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Jaspermom · 12-09-2005, 04:03 PM

Recently Wosie will NOT let me out of her sight!

I would say that it was the broken leg that did it, but no, this started about 4 weeks before the break. She loves Dave, it's not like she doesn't, but if we are all together in the same room and I leave to go do something somewhere else, she freaks! Cries, barks, carries on, she can't concentrate until I come back in the room. Little booger!

Dave says that when I leave for work, she will sit at the door waiting to make sure I am really gone, and then she is fine. But if I am in the house, she doesn't rest until I come back in the room. What's a woman to do??

It makes me feel bad that she is so awful to Dave. He's OK with it, and thinks it's amusing.

Short of carrying her from room to room with me, how do I break her of being such a mommy's girl? Thanks for any help you can give me!

KellyV · 12-09-2005, 04:14 PM

OMG, I was just going to post about the same thing!

Pixie has developed this nasty habit of barking barking barking when I leave the room. But if she knows I'm going to sleep or I'm leaving the house, she's perfectly fine. I don't get it. She can't stand that I go to the bathroom by myself.

I can't even have 10 quiet minutes alone to read posts here on YT! Either she has to be in the room (and then I have to keep a hawk's eye on her, too much stuff in here), sitting my lap (which then she crawls all over me and the computer desk, can't sit still) or I leave her in her area in the kitche and I have to listen to yipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyip forever! The second I come back into the room, she stops!

So I'm there with ya! If anyone posts any good advise, be sure that I get to see it!

Jaspermom · 12-09-2005, 07:25 PM

OK, folks, Kelly and I need some help here! Anyone? Hmmmm?

yorkieusa · 12-09-2005, 07:48 PM

No help here!

Kacee doesn't cry when I go to a different room, but she will often follow me, but not always. If I go into the garage or out to the patio, I can hear her crying and yipping before I come back in.

She usually goes with me, unless I can't take her for one reason or another.

Jaspermom · 12-10-2005, 09:17 AM

**Bump**

KellyV · 12-10-2005, 11:20 AM

Last night I made a feeble attempt to break her of this....

I covered the side of her pen with towels so she couldn't see through it and then sat on the other side. Of course, since she couldn't see me, she started barking. So I then proceed to say "quiet" and then rattle an empty soda can full of pennies every time she barks. I think it scared the heck outta her! I felt really mean, scaring my baby like that, but within half an hour of doing this, she was reduced to quiet whimpering instead of her high pitched screaming! I think I"ll keep trying this every day. Maybe eventually, she'll figure it out.

chachi · 12-10-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by KellyV

Last night I made a feeble attempt to break her of this....

I covered the side of her pen with towels so she couldn't see through it and then sat on the other side. Of course, since she couldn't see me, she started barking. So I then proceed to say "quiet" and then rattle an empty soda can full of pennies every time she barks. I think it scared the heck outta her! I felt really mean, scaring my baby like that, but within half an hour of doing this, she was reduced to quiet whimpering instead of her high pitched screaming! I think I"ll keep trying this every day. Maybe eventually, she'll figure it out.

Its good that it works for you. It doesnt work for everyone. It scares my dogs too but it and the water bottle are the only things I can find to control the barking.

Jaspermom · 12-10-2005, 11:34 AM

Good luck with your work, Kelly! Keep me posted on your progress, OK?

KellyV · 12-10-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by chachi

Its good that it works for you. It doesnt work for everyone. It scares my dogs too but it and the water bottle are the only things I can find to control the barking.

I thought of the water bottle, but then I'd have to pop up to squirt her. And since she only barks when I'm not in the room.... I don't want her to think that every time I pop my head around the corner or over the pen she's going to be "shot"! Know what I mean?

I'm sure eventually she'll become immune to my penny can, but hopefully I can stop the barking before that happens.

red98vett · 12-10-2005, 02:07 PM

I'd LOVE to help you - when you find out the answer - can you tell ME too ? I have the SAME story - My hubby is here ALL the time yet my girls are glued to my BUTT...one for each side

FirstYorkie · 12-11-2005, 05:23 AM

The ONE absolutely most important thing to do is to NEVER go to them when they are barking or whining! If you do, you reinforce that behavior. Wait for a break in the annoying behavior before you go where they are. If they do it when they can see you, immediately turn around and leave (& wait for another moment of quiet before you go back).

As far as the clingy behavior (if you really want to change it?), you need to let your SO's be the "keeper of the good things". Let him feed, give treats, introduce new toys, etc. Encourage him to play with the pup more often.

