|
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 |
05-31-2010, 06:05 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NY
Posts: 58
| Help! Can't leave puppy alone! We've had 6 month old Nikko for 2 weeks now and while he's a very sweet dog, he's driving us insane with the barking and crying. We know that he's probably still feeling out of his element as he was used to being surrounded by a group of Yorkies at the breeder's house, so we're being patient with him BUT we don't know what exactly to do to help him. He's getting better at night. He sleeps in a playpen with his bed (which he loves), one of our old t-shirts, a puppy dog with a warmer inside(that used to have a heartbeat until the battery died-need to replace that!), his water bowl and a pee pad. We put him to bed after he's fallen alseep on one of our laps and he'll wake up and bark anywhere from 2-30 minutes, but he will eventually go to sleep. Sometimes he wakes up and barks in the middle of the night, but he'll go back to sleep within 2mins to an hour usually-that's when it gets kinda rough! The biggest problem is when we're home during the day. The puppy is confined to the kitchen because he's only using his pee pads about 50% of the time and he's not happy unless we're in there with him. He's SLOWLY getting better, but usually he'll cry, then bark, then wail and howl (making noises like we're torturing him) if we go upstairs to do something. Even when we're in the next room (which he can easily see into with the open floor plan and see through gate) he'll throw a fit. It's impossible to do anything around the house and maintain your sanity with him carrying on! He even barked like mad when I tried to fold laundry in the living room with him right next to me in his playpen. When we go out he's in his crate (after he broke out of his playpen a few times) and of course he cries and barks the second we put him in it. We've even returned home hours later to him still barking (although this isn't always, he does fall asleep at times). From what I've read, he appears to have separation anxiety and we're not finding a lot of helpful information on how to help him overcome it. We have gathered that we shouldn't try to just make him stop barking (he really doesn't bark at all aside from when we aren't right next to him) but we don't know what we can do. We definitely don't want to encourage this behavior, as it's driving us both a bit crazy! |
Welcome Guest! | |
05-31-2010, 06:24 PM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Aww, poor Nikko, and you. Any chance you would consider a second Yorkie to keep him company? Try draining his energy with long walks, numerous short play sessions, and trick training. Give him some structure and a schedule incorporating these things to help him settle into a routine. Do you know anyone with appropriate dogs to maybe schedule some playdates with Nikko? |
05-31-2010, 10:58 PM | #3 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posts: 12,693
| Quote:
__________________ Littlest JakJak We miss you Kaji | |
06-02-2010, 05:10 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NY
Posts: 58
| Thanks so much for the response! We definitely need to get on daily walks, I think that is a great idea! We are also lucky to live right by a couple who have a Yorkie, a Morkie and another designer breed small dog, all but one get along great with Nikko. We'll have to set up more play dates with them! He also likes my parent's dog who is a 30lb mutt, but it's hard to let them "play" too much together because of the size difference. |
06-02-2010, 06:48 AM | #5 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Quote:
My second Yorkie, Teddy, was 8 months old when I brought him home. Like Nikko, he was accustomed to having lots of other dogs around. Teddy definitely needs interaction with other dogs. My older boy was fine believing he was the only dog in the world. | |
06-02-2010, 08:15 AM | #6 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Temple GA
Posts: 237
| Have you thought of using a belly band until he's mastered the potty thing? At least while he is in the other room with you? |
06-02-2010, 08:23 AM | #7 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NY
Posts: 58
| Quote:
I have thought about that, but he also does #2 not always on the pee pad He is also a "closet" mess-maker . . . He's very private when it comes to doing his business and will hold it for a long time, only to very quickly "go" the second you take your eyes off him. I'm worried that he'd quickly disappear behind furniture and make a mess on the carpet. His refusal to "go potty" infront of anyone makes for very interesting potty training! | |
06-02-2010, 08:34 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, Texas USA
Posts: 2,473
| I'm a firm believer in wearing their little tails out on a walk, when they are puppies (a yr. or younger)...They enjoy it, and it gives them one on one time w/u...Apple got walked for 1/2 hr. before I went to work, and 1/2 hr. when I got home from work...If it was raining, she was incorrigible...Now she's a year and a half old, house trained, and I'm "semi" retired; she plays w/her brother for much of the day and doesn't need so much walking... |
06-02-2010, 08:36 AM | #9 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA
Posts: 4,895
| How about pee pads ? Use them where he would go potty in the home and place several down. That way he could be with the family , and not cry or howl. He just wants to be with you guys ..... and be social . It must be very difficult to hear him crying all the time to be with you . Belly bands is a great option too.
__________________ "No matter how little money & how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich." |
06-02-2010, 09:22 AM | #10 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posts: 12,693
| Quote:
__________________ Littlest JakJak We miss you Kaji Last edited by DvlshAngel985; 06-02-2010 at 09:24 AM. | |
06-03-2010, 07:53 AM | #11 |
BANNED! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Hague(Den Haag)The Netherlands
Posts: 370
| You should walk with him and yes playing with some other dogs would be helpfull. Im only wondering,. don't you go for walks at all? Like i hear it sometimes,. but im not used to people who have dogs and dont walkk them. I dont want to offend anyone in here.. but its a good base to go outside with your puppy after the naps, playtime, and befor dinner. its goodmto train them on pottypads.. i want to do that too. but i think its very good for puppys toget social too and play around with other puppys/ dogs in the park , beach or regular street. good luck. btw: would it hep to put the crate in your bedroom so he sees you when your sleeping, just for the beginning? My doggie Snickers was sleeping all night ,. and he didnt bark,. or make noises then. |
06-03-2010, 11:09 AM | #12 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posts: 12,693
| Quote:
__________________ Littlest JakJak We miss you Kaji Last edited by DvlshAngel985; 06-03-2010 at 11:12 AM. | |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart