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02-01-2006, 06:39 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 51
| Beggar for table scraps?? Is begging for table scraps something I should just get used to or is there something I can do about it? I really do not like to give her "people" food (for health reasons), but whenever my in-laws "babysit" her they always feed her from their table and give her whatever they are eating (this really really annoys me and ive talked to them about it so many times - (but thats an entirely different topic)...Anyway, whenever we are sitting down for dinner Maddie will whine at our feet and jump on us so that we can give her something. It has gotten to the point where we have to lock her in her crate so that we can have dinner - especially when we have company over!! Do all your furbabies do this also? I just want to know if this is something that I should just get used to or if i actually have merit for being upset with my in-laws (as if i needed an excuse) More importantly, if any of you had/have this issue, what do u do about it? Sometimes I find it soooo hard not to give in when her adorable little face is looking up at me!!!
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02-01-2006, 07:58 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 2,484
| find a new babysitter...and don't give in even once. They are very smart and will continue trying to train you for quite awhile 'til they find it of no use.
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02-01-2006, 08:09 PM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,339
| DON'T GIVE IN AND IGNORE HER! She needs to learn that this is not proper behavior. Bouncer will still sit at the end of the table to this day (he is 4), but he will NEVER get up and make a scene or whine or make one sound about it. The sitting there is fine with me, but once the begging starts, I won't have it. You might try finding someone else to take care of your baby while you're gone as well. Though your parents mean well, they just don't understand. Good luck!
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02-01-2006, 08:13 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: canada
Posts: 627
| Peeka does the same thing to us i just assumed this was normal, dutchess and emerald don't do that but i figured that it was ahead of household thing, well now i will work harder knowing that its a a behavioral thing!
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02-01-2006, 09:34 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Diego CA
Posts: 57
| I have found that the only ones that beg at the dinner table are the ones who have had a taste of GOOD human food. I have never given Homer or Kady people food. Homer is very good about not begging. If we are traveling and are eating in the car, I am able to lay a container of french fries or chicken nuggets next to him and all he does is smell it and lay back down. HOWEVER my bestfriend's husband fed her yorkie people food, and it took her, her husbands full 9 month deployment to try and correct this behavior of begging, and she NEVER gave in. Remember that Yorkies are stubborn, and like to have things their way. Be strong & definatley find a new babysitter, one that can respect your wishes. Best of luck!!!!!!!
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02-01-2006, 09:41 PM | #6 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 4,387
| Our Jazzie is 8 years old and boy is she smart! She knows she will not get anything from me but my husband is a pushover. She stares at Dan using the Yorkie Jedi Mind Trick and forces him to share. I've asked him for 8 years not to share his food since Jazzie is a bit of a full figure gal (thanks hun!) and I didn't want her to have health problems.... Well lo-and-behold! She had her annual check up with full bloodwork and she has a very mild case of pancretitis! That stopped Dan cold. Now we crossed over to the "Dark Side" and feel like Darth Vader...! We defeated the Jedi Master! At least for a little while.
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02-01-2006, 09:47 PM | #7 |
Luv My Bug! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california
Posts: 1,573
| Ok I guess I'm the bad one. I started a bad thing with Bugaboo. How can you resist them, I'ts sooo hard. I used to be very strict with the other dogs I've had in the past ,but something about bug he knows just the right looks and sounds, So now at the dinner table and not all the time I give hime frozen but warmed peas and carrots he thinks he's getting what I have. But when I dont give them to him and ignore him he eventually gives up and goes and lies down. |
02-01-2006, 09:52 PM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: seaside,ca
Posts: 1,763
| my coco does this too, but i am going to try a method that i think might work you might want to try it too. since i have been succesfull in training him with everything else i am convinced that i can stop the begging. whenever i eat, i am going to put something very very bitter on my plate off to the side, i am thinking ocra(pardon my spelling), so that way when he begs, i will give him this ocra, dogs hate anything bitter, so i am hoping that he will start to think that everytime i eat and he begs this is what he's gonna get and eventually he'll stop. i am starting tomorrow, so wish me luck girl, and try it out too, you never know it might work.
