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Buddah<3r · 03-31-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by marcerella02

Layla has all her toys all the time (well we rotate toys... to keep her interested.. so some are away.. but she has like 10 out right now) except this ball... she was getting too tired... panting.. she wouldn't drink... so we had to take it away

that does seem to be a problem! I know he has a fav toy but he doesnt get psycho about it. I dont think I would let her have the toy all the time either.

JillandJack · 03-31-2007, 07:34 PM

Yes, Jack is very obsessed with his ball. All love to play fetch. Jill is the only one that will bring it back. They do get worn out. I have at times had to take the balls away because of agressive behavior between Jilly and Kenzi. We have a toy crate that is available all the time. Every day they drag all the toys throughout the house and every night I pick them all up. I even have to plan the pick-up when they are outside otherwise they want to play with each toy as I pick it up.

yorkiepip · 04-01-2007, 02:17 AM

Yes my Pippa is like this too, in the end we have to hide all her toys for while for her to get some rest.

littlewhip · 04-01-2007, 07:36 AM

lol this is funny,my

have a little red mouse and we call it the oh no toy,we no we have to throw it for at least 20 mins untill they wear them selfs out, so cute to see watch them all play together.the other toys them just sniff and walk by them.

mistyinca · 04-01-2007, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilLove

Remember when you were a little girl, did you not have a favorite toy??

I know mine was a Jolly Green Giant stuffed doll that I got through mail order by saving box tops.

OMG, I had one of those! Though I was not so attached to it.

Chloe too had a soccer ball until two days ago when she ATE one of the octogons off of it. So it is resting at the bottom of the trash can.

Diego · 04-01-2007, 07:49 AM

Nathan love his soccer ball and Frimousse found the joy of playing with a little basket ball . Jade loves to tease them .

Grayson's mom · 04-01-2007, 09:29 AM

Grayson has a stuffed dog that is almost as big as he is, he stole it from my youngest son,and now claims it to be his. He however is gentle with the dog and will shake him and drag it over the house. I think he knows if he puts a hole in it doggie will go to the grave yard.

Sweetums · 04-01-2007, 11:18 AM

I wonder if reverse psychology would work on a dog. What if you got her a whole bucket full of the same toy, and everytime the dog turned around, you held one out to her and practically forced it on her? Would that make the dog get sick of it and want nothing to do with it? I dunno. It might be worth a try.

WesleyandMaddie · 04-01-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by marcerella02

Layla is very obsessed about her soccer ball (only when the squeaky is still in tact) she is crazy with it and will fetch it until she is exhausted and then even more... we've started limiting her time with it to 30 min a day because she will just wear herself out.. she has started holding in her mouth while digging in her bed and will go until i tell her to stop... when she wants you to throw it she drops it andw ill stare at it intensly... she has now started doing this with her tennis ball (but only when it is outside) ... does anyone else's dog do this?? i think it is kinda sick how crazy she is about it.. but should i eliminate it all together?? she just loves them both so much.

Maddie is exactly like this! She ALWAYS has her ball with her. She will drop it by our feet and stare at it. Then she look up at us, then back at the ball, then up at us...until we give in and throw it. She would play fetch all day if I let her. The only time we've taken her ball is when we are trying to eat and she won't give us a minute peace. But other than that, I just let her have it. I feel that since it makes her so happy, I just can't take it from her. I don't worry about her getting too worn out. She always has water available and will drink when she gets too hot. The only time I will make her take a break is if we are playing outside and it is really hot out.

She brings her ball to bed and will roll on her back next to it. Sometimes she pounces on it and bats it around with her paw like a cat. She's a crazy little dog.

marcerella02 · 04-01-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by WesleyandMaddie

Maddie is exactly like this! She ALWAYS has her ball with her. She will drop it by our feet and stare at it. Then she look up at us, then back at the ball, then up at us...until we give in and throw it. She would play fetch all day if I let her. The only time we've taken her ball is when we are trying to eat and she won't give us a minute peace. But other than that, I just let her have it. I feel that since it makes her so happy, I just can't take it from her. I don't worry about her getting too worn out. She always has water available and will drink when she gets too hot. The only time I will make her take a break is if we are playing outside and it is really hot out.

She brings her ball to bed and will roll on her back next to it. Sometimes she pounces on it and bats it around with her paw like a cat. She's a crazy little dog.

that is Layla's EXACT behaviour.. she drops it.. looks at the ball.. looks at us.. if we don't throw it.. she is on our laps... or in our ears squeaking it.. today i had to take it away.. i tried so hard to let her have it alll day but it was just too much... i know i took a step back doing that but it was nuts... i wish she'd just ruin the squeaker and it could all be over.. lol

daisy mae06 · 04-01-2007, 07:29 PM

My kodie is like that with his Balls. wont leave them alone till you throw them over and over,

WesleyandMaddie · 04-01-2007, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by marcerella02

that is Layla's EXACT behaviour.. she drops it.. looks at the ball.. looks at us.. if we don't throw it.. she is on our laps... or in our ears squeaking it.. today i had to take it away.. i tried so hard to let her have it alll day but it was just too much... i know i took a step back doing that but it was nuts... i wish she'd just ruin the squeaker and it could all be over.. lol

LOL.

I feel your pain. When we try to ignore Maddie, she either brings the ball and lays it right on our lap or she just sits there and makes this noise from the back of her throat. It's hard to explain the noise, but it's almost like a human grumbling.

