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growling at little children our 2 year old female yorkie is very spoiled and her dad lets her do anything. Lately she had been taking to growling at small children and barking at them. We don't know what to do and it is quite embarrassing not to say how inappropriate it is to be scaring small kids. Help............ |
You just may have to socialize her around more small children. She may have nervousness or anxiety around small children because they have loud voices and quick movements and shes not used to that if you dont havr small children in your home |
you may be right, but how do you socialize when there aren't any really small kids at your disposal??? |
Do you take her on walks? Or take to parks. Or you could get a aquainted with a neighbor that has a child and ask if they can help. If you could eventually get a child to feed her a good treat mAybe a few times maybe she would see she doesnt have to have apprehension around children |
Some yorkies and dogs are scared of small children because they move fast and are very excitable. I think if I where a small dog i would be scared of kids to. I have seen lots of kids really treat animals poorly. |
we do take her for walks and parks, it seems just lately she will bark and growl when they are not doing anything....sometimes they are just walking with their parents. I will try the treat trick but i am little nerves cause she can get quite excited around treats, but we will see how that goes. thanks for that suggestion...more are welcome! |
I have a 7 year old Yorkie Georgie and almost 5 year old son Isaiah. They have had their moments over the years but for the most part they get along great. I was so worried during my pregnancy since I know that typically Yorkies don't care for small children (there are some that love them). Here are a couple of suggestions I have: * I agree with Chachi have a small child give her a treat. You could put your hand under the childs hand. * Anytime a small child is around I would ask if they want to pet her. If they do then take their hand in your hand (make sure she see's both) and pet her that way. I think it has to do with trust. I also know that the way Isaiah approaches Georgie has a lot to do with it. If he's calm and talks in a calm manner he gets a different reaction from Georgie then if he's excited and wild. While I don't expect Isaiah not to be excited and wild he is 5 I do think he has started to understand that when he is around Georgie he needs to be calm. Georgie is 4lbs and Isaiah is 60lbs so I don't blame Georgie for being defensive. I know from my experience it takes time and patience. Good luck! |
from the moment I got my first yorkie I brought her EVERYwhere with me...I had 2 neices that were younger....I would let them hold her and play with her. I never had an issue with her growling OR snapping. we now have 3 yorkies...and 2 grand daughters! One is 4 yrs old and the other a newborn. Eva loves the pups...a little too much sometimes. Sadie did growl at her once because she wouldn't put her down. (i allow her to hold them sitting on the floor...not for long and under supervision) Do you know anyone with children? Maybe you could bring the pup to them and just let them pet her... |
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I've got one that loves kids and one that despises them. I just let them be who they are. I don't have kids or like them much myself so no issue with us. The problems scraps tries to run from them, and that makes the kids say,go chase him! Get that one! Plus scraps is smaller so they all gravitate towards him. |
George is 7 months and barks at most of them or he will just stop and stare at them then bark.. he hasn't been socialized around young children. |
A small animal around active children can get fearful and that can bring on a defensive action. I would have the children sit down and offer treats with their hands wide open and the treat in the palm of the hand. That way there is no chance of little fingers getting nipped by accident. As your dog gets accustomed to the children they may want to throw a ball for her. Try to avoid any fast movements by the children until your dog realizes they are not a threat to her. |
My youngest was five when we brought Ruby home at four months old and they get along pretty good. Aiden knows to leave her alone when she's sleeping and he knows how to play with her when she's up, so that works out. BUT Ruby does not like little girls. I figure it's because I have two boys and the only "girls" she has been around are adults. Anyway, I'm not having more kids so I figure she doesn't have to like little girls :) I know this doesn't really help the OP, but I spoil my dogs so much that my opinion is they don't have to like anyone they don't want to. Good thing is Riley loves everybody, so there's one dog kids can come pet. |
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