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06-22-2009, 05:08 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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| Sign of Trouble?? or just scared I have a 7 week old [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]yorkie[/COLOR][/COLOR] -- in love already and the past week has been a week full of love!!!! (and only one sleepless night) Yesterday a friend came over (sigh...without calling) to visit our new baby and brought his 12 week old [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]retriever[/COLOR][/COLOR] (cute BIG furball!)..... anyway all was well for about 15 minutes until the retriever finally got his giant tongue on Buster's face and Buster let out the biggest growl and snapped at him. Buster has been chasing around our labador and [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]cat[/COLOR][/COLOR] all week - with no problems -- all has gone wonderful. Is this little outburst anything to worry about??? or was he just scared? I really want to bring this little guy up well - and be well adjusted. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! |
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06-22-2009, 12:08 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North
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| Could be and then maybe not. He could be tired but I would get him out and about with dogs that are safe as much as you can and even into a pupppy class to help with social skills. Having him play with his own age is best when learning if he is at all scared but he needs to see all ages and stages and size and kind of dogs. JL
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06-23-2009, 11:46 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cape town, South Africa
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| Yorkies don't generally like big puppies because they are so rambunctious that they can hurt the yorkie while playing. My yorkie likes adult labradors (my sister has one), but he hates lab puppies. He was in a class with one when he was younger and it really upset him. They trampled him with their big, clumsy paws - not their fault, they are just being puppies. Anyway, the fact that your yorkie snapped at him means that he was probably quite scared of being hurt and had to resorted to the only way to defend himself that he knows. The scary thing here is that most aggressive dogs became that way because they were scared. They had to resort to aggression to defend themselves. This act becomes a habit and the puppy can grow up to be very aggressive. You need to nip this in the bud. Only allow calm dogs near him - he is going to have to be socialized with a lot of nice puppies to learn that they aren't going to hurt him. Try organizing play dates with other small puppies to help him get a positive association with other dogs. As a case in point, my yorkie snaps and snarls at other dogs that he doesn't know, mostly if they are bigger than he is. He had a bad experience with bigger dogs as a puppy and now I am constantly in fear that he will take it too far and get hurt. If he is scared of other dogs, don't pressure him to just cope. Keep him separate from them until he is comfortable with them. My little June is tiny and was very scared of my parents' staffies and other dogs. We are now visiting my parents and here is how I introduced them without her feeling scared or overwhelmed. I let the staffies into the den where June was. She was scared, so she crawled up on my shoulder and onto the couch. Once on the couch, the other dogs were allowed to sniff her, but not get too near to her. After about five minutes of this, she wanted to play with them! This tiny 3lb yorkie wanted to play with two adult staffies!! I trust the other dogs and June sensed this and relaxed. Don't throw your pup in at the deep end. Take it slow and get him comfortable with other dogs. Keep him safely out of reach until he is comfortable. Don't let him get scared!! If he gets scared, he will cope with it by lashing out and you don't want that! Keep his interactions with other dogs as positive as possible and he will realize that they are friends, not foes. Good luck.
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