|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
12-06-2009, 10:22 PM | #31 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Temecula
Posts: 669
| Quote:
No, but seriously, Yorkie's really are stalkers, aren't they? Maybe we should all write a book, "How I embraced my lack of privacy and learned to love the Yorkie Stalkers" tee hee :-) | |
Welcome Guest! | |
12-07-2009, 07:58 AM | #32 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
Posts: 3,447
| I think my Yorkie puppy is more attached to my Westie (age 3 years) than she is to me. She follows HIM from room to room and she won't go for a walk with me unless HE is there as well. At bedtime, though, she is awful anxious to jump up on my bed and snuggle. If he would though, I'm sure she would prefer to snuggle with him. He snuggles with my son and he doesn't like her on his bed. What's up with that? I know she loves me and I love her but I swear she would rather be with my Westie. Perhaps he is more fun. I'm a lot nicer to her than he is! |
12-07-2009, 08:10 AM | #33 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: italy
Posts: 263
| follow the leader My 3 usually follow me around when there is a lot of activity in the house but as they have gotten older they like to lounge on the couch and watch me. BUT, if I sit near them it's fun and games. They 2 girls compete for my lap and Pippo sits on the back of the sofa and makes like a fur collar around my neck after checking out my hair (is it combed to his liking?), my ears (are they clean?), my forehead (any cream he can lick off?). I hope he outgrows this phase, but my lap is taken up. |
12-08-2009, 01:09 PM | #34 |
Yorkie Yakker | AMAZING.! My yorkie Roxy (RIP) was not like that, but Yoda... HOLY MOLY.... I have to tip toe out of the room, he is ALWAYS under me. I have stepped on him so many times because of it and he has not learned not to do it. His poor feet are stepped on at least twice a week. if he can't find me, all I hear are his little feet on the hardwood floors running trying to find me. Oh man it's bad!
__________________ Yoda is MY... |
12-09-2009, 02:50 AM | #35 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 22
| Stop Yorkie from stalking you into certain rooms My suggestion is to train them to not go into certain zones of the house so that you have peace of mind or want some privacy. So if you want the bathroom to be out of bounds, simply teach them not to enter the bathroom, or make it an undesirable destination. What i did to keep the dog out of the bathroom while i showered was to take it in with me and set it on the sink top counter. Since he is scared to jump off, he feels trapped and gets anxious. I take my sweet time and don't pet or console my puppy as i get dressed, brush my teeth etc... Everytime I go to the bathroom and he follows me to the bathroom door, i pick up the puppy so he won't have a chance to get away and place him on the sinktop where he can't get down or move much without falling (they won't jump off the sink top). Once in a while i will let him sit on the ground and close the shower door and go about my business. The dog will feel confined and neglected and will not take being in the bathroom as a fun experience. After one week, when i go to the bathroom, he stops at the doorway and quickly turns tail because he knows he will have to be trapped in there with me for 20 minutes or more with me... lol.. You can modify this to any room. Just put them on a dresser or some place high EVERY time you enter that room... and go about your business while they whine. Do it immediately once you enter the room and the Yorkie crosses the threshold. Grab him and place him up there and go about your business while ignoring them. Once you leave you take them down and place them outside the doorway and close it behind you. Then next time you go into that room, you can give the "no" command and if they persist, then follow up with placing them on a small dresser or surface up high. You must be able to limit this high surface. Perhaps a basket on a dresser or bucket..... pretty soon they won't want to go into that room willingly! Hope this helps Last edited by chewie2009; 12-09-2009 at 02:53 AM. |
12-11-2009, 03:16 PM | #36 | |
My Three Hearts Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wrapped around their paws :-)
Posts: 7,190
| Quote:
I would be hesitant to put a Yorkie puppy or dog on a counter up high or dresser, if I was not right there to make sure he/she wasn't going to jump.(I wouldn't go in a shower and leave my dog/puppy on my sink/counter) Some babies could become so stressed that they would jump, and the result would not be good. And some Yorkies, well, a LOT of Yorkies, are really Rotties in a tiny body
__________________ MaryKay AprilLove Wubs Moosie R.I.P. Bailey & BitsyRoo | |
12-11-2009, 11:33 PM | #37 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Temecula
Posts: 669
| Quote:
| |
12-17-2009, 01:16 AM | #38 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North
Posts: 1,324
| Quote:
With any number of dogs at anyone time plus a kid I just leave the door open or half open and wait for a head to pop in. I well used to one of six bodies with me and so think nothing of it. Only thing that bugs me is trying to get my winter boots on or off with a nose in my eye ball. JL
__________________ "The truth about an animal is far more beautiful than all the myths woven about it." Konrad Loranz | |
01-20-2010, 05:36 AM | #39 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bogota, Colombia
Posts: 73
| Chuchi by nature always used to follow me but I try using the stay command to teach him that the doesn't have to always do it. Sometimes he will stay behind and then end up following me but I keep reinforcing the stay but he is quickly learning. It's adorable seeing him obey and wait behind for me to come back. Part of the trick that I've learned is also not leaving him behind for too long so that he learns that I will always come back |
01-20-2010, 06:29 AM | #40 |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
Posts: 2,680
| Pixie follows me everywhere, and I love it. She can be sound asleep and if I get up she is right there. I think it is adorable. It is just bc they love you and want to be near you.
__________________ Proud Mom of Daisy and Pixie |
01-20-2010, 06:34 AM | #41 | |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
Posts: 2,680
| Quote:
__________________ Proud Mom of Daisy and Pixie | |
01-20-2010, 06:56 AM | #42 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Greeneville, TN
Posts: 77
| I honestly think it is just little dogs in general. Toby & Molly are always in every room with me... I love it haha. I love me little boogers even if they are stalkers :P
__________________ Sarah Mommy to Molly Toby Rachel & Beasley |
01-20-2010, 08:53 AM | #43 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: rochester, NY, USA
Posts: 102
| Duke follows me everywhere. He could be sound asleep on my bed, but if I leave the room he is up in a flash following me. I would NEVER put him up high and expect him to stay there. He's 7 lbs of terror. I've seen that dog jump from three steps high and fly into our family room.(good thing for carpet) I swear he thinks he's part bird..lol They just love to be near you. Plus if he's not near me he's usually in trouble.
__________________ Gina Duke R.I.P 7/2/11 |
01-20-2010, 09:17 AM | #44 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| Muffin always followed me - even laid on the rug while I bathed. Kacee follows me, too. The only difference is that when I'm bathing she won't come in - she must be afraid she'll get a bath, too. Instead, she'll lay just outside the doorway and wait for awhile and then usually get tired and go to bed. But, yes, Kacee follows me everywhere, too. They love you and just want to be with you. I enjoy being with them, too.
__________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel |
01-25-2010, 01:11 PM | #45 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbia SC
Posts: 134
| well i'm gonna put my 2 cents in b/c i'm addicted to "The dog whisperer" and i watched a show about how the dog followed her owner and would attack anyone who came near the "momma" its a negative obsession. It's as simple as trainging the sit and stay technique. It was mentioned on here to use that at the doorway. That would be a great place to start... Then move to have her sit and stay, walk a few feet away, then go back and treat, keep going further and further, until eventually you're out of sight. It does take a while and you have to enforce it. but it DOES work. After stepping on my oldest too many times i had to train her to stay out of the kitchen and everywhere else i go, expecially laundry. Took about 2 weeks and now she only follows me if i invite her to. Remember, they're dogs, not humans. They dont own us (even though they really do haha!) Hope this helps!
__________________ "My goal in life is 2 be as good a person as my dog thinks I am." Proud Mama to 2 Furbabies Honey & Bindi |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart