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04-10-2006, 07:17 AM | #1 |
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| Tantrum? My yorkie Oz is 8 months old ... He is a very well-behaved little guy .. doing pretty well with the potty training and I take him absolutely everywhere with me. Over the last few weeks .. he's been having these little ..for lack of a better word "tantrums". He does great in his car seat .. ( a necessity since I have front seat airbags) ... but the past few times out .. if I roll down the driver window at the ATM or get out of the car to pump gas etc.. he starts this piercing bratty barking ... he thrashes his little body around and paws his feet like he's really mad! He does the PO'd whining, whimpering thing when we sit in the bleachers at my son's baseball games .. I walk him around plenty ... but when I want to SIT down and watch the game he whines .. also .. the last few times in his stroller ... he whined and barked ( the bratty bark) at me until I took him out ... I typically keep the stroller zipped all the way closed ... yesterday we were at the outdoor dog-friendly mall ... so I had it open ... Any suggestions for curtailing this kind of behavior? I don't want him to be spoiled ... well maybe a little spoiled but not so much that he disturbs the peace. |
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04-10-2006, 01:05 PM | #2 |
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| It does sound like he's "spoiled." And, I have no clue what you can do. Unfortunately, when he behaves this way in public - to keep the peace, you probably do exactly what he wants - pick him up and hold him - or something like that. And, of course, this just reinforces the behavior that you don't want. You're going to have to try and come up with something you can do - that he doesn't want being done - when he acts this way. I would think that he must be exhibiting some of this same sort of behavior when you're at home also -- and perhaps, this is where the training should start. I'm sure it's almost impossible to deal with when you are already out in public. It will be interesting to see what ideas other people have. Carol Jean |
04-10-2006, 01:51 PM | #3 | |
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Thank you Carol Jean ... Actually I don't get any attitude at home ... because I very rarely even confine him ... I get babysitters for him when I can't take him with me. it's very early in these behaviors so I feel like I can still break him of this ... I'm just not sure how | |
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