***The Cold Shoulder. Do You Get It???***
 

Tibbe gets so offended sometimes when I make him stop doing something. Sometimes he will get so miffed, he will go get in his airline carrier sitting on the floor at the end of the couch or go to the bedroom and get up on the bed, sometimes with his little back to the door. And most times, he won't even turn around if I go into the bedroom and ask him where he's gone and what's the matter. If I ever do go to the bed and pick him up, he will turn his head away and push away from me - not even about to accept me yet. I think it is so darn cute but feel bad, too, that he's so hurt to be stopped doing something! It he does look around, I get the mother of all stinkeyes at this point! :animal-pa

Wonder why they go off like that? Are they just so hurt or truly offended and just can't stand to be near us or fearful something worse could happen????? Tibbe doesn't act scared or fearful at all - he acts hurt or mad at me. I've seen dogs separate when they had a tiff and each go off from the other so I guess he's mimicking that. Anyway, I'm so interested in trying to study this behavior, I usually wait him out and after he's made me suffer his absence for awhile, he's mostly over it and I'm graced with his presence once again. But he doesn't dash in the room or act happy. He just walks in like a king or something, looking at me as if I'm so lucky to be forgiven by His Highness. And he'll go lie down at the end of the couch or away from me unless I call him, which I usually don't. I just grin at him and watch him to try to figure out what he's thinking and see how long he'll stay aloof. I'm so curious when dogs exhibit behavior like this - it's almost human!!! He truly seems peeved. I love to study him when he's doing this. His body language is quite stiff at this point still. He carries it through, too, and freezes me out quite some time before I'm forgiven and he'll come lie beside me or I approach him. All in all it's usually well over 30 minutes and longer if he falls asleep on the bed! Opinionated little cuss! :animal-pa

Does anybody else get this when you tell your Yorkie "no", "stop" or "enough"? Why do you think they do it? How long do you get punished for it? :animal-pa
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LOL! I loved reading that. I can just picture Tibbe doing that to you. What a little ham. :D

Mandie doesn't really do that, but she has her own personality traits going. She's not a "shadow dog" like many Yorkies. She has her days where she's always right up under me, but mostly...she stays off doing her own thing. I always thought she kept her distance from me more than hubby because I'm the one that tortures..ahem, I mean grooms..her. lol She doesn't realize that if she would come to me more often, it wouldn't seem as if every time I search her out and hold her that I'm trying to bathe, brush, cut/trim, or brush teeth. In her mind, that is all I ever want her for so she stays with Daddy. :)

My Vivi will also go off and get in her crate, if I tell her no about something. Sometimes it will be hours before she comes back out. I guess she falls asleep, because she does bounce back out and doesn't seem to hold a grudge. She will also separate herself if we have a lot of company at the house. Again, she gets in the crate.

I think Princess Sophie is the same way but she has also pulled that "I want to be alone" thing! It's as if she is really upset with me, like after I've done her hair, and she just can't be bothered by me anymore for at least a while. LOL They have such funny personalities, we just have to love them!!

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Are dogs the only animals that do this? From what I've heard, cats are like this alot about everything but I wonder if they do get piqued when denied something and go off on their own like this. I had a horse but he didn't ever do anything like this. I certainly didn't live closely with him and deny him things such as one does a dog or even a cat so we never faced this - he didn't sulk or turn his back on me, seem to shun me. I wonder if pet pigs that live in the house do? If not, I guess it's just a dog thing.

I have no idea what you are talking about.. I'll tell Peanut NO and he will cont. to do what he was doing.. Then if I tell him Peanut.. NO he will look up at me and bark until I back down and go in my crate.

I think it is Tibbe's way of working you. :D Reminds me of a line from an exhibitor in the book, The Complete Yorkshire Terrier, about Yorkies having the ability to make you lose your patience one second, and they will have you on your knees begging for forgiveness the next.

My boys are the biggest brown nosers, so they never give me the cold shoulder. They are always angling for something -- food or a walk.

LOL ..love the lady that goes to her crate..Peanut has trained her well!!
All I know is if daddy brushes..he don't get kisses, but I do..gotta love dogs!

Lol.. Esp Yorkies!

Jasmine is one that will make me pay if I scold her by keeping her distant for awhile and then there is Maggie. Maggie is kind of like "Odie", she is happy if you are playing with her or scolding her either one........always bouncing around "you wanna play, you wanna play, you wanna play" whether you are yelling no or ready to pull your hair out. You can't get too upset with her because she is just too sweet and loving, she's my 24/7 shadow. The only time she gets down is when you tell her it's time for bed. She has to sleep in her own crate because if you put her in bed with us all night long it is, "you wanna play, you wanna play, you wanna play" from Maggie.

OMG i could just picture him doing that. Kudos does the same thing, I'll tell him a firm NO and he'll just give me the stink eye and doesnt even look at me till he feels like it.LOL

Nobody else's Yorkies do this? I guess the few of us mentioned here are the only ones with grudge-holding diva types!! :D

cedric is very good at this..eheheh. he doesnt like being corrected, especially for cat chasing and has to do time outs. i am always on the crap list because im the disciplinarian......jason spoils them rotten. i do too but i have to be sure they are corrected when doing something that they shouldnt do. so daddy gets kisses and i get stink eye or ignored.

Glad I'm not alone getting cold-shouldered! I knew dogs acted a lot like humans at times but this is classic human-type behavior.