Afraid of my Yorkie...

[Gatord]

Poor baby. I wonder if you could sit with your nephew and Roxie and let him see she only wants to lick cause she loves him. I sure hope he can get out of that cause it sounds like Roxie is a very loving girl and that your nephew could have lots of fun with her when he comes over.

The spider and snake scenario still has me shaking. No way am I going into a home who has jumping, licking spiders and snakes dont care how nice they are. I feel a nightmare coming tonight already.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Gatord

Poor baby. I wonder if you could sit with your nephew and Roxie and let him see she only wants to lick cause she loves him. I sure hope he can get out of that cause it sounds like Roxie is a very loving girl and that your nephew could have lots of fun with her when he comes over.

The spider and snake scenario still has me shaking. No way am I going into a home who has jumping, licking spiders and snakes dont care how nice they are. I feel a nightmare coming tonight already.

LOL!!! I'm laughing like an idiot! I sooo understand the power of the s - words. Creeps is a good name for it! My sister & I used to say "the S word" in referring to those long, skinny things with no legs that we hate. I still fear having nightmares about them but thankfully, I must be too phobic to even allow myself to dream about "the S word"! I had one nightmare about one as an older child but they were large, smooth, fat and gray and not even "S word"-like at all! Looked more like large pillows! One other time I had a bad dream about one but my memory wiped the details inside of a year or two. So I get where you are coming from with the creepy things & it is funny when I see someone else that gets as jittery as I do from them as I sooooo relate! Still, I am much better than I used to. At least I can type that word now. On some posts.

[Gatord]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

LOL!!! I'm laughing like an idiot! I sooo understand the power of the s - words. Creeps is a good name for it! My sister & I used to say "the S word" in referring to those long, skinny things with no legs that we hate. I still fear having nightmares about them but thankfully, I must be too phobic to even allow myself to dream about "the S word"! I had one nightmare about one as an older child but they were large, smooth, fat and gray and not even "S word"-like at all! Looked more like large pillows! One other time I had a bad dream about one but my memory wiped the details inside of a year or two. So I get where you are coming from with the creepy things & it is funny when I see someone else that gets as jittery as I do from them as I sooooo relate! Still, I am much better than I used to. At least I can type that word now. On some posts.

Oh I am liking that better the "s-word".

I will hurt myself trying to get away from those things.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Gatord

Oh I am liking that better the "s-word".

I will hurt myself trying to get away from those things.

Me, too................plus anybody that gets in my way. I always told my husband and my son not to ever play a joke on me with one of those - I might just hurt them unwittingly in my panic to escape at all cost.

[QuickSilver]

I think snakes are cool. Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.


Spiders, on the other hand, are evil. Their only purpose in life is to crawl on you until you die of fear and creeped outness. Then they feast on your remains.

I do however, feel guilty about killing them, which is also part of their plot, in addition to being gross and scary.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

I think snakes are cool. Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.


Spiders, on the other hand, are evil. Their only purpose in life is to crawl on you until you die of fear and creeped outness. Then they feast on your remains.

I do however, feel guilty about killing them, which is also part of their plot, in addition to being gross and scary.

OH! You used that word! Spelled out!!! I can relate to your spider woes!

Isn't it funny how everybody is so different in what just makes their skin crawl or sends them flying? I once found a baby garden snake(so the policeman said - HE called it a baby - looked like a big one to me) in my kitchen by the refrigerator! Panicked like a school girl. Total spaz. Screamed, froze, then ran to the front door, opened it, got to the yard, then realized my 3 lb. Jilly (Yorkie) was still in the kitchen barking her head off, ran back to the kitchen door with my robe wrapped around my chest rather than hanging down to the floor(like that little snake could clasp onto it & suck my blood), screamed at Jilly to "get out get out get out" like a wild woman, ran back to the front & out, waiting outside for poor little Jilly to come. She gave me the woefullest look as if to say "And this babbling basket case is superior to me on the food chain?" as she trotted through the door to the front porch.

