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10-09-2006, 10:41 AM | #1 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| Temperment??? Lately i have met a lot of not-so-nice yorkies. Is this the general temperment of the breed??? I can say with 100% certainty that Layla would NEVER bite another dog... she just doens't have it in her.. and it was NOT how she was raised. we were in petsmart on the weekend for classes and another yorkie came in, on a leash..walking around.. so i figured they might want to check eachother out... well the other one growled and nipped at layla.. the owners just picked it up and smiled at me?!!?!!? i was so confused. people are always commenting on how well behaved she is "for a Yorkie" is this rare?? should i be more cautious around other yorkies? i just cant' imagine raising a pup that bites and thinking it is ok... |
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10-09-2006, 10:43 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois
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| Since having Kiki I've had people come up to me and talk about how friendly and sweet he is. I've heard a lot of people say that yorkies tend to have attitudes. I must say, that I have not experienced that with my Kiki.
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10-09-2006, 10:46 AM | #3 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| yes that is what i meant... attitude... i mean layla thinks she is a princess (well she is ) but this attitude i've seen is very mean... agressive... i was just blown away that these people thought it was ok... and to not scold their dog. they just picked her up... rewarded her! i am just furious |
10-09-2006, 10:51 AM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois
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| Every now and than Kiki will try and have an attitude around the house, but all I need to do is say something to him and he quickly changes his behavior. As far as being mean, biting, and growling at other people he never does that. He is overly friendly when he sees people. He always wants to go up to them and give them kisses.
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10-09-2006, 10:53 AM | #5 |
I <3 Ferdinand Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona
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| Ferdinand isn't really aggressive at all. He doesn't snarl or nip at other dogs. But I've seen a lot of yorkies that do.
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10-09-2006, 10:59 AM | #6 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 6,111
| Funny you say that...my brother and SIL just dropped over to see our new home and Darla FREAKED out!! She growled and carried on and would not let them touch her or go near her...eeeek....Reece of course licked them silly and layed on his back for a belly rub but Darla sat with me growling ever so quietly...scary.. Dawn |
10-09-2006, 11:05 AM | #7 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| Chachi and Jewels love other dogs they love to sniff them. Unfortunately other dogs dont always like them and they have been growled and and nipped. One time by a real small terrier dog
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10-09-2006, 11:11 AM | #8 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Stedman would never in a million years bite another dog. He gets really excited, and can play a little rough sometimes...he doesn't even know he's being rough...but he would NEVER bite a person, nor would he ever bite another animal. And when I say "rough", I mean rough in a sense that he could end up hurting HIMSELF (jumping too high, running so fast that he could end up running into something, etc.), but never rough with other animals. He just loves to play, play, play. I have heard a couple people say before that they always thought that Yorkies were "yippy" and that they nipped at people...well, not mine. Stedman only barks when he hears or sees something he normally doesn't hear or see (a neighbor dog barking, a kid yelling outside and laughing loud, frogs hopping in the yard, the meter reader walking up to the fence in our backyard LOL...etc.). Now one of my sisters good friends owns a Yorkie, and she DOES bark 24/7...and she DOES nip/bite at people she doesn't know. And she will also nip at your heels when you are walking and she is behind you, which can get kind of annoying at times. However, I don't blame it on the Yorkie. My sisters friend has FOUR kids that have been rough with that poor baby since day one. They do alot of rough housing with her and her kids are EXTREMELY hyper, so I think all of this combined has made her the way she is today. In this situation, it was the environment in which the Yorkie was raised in, not the actual Yorkie itself. I think that had she of been raised in a calmer, more peaceful environment where she wasn't constantly being played with soooo rough, she may just be a totally different dog. My neighbor on the side of me, and the neighbor across the street from me both own little Yorkies, and they are both angels. Very well behaved with a good temperament, just like Stedman. I think it's all in the way you treat and raise the dog.
