where he's gone and what's the matter. If I ever do go to the bed and pick him up, he will turn his head away and push away from me - not even about to accept me yet. I think it is so darn cute but feel bad, too, that he's so hurt to be stopped doing something! It he does look around, I get the mother of all stinkeyes at this point!
Wonder why they go off like that? Are they just so hurt or truly offended and just can't stand to be near us or fearful something worse could happen????? Tibbe doesn't act scared or fearful at all - he acts hurt or mad at me. I've seen dogs separate when they had a tiff and each go off from the other so I guess he's mimicking that. Anyway, I'm so interested in trying to study this behavior, I usually wait him out and
after he's made me suffer his absence for awhile, he's mostly over it and I'm graced with his presence once again. But he doesn't dash in the room or act happy. He just walks in like a king or something, looking at me as if I'm so lucky to be forgiven by His Highness. And he'll go lie down at the end of the couch or away from me unless I call him, which I usually don't. I just grin at him and watch him to try to figure out what he's thinking and see how long he'll stay aloof. I'm so curious when dogs exhibit behavior like this - it's almost human!!! He truly seems peeved. I love to study him when he's doing this. His body language is quite stiff at this point still. He carries it through, too, and freezes me out quite some time before I'm forgiven and he'll come lie beside me or I approach him. All in all it's usually well over 30 minutes and longer if he falls asleep on the bed! Opinionated little cuss!
Does anybody else get this when you tell your Yorkie "no", "stop" or "enough"? Why do you think they do it? How long do you get punished for it?
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