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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88
(Post 4815364)
When I say personality I mean the traits of yorkies personality’s and their very terrier attitudes. There are certain things certain breeds are known for. Obviously somethings relate to if you train them or not. I guess due to being overweight the majority of my life I see past looks significantly and that’s not the major thing for me. I mean Callie healthy was 17 pounds with floppy ears but absolutely beautiful to me but not a true yorkie person I guess. The same goes for Penny and Ollie with their 15 and 16 pounds with floppy ears. Joey although has the erect years he has an absolutely beautiful full tail at 14 pounds. When I got them I really didn’t care how them looked as adults I just knew I loved them and would love them no matter what. Although they all are very different they all have the major traits of the yorkie attitude and such. Yes they all minus Callie were unwanted so there was some training and understanding needed with them but I have been able to work through these issues when some were a lot of work but well worth it. One thing I have learned is you can train a dog if you are fearful.
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All dogs are beautiful to me but I still have a preferred Yorkie look I've always loved, nothing seems to change that but I've taken and cared for, sat up nights with, dearly loved thin, poorly conformed little sickly runts, rehomes of every look, type, personality, problem, big, nasty, vicious dogs, lame, crooked, very, very ill ones and loved every one of them just as I did Scotty, Jilly or Tibbe. Love doesn't see anything but that dog's beautiful heart. So I understand OP has a look she would like to try to find if she can.
Regarding training a dog when fearful, don't know why but I've never feared any dog in my life, even big, powerful dogs trying to attack or bite me out of fear when we first met but I feel so sorry for them, knowing their breeding or their lives have really suffered terribly somewhere thanks to humans along the way to cause them to react so fearfully, aggressively. It's really hard not to feel tender toward even the most 'bad' dog who'd love to bite me as I know likely some human had a hand in it and know if I can't help, rehab him/her, they'll likely one day be killed after leaving foster care!
And if you cannot control a dog who is vicious or restrain it so it can't get to innocent people, little kids to bite/maim/kill them, killing it is maybe the kindest thing to be done for everybody's sake as the dog is totally miserable itself being so scared, knowing humans think he is bad, mean, lacking any real companionship or relationship in his life, feeling so alone. So trying to work myself out of feeling sorry for the dog into the right, matter-of-fact teacher mode is really hard as every time they show teeth or snap, I want to cry, soothe, hug, love them. That's the worst thing to do at that moment so keeping a clinical, calm approach w/out the dog sensing your tender heart, sees feeling sorry for it as reinforcement of his biting/snarling/lunging and you want to teach him other ways to react around humans, learn trust, respect and feel it from humans so he becomes a secure, stable, happy dog. They all are wonderful creatures and so enrich our lives, whatever their look or personality.
Good hunting, Saranshay. Let us know how the hunt goes.