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10-09-2006, 11:42 AM | #9 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| thanks for all of your opinions.. i am definilty going to be more cautious with Layla around other dogs... all sizes... she just thinks they all want to play and have a good time.. and i thought the same.. i figured if people brought their dogs to a place like PetSmart.. they must be well behaved... but i was wrong... and i would just hate myself if my naievity (??) lead to something bad happeneing. I'll have to sit and explain to her that not all dogs are nice |
10-09-2006, 11:46 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lee's Summit, Missouri
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| My little Irie loves playing with other dogs and people. She takes a min to warm up to people and bigger dogs. I took her over to my uncle’s house this weekend to see his new pup. He just got a Maltese pup (4lbs). He also has a Maltese mix (15lbs). Irie seemed a little timed but before the end of the night she was chasing them around and jumping on them and playing. Then they all passed out together. It was sooo cute. When I have Irie at home we play a lot but I find that she chases my hand and not her toys that I am trying to get her to play with and chews/bites on my hand. She really gets excited when we play and growls a little. I thought is was cute at first but I don’t want to create any bad habits especially with the biting and I don't want her growling or biting at other people or dog. Does this sound normal??
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10-09-2006, 11:58 AM | #11 |
Love The Verminator! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ny
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| Roxy loves anything that moves. She will run up, put her head down on the ground, stick her little butt up in the air and go around in a circle, like a break dancer, then rolls over on her back for a belly rub. She has never growled or nipped at any living thing, except my 2 cats when I send her out to round them up and bring them inside for the night. She thinks they are afraid of her and they let her think that even tho they are both bigger than she is. But I have seen some pretty nasty, nippy dogs that I won't go near and their owners think they are well behaved.
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10-09-2006, 12:36 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canton,Ohio
Posts: 514
| Not all owners that have aggressive dogs are oblivious to it, nor is it necessarily how the owners have "raised" them. Don't be so quick to pass judgement. I am currently having problems with my yorkie being aggressive and I can assure you that she has been in a loving, great environment since I brought her home at 10wks (she is now 14 mos). I am working on this problem. But I feel isolating her would be a bad thing to do and would only make the problem worse. I have consulted a trainer to help me. Dogs are a lot like kids in the fact that you never know what you are going to get. Yes- I do believe parents (both of kids and furkids) DO play an important role, but there ARE factors beyond our control and that must be ackowledged. Some people get lucky, some don't. Just because you have a difficult child or dog does not make you a horrible person or parent!!!!! With my human child, he has been an easy child to raise. Yes I would like to believe I have played a role in that, but a good part of it is plain old genetics!! I am sorry for the rant, but I felt that some of the comments were offensive.
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10-09-2006, 12:41 PM | #13 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
Posts: 11,257
| i didn't mean to be offensive. perhaps i should have said that what makes me upset... is that i get no warning from the parents of the dog that their dog bites... i udnerstand that socialization is the only way to make a dog people happy, but i think that as a dog owner in a public space, i deserve to know that your dog might bite... i would still let layla approach your dog.. as long as you wanted that too.. i'd just be a bit more cautious. sorry to offend you that was not my intention |
10-09-2006, 01:04 PM | #14 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | No I think my post is the one that offender her, not yours, LOL. Sorry if I offended you, Magneticgal, and I know that sometimes certain dogs do have behavior issues that are beyond the owners control. And yes sometimes it is genetic. However what I was trying to say, and probably didn't word it correctly, is that alot of times it is due to how the dogs themselves are raised and handled. But no, NOT always. For example, a dog who is neglected and always has to fight other dogs for it's food, if ever given the chance at a new home, may have issues with other animals, or people, coming near it when it eats. That would be an example of the way a dog with a temperament issue was "raised"...if you can even call it that And as I said, with my sisters friends dog, the way she was handled from day one is a result in the way she acts today. Always being teased, having four kids rough house with her 24/7, etc. Even her owner admits that. Her kids were too rough with her. That is just a fact. What I should have added in my post though, so that I didn't offend anyone, is that this is not always the case. And I should have also added, that most of the dogs that I personally have seen with temperament issues, have them because of things in their lives that have happened that caused them. I do know the reality is that some dogs are this way and it is completely and totally beyond the owners control. It is out of their hands, and yes, again...sometimes it is just genetics. It works both ways. Again, sorry to have offended you. Didn't mean to, I promise
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10-09-2006, 01:14 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Plano, Texas
Posts: 239
| Hey there! :) I honestly think it has to do with the particular dog...I know I try to socialize Chloe as well as my Maltese Kylie as much as possible and take them out when I can...however both my girls will bark at other people and dogs! We're still working on it...but they've never growled at anyone just barked.
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