We stayed out there for a while, then I panicked all over again & thought what if that thing crawls under my fridge? I will have to go now to a hotel, sell the house & live in Ireland as I can never return inside. I really had that thought process. That is exactly what I thought - hotel, sell, emigrate. That is phobia for you. But I thought again & something - God or shock - or both - got me into the house, found a stainless steal mixing bowl & got close enough (I still shudder thinking about it) to IT to kind of toss that bowl upside down over it so it had to stay put. I grabbed the phone & ran back outside. Jilly was back barking her head off right beside me all the while. I called - no kidding - 911. Said I had found a snake in my house & was outside, phobic, panicked, could never go back inside that house again & what could I do - where could I go? Those kind folks there, rather than ticket me for an unauthorized call to Emergency Services, sent a policeman who kindly went in and killed it & - yikes - brought the dead tiny little IT out & put it in the gutter. I couldn't look once I saw him coming out with something dangling from his hand. He stopped & washed his hands at the outside faucet. I walked down the street with Jilly to get far away. I could not help myself. There is no explaining irrational terror. Kind policeman came for me, told me what he'd done, that IT had gotten out from under the bowl & under the fridge(!!!!!!) but he found it easily & disposed of it, then brought me to the porch, talked to me like the panicked idiot I was & gently, somehow, some way that only a man can do, brought me inside THAT house again. I say THAT house - it is the same one but it's not. After that, lots of Valium, a frantic call to all known males to come to my aid, many sleepless nights and an excellent cleaning crew, and new backdoor & doorframe to prevent further unauthorized visitors of the long, low, skinny, green variety, I called this a NEW house. Had to or would have to move to Ireland. It took me the longest time to be able to get over a form of post-traumatic distress from that day. I did call the non-emergency number back the next day & apologize profusely, re-thank that policeman & his supervisor. They were all so nice to me, said they understood. So, I set about starting to try to desensitize myself to those things. I have come a long way but ain't there yet by any stretch.

Spiders? Pitbulls? Biting dogs? No problem - can deal. Garden snakes - run - then go back for the Yorkie & call 911!

[gracielove]

While spiders really creep me out snakes have never really bothered me. I used to play with them as a kid. We would find them out in the fields. Of course I never really saw a big one until I went to a zoo that had some kind of big beautiful snake that they let us pet.

Earlier this spring my grand daughter (now age 9) and I went walking the trails to visit a open spring with a pond not far away. On the way we encountered a little garter snake sunning it's self near the path. It must have just woke up from a long winter's nap because it just stood there checking us out. She was fascinated with it and was considering trying to touch it. I told her it was best not to disturb the wildlife and she agreed.( mind you she is the one that won't let me kill spiders) I was really more concerned about what her mom would say if her daughter came home with fang marks on her hand! Honestly though I was never bitten by any of the snakes I use to handle but I guess it's different from a grandmother's point of view.

[dinkyweil]

Originally Posted by jfalz73

very good point!

I agree!

[dinkyweil]

We knew a little boy who was afraid of Dinky. I was surprised because he seemed like a fairly confident kid.
What was interesting was the the boy who was six years old kept asking about Dinky's teeth. I pointed out that they were very little teeth, but the little boy was still so concerned about how sharp they look, and really, when you look at a dog's teeth, they really ARE sharp and scary looking.

[Roxiesmama]

Just an update. My nephew was here again yesterday, and he wouldn't even come into the house. He sat out on the front step with his mom. I asked him if he wanted to feed Roxie some treats, and he said no. DH and I took all of the kids on a group walk with Roxie, and DN6 did want to come with us, but he stayed at the back of the group and if Roxie stopped, he stopped and moved back.

[Kingstonsmommy1]

Our neighbor has a child that's maybe 5 years old and she's terrified of dogs too. When she has come over she jumps on my dining room table and couches. I don't allow my own kids to jump on furniture so its really hard having her over, luckily she's not family so she doesn't come over very often. I kind of wish that her parents would help her but I don't think they care for animals...I think if the parents don't take an active role in curing the situation the child may always have problems with animals which is really sad because I think pets are really great for kids.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by Roxiesmama

Just an update. My nephew was here again yesterday, and he wouldn't even come into the house. He sat out on the front step with his mom. I asked him if he wanted to feed Roxie some treats, and he said no. DH and I took all of the kids on a group walk with Roxie, and DN6 did want to come with us, but he stayed at the back of the group and if Roxie stopped, he stopped and moved back.

Maybe he can toss her a ball so he gets to see her run AWAY from him? And his dad can pick him up when she comes back? I dunno, maybe he just needs time to see she's not a lick monster.

[Christinee]

Do you think maybe the wetness of when the dog licks grosses the kid out. Maybe he was licked by a big slobbery dog and if freaked him out so he stays away trying to avoid being licked. He didn't say he was afraid of being bit, just licked. Big slobbery licks from dogs use to scare me when I was a kid. Not really scare me, but kind of grossed me out. I know a yorkie isn't slobbery, just saying. Maybe I'm wayy off.