FirstYorkie · 12-11-2005, 09:11 AM

Here's a link to a good article about separation anxiety:

http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=1&SourceID=47

KellyV · 12-11-2005, 10:30 AM

I don't mind the clingy behavior. I love it when she follows me from room to room. I'd just like her to not bark and whine when I need to put her in her pen for some reason. I'd like her to learn to just occupy herself when she needs to be left alone while we're home (she's good when we're away/sleeping).

This is my experience so far... Can anybody else relate?

We have been doing the ignore thing since day 1 (and still are). It worked for a couple weeks. It's just the past week or so she's been barking so bad. And she ONLY does it when we aren't in the room, she second I need to walk past for anything, she stops. She knows only good quiet puppies get attention. Because of the layout of our house and where her pen is, I can't complete stay out her line of sight, so she'll bark. I don't look at her, don't go to her, I just completely ignore her.
I know she's completely quiet when we leave the house (we live in a duplex.... my parents don't hear her bark at all during the day, they live on the first floor). I know Pixie doesn't have separation anxiety.... I've met dogs that have it *ahem, my parent's beagle* I couldn't imagine having to deal with that....
She would quiet down after about 10 minutes, but that first 10 minutes was LOUD. I think she was just being a spoiled little pup and thinks we should be playing with her every second we're home (which I would love to do, but I don't exactly want her standing next to me when I'm cleaning something with some sort of disinfecting spray or something, can't be good for her).

Does this sound like anybody else's home? What did you do to fix it?

I know my penny can tactic doesn't work for everybody, but I've had some success with it so far.... I would say "quiet" then rattle the can. Now after just two days, all I have to do is say quiet. She sure picked that up FAST. Hopefully she learns this quickly at obedience training!!

Stormy · 12-11-2005, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

I'd LOVE to help you - when you find out the answer - can you tell ME too ? I have the SAME story - My hubby is here ALL the time yet my girls are glued to my BUTT...one for each side

5 Babies following me everytime I move from room to room.....2 must come in bathroom with me for shower and the other 3 wait outside the door. Don't I love it...total devotion and unconditional love.....loyal Yorkie babies.....so special.

Only one of our little girls will sit on my Husbands lap if he is here in family room, no one else will, they sleep surrounding me or on my lap. Yep...very difficult to type, etc. So, if I post with lots of spelling errors you know why.... lolThey love everyone else in the family but they are really one person dogs...totally devoted to who they consider their master.I would like for them not to bark and howl when I leave the house (rarely without them) but otherwise I love their devotion to me.....my little babies....

They are so cute trailing along with me.....

RowdysMom · 12-11-2005, 05:53 PM

I really can't help the separation thing - Rowdy follows me from room to room but doesn't cry or whine when he can't come with me. But when he was about 4-5 months old, he started barking at us - bark bark bark bark - when he wanted our attention. Ignoring the barking did NOT work. I didn't know what to do so I treated him like I thought his (canine) mom might. When he barked, I grabbed him (gently) by his harness and gently shook him (like his canine mom might if he misbehaved) and said "NO!" very sternly. He was so startled, it only took 3 times for him to stop the barking act. After that (and now) when he barks or whines, all I have to do is say "NO!" in that stern voice and he stops!

12-09-2005, 04:03 PM	#1
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	My poor little whine bag... Recently Wosie will NOT let me out of her sight! I would say that it was the broken leg that did it, but no, this started about 4 weeks before the break. She loves Dave, it's not like she doesn't, but if we are all together in the same room and I leave to go do something somewhere else, she freaks! Cries, barks, carries on, she can't concentrate until I come back in the room. Little booger! Dave says that when I leave for work, she will sit at the door waiting to make sure I am really gone, and then she is fine. But if I am in the house, she doesn't rest until I come back in the room. What's a woman to do?? It makes me feel bad that she is so awful to Dave. He's OK with it, and thinks it's amusing. Short of carrying her from room to room with me, how do I break her of being such a mommy's girl? Thanks for any help you can give me! __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

12-09-2005, 07:25 PM	#3
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	I'm with you, girlfriend! OK, folks, Kelly and I need some help here! Anyone? Hmmmm? __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

12-09-2005, 07:48 PM	#4
yorkieusa Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 21,173	No help here! Kacee doesn't cry when I go to a different room, but she will often follow me, but not always. If I go into the garage or out to the patio, I can hear her crying and yipping before I come back in. She usually goes with me, unless I can't take her for one reason or another. __________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel

12-10-2005, 09:17 AM	#5
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	Anyone? Bump __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

12-10-2005, 11:34 AM	#8
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	Wow, drastic measures! Good luck with your work, Kelly! Keep me posted on your progress, OK? __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

12-09-2005, 04:14 PM	#2
KellyV YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 776	OMG, I was just going to post about the same thing! Pixie has developed this nasty habit of barking barking barking when I leave the room. But if she knows I'm going to sleep or I'm leaving the house, she's perfectly fine. I don't get it. She can't stand that I go to the bathroom by myself. I can't even have 10 quiet minutes alone to read posts here on YT! Either she has to be in the room (and then I have to keep a hawk's eye on her, too much stuff in here), sitting my lap (which then she crawls all over me and the computer desk, can't sit still) or I leave her in her area in the kitche and I have to listen to yipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyip forever! The second I come back into the room, she stops! So I'm there with ya! If anyone posts any good advise, be sure that I get to see it!

