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01-19-2005, 09:23 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California
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| Will this become a problem??? Ok......... Toby wasnt listening to me when i told him to come, so i picked up one of my stuffed animals and started to pet it and coo over it like it was a real puppy....... Toby went NUTS.... He came to me all right, and tried to rip the stuffed animal to PIECES!!! He was beyond jealous..... my fiance saw this and thought it was hilarious, so when he called toby and toby wouldnt come to him, he tried the same thing with the stuffed animal ...... and toby didnt CARE!!! We thought he was just over it so we had me try it again (and he went berserk!!!!!!!) ........... What if this was a real baby and he tried to attack it because i was giving it attention???? Obviously he is very possesive over his mommy (and apparently doesnt give a rats a*s about daddy give attention to other things),,,, this could be a serious problem...... yorkies live a long time and i am young and plan on having children in five years or so..... and i dont want toby to attack people when they give me a hug, or come up to say hi (this he hasnt done, but it could escalate to that in the future if he becomes even more possesive)....... I have noticed a little jealousy when my fiance and i are 'intimate" he tries to get right between us, when we kiss each other good bye he is right there in the middle...... what can i do to curb this behavior before it gets out of hand??? |
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01-19-2005, 09:39 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tuscaloosa
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| Luca Dean has been very possessive with me too! I am the alpha mommy and my fiance pets them and takes them out occassionally, but I do all the training, feeding, cleaning, etc. Anyway, Luca Dean can't stand when I pet one of the other three pets we have. He does this whining/growling/yapping thing until I am holding and only petting him! My fiance's sister had the same trouble with her lab -- the dog's a 55 lb lap dog! Heather picked up a stuffed animal and was petting it, same way you described, and Abby (lab) went crazy. Then heather gave the stuffed thing to Abby and Abby would have nothing to do with it and followed Heather around the rest of the day. Abby's come a long way since then. Now that she's older, she is not so protective, but the last boyfriend Heather had also had a lab for Abby to play with. When tha lab got left at home and he came to visit, Abby wanted to sit in between them on the couch. It got better though. I can't leave the house without Luca Dean wailing right now! This codependency will pass though. It seems like a phase they go through -- like the Oedipus complex in humans -- and it passes. Once they get older and more independent, they still want your attention, but learn to share. I say this for dogs in general though -- maybe you could borrow a friend's dog for the day and play with both dogs just so Toby can begin to accept that there's a lot of you to go around? |
01-19-2005, 09:42 PM | #3 |
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| i go to my moms house twice a week and he doesnt have a problem at all (she has three dogs two cats)....... maybe i need to bring another animal into "his" domain instead of bringing him to other animals domain |
01-19-2005, 09:47 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tuscaloosa
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| man, that was quick! Maybe you're right -- I didn't think about it from that angle -- being in your home. BTW, saw the pics of Toby with your Dad (Toby's Grampa?) -- precious!! |
01-19-2005, 09:49 PM | #5 |
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| lol...... thats a ransom picture........ if my dad doesnt give me everything i want (jk) im going to show that picture to all his friends!!! (he swears hes not a "little dog person"...... hmmmmmmmm...... pictures tell a thousand words and i think he is lieing!!!!) |
01-19-2005, 10:02 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tuscaloosa
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| Hah! My dad was the "not little dog" type, until he found Bubba. Oh gosh this dog is ugly, mutty, too long, part terrier, white and always looks like he's been rolling in mud for a week. Needless to say, Dad loves Bubba, but he's not the type of man that will let the dog sleep in the bed. I was shocked to find he had actually bought Bubba toys to play with. Dad's a redneck (would be the first to admit it) and previously thought all dogs should be outside all the time. Well, Dad even let Bubba on the couch! Dad's come a long way and I'm proud of him. He hasn't met Luca Dean yet though -- we'll see how that goes. Your dad kinda looks like Steven King! |
01-20-2005, 02:40 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY
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| Archie does the same thing. My boyfriend and I used to do this thing where he would lie on the ground and I'd pretend to pet him and Archie would go nuts! He's a little possessive of me and he'll be like that when I have kids, but he does seem to be less like that after being socialized with other dogs. We try to get him to play with the dog next door, and invite her over. He still gets a little jealous when I pet her but I pet him too so he knows that it's OK if I'm nice to the dog next door. My dad used to say he didn't like dogs, either, but I swear he treats Archie better than I was ever treated as a kid!! Archie gets new toys every time he goes over to grandma's house! |
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