Unaffectionate Yorkie

[Morkie4]

Toby always has to lay on your lap when he sleeps or touch you in some way. He's a cuddle bug for sure. To hold him, well, not so much. Guess he makes the terms.

[browniesmom622]

Brownie is not a lap dog at all

[yorkiesrock]

Thanks for all the replies. I am glad I don't have the only "independant" yorkie. He does stay with me sometimes when he falls asleep. I guess he is just too nosy to sit still during the day.

[Grannyb]

Toto is the same way. He will jump up in my chair if he wants a treat. I can try to pick him up and he will just stiffen up and act like he is afraid. Sometimes he will stand up and act like he wants you to pick him up, but then he backs away. I also can not get him to roll over on his back, that scares him to death too. He does love to sleep with me and is really good about not getting up at night. I have had him over a year now.

[blondflava]

Yorkies are funny sometimes... Pepper would want to follow me everywhere but he sits only on my hubby's lap (once in a blue moon but still...). The only time I get is when brushing him, but usually he's too wiggly and ends up on the chair. He never comes up and wants to be put on the lap, he'd rather sleep in his own bed in the kitchen than on one of the beds/pilows/blankets in the bedroom. Little independent guy

[TeddyBear]

I am so glad I read this post. I was kind of wondering this about Shylah. Starsky is sooo cuddley, always on my lap, and I can hold him any way I want to. But Shylah runs from us and only will cuddle on her terms. She will only sit on my husband's lap or next to me, or in her bed. She rarely lets me hold her for a long lenght of time unless she is out of it. She is so timid and yet Starsky is so social. They not only look so different, they all act different too. Glad to hear she is not abnormal!