WOW! thanks for all the support and ideas guys! lol didnt expect to have this many replies!
for starters, i wasnt trying to bash the groomer at all... i actually dont blame her... she has her own little shop and shes the only one there so i know how much of a handful he must be while hes up on that table...
secondly, i am not giving up yet... i will give him until at least a year before i decide to try to re-home him if we think we have to.
Third, on a typical day, i'll wake up at 530 and bring him for a half hour walk, then we'll come home and he'll go back into his X pen while we get ready.. we will let him out to roam around our apartment (also difficult) until we have to go to work. He does have to stay in the pen all day more for his safety than anything... we get home around 5:00 where one of us brings him to the beach or the park for about an hour walk... then we come home and he hangs out with us until about 9:00. if he gets really nippy or barky we do give him little 5 minute "time outs" where we'll put him back in the pen.
I just got a call from our vet and he is just waking up from his neutering surgery! they also had to remove one baby tooth that wouldnt fall out by itself.
also FYI, he is a HUGE yorkie... he weighed in this morning at 18.5lbs! so he's probably a little bit more difficult to handle than some of the dogs you guys have experience with.
His biting problem is something we're trying hard to work on... we dont hit him... and we do try to ignore him but its very tough. i just want to make one thing clear.. he is NOT an aggressive dog... his biting is play biting and we know this... i doubt he was aggressive with the groomer either (but again i wasnt trying to make this whole post about the groomer, it was just like the straw that broke my spirit lol). |