12-10-2005, 11:20 AM	#6
KellyV YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 776	Last night I made a feeble attempt to break her of this.... I covered the side of her pen with towels so she couldn't see through it and then sat on the other side. Of course, since she couldn't see me, she started barking. So I then proceed to say "quiet" and then rattle an empty soda can full of pennies every time she barks. I think it scared the heck outta her! I felt really mean, scaring my baby like that, but within half an hour of doing this, she was reduced to quiet whimpering instead of her high pitched screaming! I think I"ll keep trying this every day. Maybe eventually, she'll figure it out.

12-10-2005, 02:07 PM	#10
red98vett Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston TX Posts: 33,590 Blog Entries: 1	I'd LOVE to help you - when you find out the answer - can you tell ME too ? I have the SAME story - My hubby is here ALL the time yet my girls are glued to my BUTT...one for each side __________________ Villette, Chanel & Cheri www.DesignsByVillette.net Custom Address Labels and Note Cards using YOUR Photos! Just Click HERE!

12-11-2005, 05:23 AM	#11
FirstYorkie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London Posts: 1,739	The ONE absolutely most important thing to do is to NEVER go to them when they are barking or whining! If you do, you reinforce that behavior. Wait for a break in the annoying behavior before you go where they are. If they do it when they can see you, immediately turn around and leave (& wait for another moment of quiet before you go back). As far as the clingy behavior (if you really want to change it?), you need to let your SO's be the "keeper of the good things". Let him feed, give treats, introduce new toys, etc. Encourage him to play with the pup more often. Last edited by FirstYorkie; 12-11-2005 at 05:26 AM.

12-11-2005, 09:11 AM	#12
FirstYorkie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London Posts: 1,739	Here's a link to a good article about separation anxiety: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=1&SourceID=47

12-11-2005, 10:30 AM	#13
KellyV YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 776	Sorry, Kinda Long..... I don't mind the clingy behavior. I love it when she follows me from room to room. I'd just like her to not bark and whine when I need to put her in her pen for some reason. I'd like her to learn to just occupy herself when she needs to be left alone while we're home (she's good when we're away/sleeping). This is my experience so far... Can anybody else relate? We have been doing the ignore thing since day 1 (and still are). It worked for a couple weeks. It's just the past week or so she's been barking so bad. And she ONLY does it when we aren't in the room, she second I need to walk past for anything, she stops. She knows only good quiet puppies get attention. Because of the layout of our house and where her pen is, I can't complete stay out her line of sight, so she'll bark. I don't look at her, don't go to her, I just completely ignore her. I know she's completely quiet when we leave the house (we live in a duplex.... my parents don't hear her bark at all during the day, they live on the first floor). I know Pixie doesn't have separation anxiety.... I've met dogs that have it ahem, my parent's beagle I couldn't imagine having to deal with that.... She would quiet down after about 10 minutes, but that first 10 minutes was LOUD. I think she was just being a spoiled little pup and thinks we should be playing with her every second we're home (which I would love to do, but I don't exactly want her standing next to me when I'm cleaning something with some sort of disinfecting spray or something, can't be good for her). Does this sound like anybody else's home? What did you do to fix it? I know my penny can tactic doesn't work for everybody, but I've had some success with it so far.... I would say "quiet" then rattle the can. Now after just two days, all I have to do is say quiet. She sure picked that up FAST. Hopefully she learns this quickly at obedience training!!

12-11-2005, 05:53 PM	#15
RowdysMom Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,624	I really can't help the separation thing - Rowdy follows me from room to room but doesn't cry or whine when he can't come with me. But when he was about 4-5 months old, he started barking at us - bark bark bark bark - when he wanted our attention. Ignoring the barking did NOT work. I didn't know what to do so I treated him like I thought his (canine) mom might. When he barked, I grabbed him (gently) by his harness and gently shook him (like his canine mom might if he misbehaved) and said "NO!" very sternly. He was so startled, it only took 3 times for him to stop the barking act. After that (and now) when he barks or whines, all I have to do is say "NO!" in that stern voice and he stops! __________________ Rex & Rowdy's Mom