When do yorkies actually calm down

[sportschick]

Originally Posted by Sunnydayz

I have found another girl with a yorkie down at our local dog park, and we set up playdates for them. We let them run and get their zoomies out eventually :-) its nice too, to have a nice conversation with a friend while letting Gizmo have his fun exerting his energy. I would say maybe watch at your different dog parks for another yorkie owner, that maybe you could make friends with, so she could have play dates to get rid of all that pent up energy? It's really paid off for my Gizmo in a huge way. It's also helped me after he's tired out to teach him new commands, as he is more willing to listen and focus once he is tired. He now lays down on command, and it took me teaching him that one after he was tired out lol, but now that he knows the command, he is more willing to obey it at all times. His little yorkie girlfriend has been a life saver for me in training him :-) her name is cookie and she is also a rescue. What is funny is cookies owner said that cookie did not like playing with other dogs, but I guess yorkes have a thing for each other, because cookie just loves playing with my Gizmo xoxo.

Beanie has a little Yorkie friend up the street that we see once in awhile, but when Micha charges up to her, she gets scared and tried to climb up on my head. I took her into PetSmart yesterday and there was a little yorkie that ran up to see her, but again she got scared. She isn't very dog socialized and I am trying to work on that in safe environments. There is a Yorkie meetup in my area that I have been trying to participate in, but the dates never work out for me.

I don't take her to dog parks around here, too many way too big and bad dogs. Oh my God, I just couldn't imagine letting her around them!!!

[sportschick]

Originally Posted by yorkiefan_

Yeah, yorkies definitely need tons of playtime. It was 37 with 20 mph wind today all day and all Cookie wants is to run around outside, so I finally relented and decided to rake the back yard outside with her until she went to the back door and asked in. Did it two more times today and finished the yard. If I take a nap and she is ready to play, she starts giving me tons of kisses on the face. How do you say no to that? I love the mischievous yorkie personality. A few days ago I was asking her for a yorkie kiss and she was being stuck up, so I pretended like I was crying to see her reaction. She jumped on me and I thought I was about to get kisses, but instead she started biting my hand (lightly and playfully) while growling at me.

WOW, that is very cold for Texas!! I couldn't even take Beanie out today, we have an arctic blast here in New England. It was like 20 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like 0. It was SO windy, even multiple layers for both of us wouldn't have worked. So I just played with her with the balls for about 2 hours. Threw the ball up and down the hall and up and down the stairs. And I tie an old pair of pantyhose to her longer squeaky toys and make her chase after that. It works great because I can basically bounce the toy around and make her jump and run and I don't have to bend over.

She is now happily conked on my lap, but I DO have to disturb her to eat my supper. Thank God, she now just runs up the ramp to my bed and will go to sleep until I get in the bed, then she will paw at the covers to get underneath. I keep my heat very low at night and Yorkies do not like to be cold!!

[ziggy925]

I was wondering the same thing for a loooooong time. Ruger is 4 now and has definitely calmed down, although it doesn't take much to get him going again -- knock at the door, cat at the window, UPS guy driving down the street.

[Deb1]

We have 3 yorkies and they are all very calm. One is almost 7 years, one is 1 1/2 years and the baby is 11 months. I think I lucked out in their temperament as they are all laid back! All three are lap dogs but love their play time. I have heard that some are very active but not ours!

[gracielove]

Originally Posted by sportschick

Oh my God, your post is too funny!! I totally agree, I would never want any other kind of dog and no, they aren't for everyone and you are so right, they just don't "conform" to the regular training methods. And yes, it IS a struggle of wills and I try and explain to people how this dog is (like my really fat boss who INSISTS that he WILL MAKE HER HEEL if HE walks her), that she isn't like a regular dog. She just isn't. And to tell you the truth, sometimes the positive training methods just don't work and I have to break out the squirt bottle.

Beanie does the same thing to me with the growling when we play with her ball. It is so freakin funny!! I know that it is just play growling. I pick up her back legs while she has the ball in her mouth and she makes the funniest noise!! I swear, she makes me laugh out loud just about every day. When I am TRYING to do my a.m., old body stretches, she takes her angry bird ball and will push into my face, then into my ears because I am not throwing it around for her to kill. Or when I am stretching my back on, what I call my rack, she HAS to jump up onto my boobs and sit there while I do my traction and look down at my face like WTF are you DOING and WHY aren't you playing with me.

She is the absolute love and joy of my life and I can't imagine her not being with me. I also can't believe that I can love this little creature so much!! Like more than people.

