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06-14-2012, 09:39 AM | #16 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana
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| My dog was a little over a year when he came home with me. He's not a yorkie ..he's a small poodle. However, it was the same exact thing you are describing. I bought many different types of toys, and with the squeaker toys...it would get his attention when I squeaked it, but he wouldn't touch them. I too was worried that he might never play, because with mine, it was very clear that he didn't even know what toys were. He wouldn't even touch any type of kong filled with every treat I could think of..nothing. I was doing clicker training with him because my dog had clearly missed very critical socialization of anything and everything possible. I also began using it with his toys ...just to teach him it was a good positive thing to go up and touch his toys. But other than walking up and touching them...still nothing. I continued to try to initiate play with his toys and I put some in his bed and house. He never responded other than touching them with his nose occasionally. Then one night I'm cooking dinner and I hear this squeaking start, and once he started ...it was like he couldn't stop! It was if he had finally realized all of the fun he had been missing all of this time. Now there isn't a day that he doesn't squeak one his toys. So, maybe it could be that it might take him a little while to fully settle in. Either way, I know he is going to bring you so much joy!! |
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06-14-2012, 04:05 PM | #17 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Greater Tampa Bay
Posts: 35
| Shortly after posting about Petunia not liking toys, this morning, she went nuts in the back yard trying to get a small lizard. I may try a lazer pointer to see if she'll go after that. A friend of mine also suggested an odd thing that her dog likes. Musical cards!!! Her dog goes crazy opening and closing them, lol. Of course, a dog can't be left alone with them. |
06-14-2012, 06:20 PM | #18 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,505
| Toys LOL! They sure go for quick moving lizards! I know my previous dog {who is now an angel :-(( } was bitten by one and she HATED them afterwards and woe betide any lizard that came into her field of view, it was WAR! So it just takes the right stimulus and you are off and running. There are no rules with these pups, we just know we love them! Good Luck! |
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