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Very Irritated Ok, so my puppy is 15 weeks old and I am socializing her and training her in the way that I would want her to go:D She is a very confident bitch and I am trying to keep an eye on that. A few of my family members play very rough with her and she loves it but I ask them not to do it and the think that I am nagging! They smack her in the face and she bites their fingers and they shake her up and she attacks their hands. I DO NOT want an aggressive Yorkie. I went to kiss her today and she bit my face. I told her no! I don't want to entirely keep her away from these family members but I can't know what goes on when I'm not around. I cannot take any chances at such an important stage in her life. I'm just so pissed off and I think you guys are the only people that would understand. Thanks for reading my vent:) |
I would be very angry too!:mad: Just go ahead and tell them to be gentle with your baby, or to leave her alone. Yorkies are so small boned, anything can happen. She probably gets hurt and thats why she's snapping. 15 weeks is still a tiny baby for a yorkie. My friends know better than to tease or hurt my two, they know I would hit them!! Not joking! Good luck with your problem, and come and vent anytime - we do understand:) :) |
Just tell them if their going to play rough with the dog, then don't play at all. Explain what you're trying to accomplish and that their messing it all up. |
i would treat it like you would if it were your skin kid. if they were teasing your skin kid and teaching him/her to be a bully, you would certainly put your foot down. This is no different. tell them to either stop or leave her alone. if they don't understand, then shame on them. i wouldn't worry about if they get upset or not, because they clearly don't worry about if they upset you. so just go with your gut and tell them how it needs to be. good luck :) |
You've received some excellent advise and if they don't seem to get the fact that they are hurting the pup by doing this, have them read this thread. Good Luck!! |
I agree with you! It's true that it affects them how we play with them. My husband got a kick out of holding Phoebe on his lap facing out, and sneaking up on her with his hand and grabbing her suddenly so she would "talk" to him (growls, and whines). I noticed she looked very irritated and told him to quit. A few weeks later ( before he actually quit..which he did after the incident), my daughter went to pick her up off my bed to put her in her crate for the night and Phoebe snapped at her!!! I was shocked....we put her on her back and said NO, firmly. It has happened a couple times since, but only mildly, and she always looks guilty and rolls on her back afterwards, like "sorry!"... AND my husband has quit that little game with her. I think Phoebe started interpreting us picking her up, or our hands, as being an irritation... and I sure don't want that! I think we should always be able to pick up our babies when we need to without worrying about biting! Sheesh! Hopefully your family will listen to you! Deb |
The certainly do pick up quickly. I have told Lucy "no biting" from day one when she would try to nibble on my hands and she has been perfect - UNTIL, I caught Thomas playing bite hand with her. He was letting her attack his hand and get rough (as rough as a tiny one can get). I told him to stop it and had to correct him a couple of times when he relapsed..lol. She thought because she could play that way with him it was ok with me also, so I've had to get her back on track. Regardless, I would never let ANYONE smack my Yorkie in the face or "shake her up". If it were me, they'd have had me smack them back if they tried that. |
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HOLY COW. Yeah, if they can't abide by your rules for your pup in this fashion then they simply shouldn't be allowed to handle her period. Plain and simple. And your little girl will thank you for it! |
btw, playing rough is one thing. I LOVE to play rough w/ my Yorkies and they love it back. Clearly that's not the case here w/ yours. They're going a bit overboard in the rough housing, especially when she doesn't even consider it play. |
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