They are such a hoot. I just stumbled upon Gracie and was not even planning on buying a Yorkie so I had not done my homework when I first got her. I didn't know if I had some kind of psycho dog or what! I never used a spray bottle but I used to get a rolled up newspaper or magazine and slap it on my hands or a nearby table in order to get her attention when she would get barking while she was playing and wouldn't pay attention to me when I would tell her "that's enough!" She couldn't hear me over her own voice.
Her idea of a good time is a good fight. It was really hard teaching her to fetch because she wanted to make me fight her in order to get the ball back. We still get into games of chase and tug because she just loves it She can wear me out some days.
She is really so much better now than when she was a puppy but it took time and patience. I found treats really helped get her cooperation in a lot of things, like grooming.
I have family that don't understand her quirky nature and they are surprised that I let her talk back to me. Honestly, she thinks she can talk and when she wants something she doesn't think twice about telling me. Many times she makes noises in her throat in order to tell me something, which is somewhat better than the bark she does when I'm late taking her for a walk or with getting her supper.

[sportschick]

Originally Posted by gracielove

They are such a hoot. I just stumbled upon Gracie and was not even planning on buying a Yorkie so I had not done my homework when I first got her. I didn't know if I had some kind of psycho dog or what! I never used a spray bottle but I used to get a rolled up newspaper or magazine and slap it on my hands or a nearby table in order to get her attention when she would get barking while she was playing and wouldn't pay attention to me when I would tell her "that's enough!" She couldn't hear me over her own voice.
Her idea of a good time is a good fight. It was really hard teaching her to fetch because she wanted to make me fight her in order to get the ball back. We still get into games of chase and tug because she just loves it She can wear me out some days.
She is really so much better now than when she was a puppy but it took time and patience. I found treats really helped get her cooperation in a lot of things, like grooming.
I have family that don't understand her quirky nature and they are surprised that I let her talk back to me. Honestly, she thinks she can talk and when she wants something she doesn't think twice about telling me. Many times she makes noises in her throat in order to tell me something, which is somewhat better than the bark she does when I'm late taking her for a walk or with getting her supper.

Oh God, yes, fighting for the balls. Beanie LOVES that. She flings the ball at me, but before I can even get it, she runs and gets it. It is like, how the heck can I throw it to you if you keep getting it back yourself?? And yes, yes treats. The ONLY way I can groom her is if I hold onto the rawhide twizzle stick (that is what I call them - I get awesome, very expensive, but totally worth it, ones made in the USA, no chemicals, no preservatives, no bleach, etc., etc.) with my left hand and groom her with my right hand. She gnaws on the rawhide stick and I can do what I need to, like clean her eyes, comb her with the flea comb, then use the other comb thingie that takes off the dead hair and then finally wipe her arse and all else with baby wipes. I have to make sure that she doesn't bite off any of the rawhide, so I end up having to wrestle the stick away and cut off what she has chewed on. I also put a little doggie toothpaste on it to get her going.

Yes, I go through the same thing with people, ESPECIALLY, like I said my boss. He thinks she is just SO privileged. I tried to explain to him that I don't mind the fact that she is nutty when we walk, it forces me to walk really fast, run, sprint, etc. It is like circuit training for me. I even paid for private training lessons to deal with her walking issues, and it ended up being that the only way she would NOT do her thing was to use one of those nose harness things that squeezed her nose. I decided that I didn't want to do that to her. I don't WANT to break her of her "yorkiness", that is what I love about her. But it drives me freakin CRAZY when people try to tell ME about MY dog and why don't I do this, or why do I allow her to do that. It is like, YOU don't have this dog, you may have had other kinds of dogs, but you never had a yorkie, so don't even try and compare my dog to your HUGE dog.

But yes, she does wear me out some days as well. And yes, Beanie talks to me as well! She makes all these bird noises and I swear she says mummy. She makes a noise with 2 syllables and it is mummy and depending on what she wants (like how bratty she is getting), those 2 syllables will change and get louder and more insistent. It is the funniest thing!!

She is like a little person, not a dog. I know that sounds strange, but people who have Yorkies like ours know exactly what I mean. Beanie has more personality and is smarter than a lot of people I know!!

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by sportschick

Yes, I go through the same thing with people, ESPECIALLY, like I said my boss. He thinks she is just SO privileged. I tried to explain to him that I don't mind the fact that she is nutty when we walk, it forces me to walk really fast, run, sprint, etc. It is like circuit training for me.

Haha, that completely describes my walks with Cookie; she always wants to drag me into a jog. My previous yorkie Minnie was the same way.

[kjc]

One result of early spaying is hyperactivity. They never grow out of their puppy mentality. Early being anytime before their 1st heat/growth plate closure. If this is the case, discuss hormone therapy with your vet.

[Zoey Zendaya]

Anybody else's fur baby calm down after putting pjs on them? My Zoey is very active too but she does take an afternoon nap. But come around 9:00 I want her to settle down then I bought her first pair of pjs.....oh my goodness ....
She is hilarious! Everything comes to screeching halt and she is ready to snuggle down! She loves them! They are almost therapeutic!
She is DONE for the day. Lol