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jsbart · 07-21-2014, 03:01 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I think since my baby has been through 3 other owners that he is just a very anxious and scared boy. Today I have closed the bathroom so he can't isolate himself and has to interact more with me. I'm trying my best to let him come to me and not pick him up, but it's hard because I want to hold him. Once I pick him up he's fine with being held. The couple who last owned him were at work all day and also boarded him fairly often. I'm retired and home with him all the time. For the first few months he was so sweet and wanted to be with me all the time. It seems that once he felt at home is when he started hiding out in the bathroom and sometimes he stays there for hours. He will come to the door and look at me as if to remind me that he's still mad and if I say anything to him he runs back to his "cave". I've tried totally ignoring him and eventually he will come sit with me on the couch, but it may be 4 or 5 hours before this happens. I feel so mean when I try to assert myself over him and since it's not having a positive effect, I'll just have to give him a lot of love and hope he'll get better. He's not aggressive any time other than when I've left him and return although he won't come to me when I call him. If I have to pick him up to take him outside when I put him down he bolts and runs. Has done this since the first day I got him. Just a lot of anxiety and very unsure of everything. I imagine that's why I'm the 4th person to own him in 5 years.

07-21-2014, 03:01 PM	#7
jsbart Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: sylvester ga. Posts: 19	aggresive yorkie Thanks for all the replies. I think since my baby has been through 3 other owners that he is just a very anxious and scared boy. Today I have closed the bathroom so he can't isolate himself and has to interact more with me. I'm trying my best to let him come to me and not pick him up, but it's hard because I want to hold him. Once I pick him up he's fine with being held. The couple who last owned him were at work all day and also boarded him fairly often. I'm retired and home with him all the time. For the first few months he was so sweet and wanted to be with me all the time. It seems that once he felt at home is when he started hiding out in the bathroom and sometimes he stays there for hours. He will come to the door and look at me as if to remind me that he's still mad and if I say anything to him he runs back to his "cave". I've tried totally ignoring him and eventually he will come sit with me on the couch, but it may be 4 or 5 hours before this happens. I feel so mean when I try to assert myself over him and since it's not having a positive effect, I'll just have to give him a lot of love and hope he'll get better. He's not aggressive any time other than when I've left him and return although he won't come to me when I call him. If I have to pick him up to take him outside when I put him down he bolts and runs. Has done this since the first day I got him. Just a lot of anxiety and very unsure of everything. I imagine that's why I'm the 4th person to own him in 5 years.