If we take the ball from her, she runs around the house frantically looking for it. A few times she has torn apart her ball and we've had to throw it away. Since we couldn't get the store to buy another one soon enough, she began to substitute one of her smaller stuffed toys for the ball.

She now understands "bring it closer" when she doesn't drop her ball close enough so that helps a little.

I guess my thing is that her ball is the joy of her life. It's such a simple pleasure that it's so hard for me to deny her it. If only human pleasure could be as simple as a tiny tennis ball.

blondflava · 04-02-2007, 04:42 AM

Pepper has all his toys out at all times. I used to put away his fishy, a big stuffed animal that wasn't too sturdy and when he started shaking it the white stuffing started coming out from holes (the fabric was not a dog proof

). Well, I caught my dog eating the white stuffing

and occassionally, he's start humping it too. In the trash the fishy went but he'd sit down and stare intently at the wardrobe - that's where I used to hide it lol. I could tell he was getting a little fixated on that fish

MyGoodness · 07-28-2010, 01:02 PM

My Sammie has OCD with balls. She goes absolutely crazy with it. She'll even let out a crazy laugh when I try to move it away from her. No use trying to hide it around the house because she has a nose like a blood hound and will cry and cry for the ball once she locates it and it's out of her reach. It takes team work to hide the ball from her: my daughter takes her into her bedroom with the door shut while I hide the ball in the garage.

Debbier2010 · 07-28-2010, 01:46 PM

Omg!!! My booboo is just like that all balls in the house are his if one of the other dogs even touch it he goes into a frenzy until he gets it back... And same as yours if he wants me to throw it he will stare at it then back at me then he backs up a little and keeps doing that until I throw it.. He can go for hours and hours he is completely obsessed.

03-31-2007, 07:34 PM	#17
JillandJack Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cheesehead Land Posts: 1,127 Blog Entries: 1	Yes, Jack is very obsessed with his ball. All love to play fetch. Jill is the only one that will bring it back. They do get worn out. I have at times had to take the balls away because of agressive behavior between Jilly and Kenzi. We have a toy crate that is available all the time. Every day they drag all the toys throughout the house and every night I pick them all up. I even have to plan the pick-up when they are outside otherwise they want to play with each toy as I pick it up. __________________ Jack Jilly Bean *Who Needs A Doorbell When They Have A Yorkie!!!*

04-01-2007, 02:17 AM	#18
yorkiepip Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brittany France Posts: 2,420	Yes my Pippa is like this too, in the end we have to hide all her toys for while for her to get some rest. __________________ Anne, Pippa, Jake Woody

04-01-2007, 09:29 AM	#22
Grayson's mom Mommy's Little Boo Boo Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virgina Posts: 3,734	Grayson has a stuffed dog that is almost as big as he is, he stole it from my youngest son,and now claims it to be his. He however is gentle with the dog and will shake him and drag it over the house. I think he knows if he puts a hole in it doggie will go to the grave yard. __________________ Proud mom to Grayson Abby Dusty Pepper Ryan Gabriel and of course me Diane Grayson loves Tia

04-02-2007, 04:42 AM	#28
blondflava Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kearny, NJ Posts: 1,183	Pepper has all his toys out at all times. I used to put away his fishy, a big stuffed animal that wasn't too sturdy and when he started shaking it the white stuffing started coming out from holes (the fabric was not a dog proof ). Well, I caught my dog eating the white stuffing and occassionally, he's start humping it too. In the trash the fishy went but he'd sit down and stare intently at the wardrobe - that's where I used to hide it lol. I could tell he was getting a little fixated on that fish __________________ Izabela ... and Pepper Rest in peace, Kora, you're always in my

07-28-2010, 01:46 PM	#30
Debbier2010 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minneola,Florida Posts: 200	Omg!!! My booboo is just like that all balls in the house are his if one of the other dogs even touch it he goes into a frenzy until he gets it back... And same as yours if he wants me to throw it he will stare at it then back at me then he backs up a little and keeps doing that until I throw it.. He can go for hours and hours he is completely obsessed. __________________ There is no psychiatrist in the world like a yorkie licking your face.

04-01-2007, 07:36 AM	#19
littlewhip Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wiith my furbabys Posts: 8,874	lol this is funny,my have a little red mouse and we call it the oh no toy,we no we have to throw it for at least 20 mins untill they wear them selfs out, so cute to see watch them all play together.the other toys them just sniff and walk by them.

04-01-2007, 07:49 AM	#21
Diego Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3,617	Nathan love his soccer ball and Frimousse found the joy of playing with a little basket ball . Jade loves to tease them .

04-01-2007, 11:18 AM	#23
Sweetums Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kirkland WA Posts: 431	I wonder if reverse psychology would work on a dog. What if you got her a whole bucket full of the same toy, and everytime the dog turned around, you held one out to her and practically forced it on her? Would that make the dog get sick of it and want nothing to do with it? I dunno. It might be worth a try.

07-28-2010, 01:02 PM	#29
MyGoodness YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Portage, MI Posts: 6 Blog Entries: 1	My Sammie has OCD with balls. She goes absolutely crazy with it. She'll even let out a crazy laugh when I try to move it away from her. No use trying to hide it around the house because she has a nose like a blood hound and will cry and cry for the ball once she locates it and it's out of her reach. It takes team work to hide the ball from her: my daughter takes her into her bedroom with the door shut while I hide the ball in the garage.