Originally Posted by Cerise (Post 4163352)

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So many have said the right things already. I will add that dogs are like children and know who is good for you and who is not. I am not saying your fiance' is all bad, but I will say that anyone coming into your life needs to respect the loving life your furbaby has had with you these past 4 years and try to fit in.

When I got Cerise I was single (divorced) but dating. Cerise never liked ANY of my suitors. Cerise growled, barked, and bit several. One day I decided to downsize and move to an apartment above my ex-husbands because I liked where he lived and we were good friends. And soon one evening we went downstairs to visit him. For Cerise it was love at first sight. She fell in love with Ern so hard that I had to watch when I opened my front door, because she would rush down the stairs to his place scratching on the door. That lead to her crying when she heard his car or voice on the phone. Seriously it did! We gradually started visiting each other more and Ern started babysitting her when I needed to go places without her. It got to the point she didn't want to leave is apt.

Fast forward two years later…we are back together moving into a townhouse this week that we purchased and are also now waiting on our next furbaby to arrive next month

He never changed ANY of the things Cerise was accustomed to and even added more that spoiled her out of this world. She is very happy. She sleeps with us, goes everywhere with us, eats with us, plays with us, entertains us, and literally was what brought us together and we are happy too. :D

Your baby needs to be happy as well. A Yorkie does not shed so getting on the furniture is no big deal. :aimeeyork

Originally Posted by electricevoix (Post 4142446)

So I know this if my first post but I'm really desperate at this point to try find a solution for my current issue with my yorkie. Back story is that Mia is about 4 yrs old. I got her when she was a puppy, i'd say around 6 months or so. I was living at home with my parents still and went ahead and house trained Mia. I also got her because my grandmother lived with us and thought hey what better company for my grandmother than a little puppy and also because I fell in love with the Mia when I first saw her. She learned to use pee pee pads and eventually would just go to the bathroom where her pad was and do her thing on her own. Here's where the bad habits come into play. Since she was a puppy I tried crate training, unsuccessful. So since then she had been sleeping in either my bed or my grandmothers bed. Never caused any issues obviously and while I was at work she had someone to keep her busy during the day.

Fast forward to December 2012, my fiance and I purchase our first home. It's a 2 level townhome. My fiance was very adament that if the dog came with us that she wouldn't be allowed on couches or into our bed. I agreed, since these aren't habits I would like to continue being i'm sharing a life, a house and a bed with someone and want to respect her wishes being it originally is my dog after all. So we mutually decided to put her in our downstairs coat closet with a wall gate that has a door. I prop the door wide open every night and the closet is very roomy especially for her size. I would say the space is about 3 ft wide by 6 feet long. At the back of the closet I put her pee pee pads to keep them away from her bed. She's had this bed for the past 2 yrs i'd say. I figured in order to avoid a total shock it would be good to bring things to the new house that she would recognize, so the bed and all the liners she had before came with as well as the wall gate I used at my parents house.

So in order to try to get her adjusted to the "new" process we started putting her in the caged area every night, she has food and water in there as well. Also some of her old toys in there as well. Trying to keep as much as she would remember and feel comfortable with in that caged area. In the beginning she would whine a little on some nights and others not at all. When she would whine or bark I would walk out of the room onto the landing and yello no, she would stop. Then maybe half hour later start up again and I would yell again. Certain nights she would keep doing it so it got a point I was in and out of bed so many times I would go downstairs and repremand her, smack her on her bottom and say "NO!" to try to reinforce that it's not good behavior.

Now the past week she has been non stop whining leading to barking. The yelling from the landing doesn't seem to work anymore. Going down and repremanding her doesn't work. This morning pushed me more than ever. She just keeping doing it and I got about 3 hours of sleep total because she wouldn't stop and nothing I did worked. Now my fiance is really upset about it as well because it's affecting her sleep as well which in turn affects her health.

To give you some additional details about the schedule these days is she is mainly home alone for a very large part of the day. Main reason being is due to the time of year and we are both accountants. We work very long hours. I'm out the door by 7 am and my fiance is out by 8. Neither one of us is home before 9 pm on any given weeknight. I know this doesn't help the situation but work is work. As soon as I get home I let her out, put her in the bathroom with a pad she does her business and I let her run around the house to get some exercise. She follows me around the house and I play with her. My fiance and I will watch a little tv and Mia wants attention so i'll put her on my lap and she'll be perfectly fine, with the exception of late. Even on my lap she's been prone to whine a little so i'm totally confused as to what to do to try to get Mia used to the new house and new pattern on things.

Anything i've come across related to this issue has been with puppies 8 months or less. Given Mia is older than that i'm wondering if something can be done differently or did the 4 yrs of past behavior become permanent? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!