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03-25-2013, 01:01 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: whitby, On, Canada
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| i gots lots of questions today Hi everyone. This is kind of a weird one. (Teehee, seems I am discovering lots of weird behaviors with yorkies). I mentioned once a long time ago that trying to get Wallee's harness on is always a chore. He will run the minute he sees it in my hand and when I finally tell him THAT'S ENOUGH' he will cower down like a dog who was beaten (and trust me , I have been the only one who has ever put his harness on and never hit him). I put the harness on and he is fine. Also when I go to feed him, when you bring his dish towards him he does the same thing. Backs away and lowers his head like he is cowering. Then when I back away from the dish he will walk up and start eating. I always feel bad when I see this behaviour cause it makes me feel like I hit him which I would never do. I do know from how he behaves around other dogs that he is totally submissive so not sure if this behavior is another submissive thing? |
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03-25-2013, 01:05 PM | #2 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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| I think so... With the harness try holding his fav treat and as you make progress reward him.
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03-25-2013, 01:08 PM | #3 |
Princess Sophie's Choice Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Clinton, IL, DeWitt County
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| Cindy, I'm right there with you in that every day I seem to learn something knew about this breed and especially about our Princess Sophie. LOL
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03-25-2013, 01:22 PM | #4 | |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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And just desensitize him to it. Take 5 or 10 minutes 2 or 3 times a day and just slip it on and off him over and over very matter-of-factly. And just do this and do it and do it until he's very, very used to having his harness put on him. As far as his behavior around the food bowl, I think he is just reacting to your controlling the food, acknowledging you as his pack leader. In the wild or feral packs, that is what the submissive dogs do with the alpha pair, who control all of the food. As long as you have the food, he is deferring to you. Once you back away, you acknowledge that it is now his. If he's bowing his head, etc., he's likely feeling a bit too insecure and in time should grow out of this as most dog do - or he may always do this if he's an unusually submissive dog. Be glad he's not resource-guarding and trying to bite you when you set it down. You can see a lot of that with pampered, small dogs or big, powerful dogs whose owners don't have much control of them.
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03-25-2013, 01:30 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alaska
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| Do put a coat on him or just the harness? Because Joel always ran from the harness and I just figured out it was because he didn't want to wear booties or his coat. So we've compromised, he comes to get the harness on and I won't put anything on him......unless it's a long walk and that's been working for us. Also what I did for him to like the harness more is put some really good treats in the mailbox that he gets when we go out |
03-25-2013, 01:35 PM | #6 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| I think its just submissive behavior My Jewels does that cowering and shes never even had a harsh word spoken to it. Some are just more submissive than others
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