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02-01-2006, 10:03 PM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA
Posts: 2,992
| My Murphy is terrible! I sat on the sofa with a piece of toast (the first night I had Murphy). He jumped (climbed) on the sofa (at 8 weeks) ran over, jumped in my lap, jumped up and took my toast and was off before I even knew what had happened. To my knowledge, this was the first time he had ever even seen people food. Now at 5 months, he's just as bad. I feed him and my other dog at the same time. He runs over and grabs the other dogs food (or treat), gobbles it up, and then runs back and eats his own before we know what has happened. I have begun putting him in the laundry room while my other dog eats ---just so my other dog won't starve todeath. He sits and barks at me when I'm at the table. I totally ignore him. Does this help? No! I think the end result is that little Murphy is just going to have to spend more time in the laundry room so that the rest of us can get a bite to eat once in a while. Carol Jean |
02-01-2006, 10:06 PM | #10 |
Luv My Bug! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california
Posts: 1,573
| Well actually he likes his veggies. I figured if I am going to ocassionaly feed him from the table it's going to be healthy for him. |
02-01-2006, 11:36 PM | #11 |
Miss MitZi's Mama Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tunisia, North Africa
Posts: 758
| I'm Sooooooooooo WEAK!! *Hangs head in shame* I give her treats sometimes. She has that "I'm adorable, you know you want to give me your food" stare, or the doggy jedi stare as Dan & Corrine mentioned. I can't help it. But she eats home cooked food, so when we eat, she just thinks its hers too. |
02-02-2006, 12:30 AM | #12 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oregon
Posts: 10
| the cute look! The first night I had muffin I ordered chineese take out. He was a rescue and is and old man and was obviously fed table scraps. He had already had his din din but he cried this horrible cry and pranced around my feet. We had to put him in the bathroom while we ate and I felt like such a meenie! It helped a little but he is still a bad begger. I just do my best to sit out the storm and ignore him. He hasn't had to take another trip to the bathroom since so I think it helped and he doesn't beg as bad as that first night. I was pretty worried that it was going to be like that every time. Good luck and stay strong. They are so cute and it is so hard for me to resist the big eyes and tilted head! |
02-02-2006, 05:52 AM | #13 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 51
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Please let me know how that goes...I'd be curious to try it out as well! Thank you all for your advice. As much as I like to blame my in-laws (they did start this), I know that my hubby and I have been inconsistant with her...sometimes i'll be like "ok just this once, look at the way she is looking at me" and other times im like "thats it - time to get locked up" so i know Madison is just "testing the waters." I think we both have to start being consistant with her and tell grandma AGAIN that if she wants time with Maddie she has to STOP feeding her what she isnt supposed to (i think most of you will agree that this is much easier said than done)!!!! In regards to finding another babysitter - I have plenty of people lined up to babysit my furbaby, but Madison is the only thing that takes the pressure off of me from my in-laws to have a human grandchild, so that is why I bring Madison over to them!! I'll let you all know what happens!!!
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02-02-2006, 06:30 AM | #14 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
Posts: 10,455
| i started it with lexi, yes im to blame, who cares shes my baby.. and i spoil her.. life is too short.. when shes happy im happy...
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02-02-2006, 06:44 AM | #15 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central NY state
Posts: 1,741
| My mom always used to "sneak" Olivia bits of meat under the dinner table when we went over for dinner. She's kind of stopped doing that during the meal and waits to give "treats" to Olivia and her 2 dogs when we're finished eating. Olivia knows she can beg all day and won't get a thing from me. She may do the "I just want to sit on your lap" thing while I'm eating, but I always put her to the side. I know that people food isn't good for her, and since we aren't able to go for walks during the winter, I don't want her fattening up from people food. (Like her momma does! ) |
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