How to teach Yorkie not to jump/sleep on our bed anymore? Dear all, I have one question. We have a Yorkie who is three years old. used to be very spoiled. Unfortunately we cannot give him the same attention he is used to because we also have a little baby who is one. For the past few months the baby was sleeping in the same bed with us (for some reasons I wont go into here). This also means that our Yorkie can no longer sleep in our bed. How do you teach a 3 year old Yorkie to sleep in his corner?? Even when he was sleeping with us he always had his corner where he'd go to if he didn't feel like sleeping in our bed. So it's not like total drastic change. Any advices?? I've told by my parents to give the dog away but I cant even think about it!!!! |
That is a drastic change for a yorkie...imo. I don;t know that I could ever get mine out of my bed. lol I believe mine would be heartbroken if they couldn't sleep with me anymore but again jmo. wishing you the best with implementing a change. do you have a stroller?? I put mine at the end of my bed and lola will go and sleep there if she for some reason does not want to snuggle with me as usual. just a thought. why would you give the dog away it is at all a threat to the 1 year old or aggressive?? that is not fair to shower the yorkie with love and then toss it to the side with a new baby...(not saying your doing that just a horrible thing that happens to much) |
I have a little doggie bed on the foot of our mattress. Perhaps you can try getting your pup to sleep there. You will have to keep putting the pup back in everytime he/she ventures out. |
I think to make this right, it has to be a transition instead of a sudden change of rules, do it little by little and make it for him as a positive experience, reward him and pet him every time he goes to his bed and stays there... take him down of the bed with a firm tone to let him know that that is not allowed anymore, but don't be aggressive about it. Dogs live in the present, they don't live in the past... If you teach them new ways, they will learn them. But try to make the learning of these new ways a positive experience for him, and he will adjust to it just fine. |
I wouldn't say he is aggressive but he is surely over jealous. We are currently staying with my parents, and he started peeing everywhere (he is potty trained). This drives my parents nuts!!! I wouldnt's say that for Teddy (our Yorkie) not being able to sleep in our bed is that of a change, since back at our home (we moved in a few months before having a baby) he didnt sleep on our bed at all, the bed was quite high and he prefered his own place. Now at my parents we dont really want a high mattress, again because of the baby. |
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I wouldn't. I am 23 with no kids of my own, but my little sister is now 6, she occasionally has fallen asleep in my bed too, and we all fit (and Jackson is almost 18lbs, LOL).... it's not a big bed either. When she was born, my parents dog was still alive and still remained in their bed (with the baby too). How much space does a little Yorkie really take up? I'm not against training a dog to sleep on it's own bed, but it just seems like if this has been her life for 3 years, it would be a little ... mean to change that? I am sure there is already enough changes adding a new baby to the family. But if you must, I would clicker train her to enjoy her own bed. Does she know 'lay down' or 'stay'? |
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Imagine this: you're 10x smaller than everyone around you, you don't speak the language every one else is speaking, but you acclimate yourself to one place. Life is great, you've got these 2 people who love you and baby you. Then, you're moved into a new unknown place, with more people you don't know as well, but at least at night you've got the comfort of the people you know and love. You're there for a few months and then BAM, there's now a little crying human-thing in your house and you're even more confused. Now you have to go sleep on the floor, when you've been up in that bed for months? I just think a lot of people tend to forget that not all dogs deal with change well, and forget how a dog may feel in general. Again, I'm not against a dog sleeping in it's own space at all. I just think it's difficult when something has once been allowed before for a long period of time and then no longer is. It sounds like he is okay with sleeping in his own space in the past, so it should be an easy transition, but I would do it slowly and just have patience. If your child sleeps in your bed all the time and that is what he/she is used to, you wouldn't just kick them out in one night right? Think of your dog like you would teach a child. |
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It is dangerous to have a baby sleep in your bed he should be in a baby bed anyway. Poor dog |
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maybe you should try and get a belly band. He is marking because he world has changed his home has changed. when my cedric gets mad he will mark my husbands boots or chair. if you cannot find a belly band then take measurements and I will make you one for free and mail it to you. That will at least help with that part and maybe help your parents be less upset with him. |
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