Baxter is asking for a beating

[Ida]

Well maybe not a beating - but he's sure looking to be punished - I don't think I've really ever posted anything negative about this little boy- but man oh man - he's looking for it- He has now become obsessed with his bones - which - sorry - i think is total bull____. I give him a bone and he becomes a little nuts (believe me the words I want to be using I know I can't here - so just use you imagination). This morning - I gave him a bone before I left - went to pet him and the *(@#$(&(#$)#* became agressive - with me - his mommy - the one that gave him the )*(*#&*$*(#*$&& bone. I yelled at him - but had to leave for work - so I will be working with him and his bones this evening - As far as I'm concerned - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. Little Brat - Sorry just needed to vent - I'm still pissed about it.

[Anna Banana]

Awww, I'm sorry. I know its frustrating. I don't really have any advice, but be sure to let us know how he's doing on this behavior.

[grayxie]

When I was a kid we had a pair of dogs, and they would get bones after dinner. We don't know how they did it but if one dog had more than the other he would go over and take one. This of course started a fight in the middle of the kitchen, so we had to set them up at opposite ends of the kitchen with equal amounts of bones. Anyway, your boy must think that bones are the yummiest thing in the world and being totally selfish about it and not wanting to share. Good thing you are correcting this behaviour now, or it could escalte to not only his bones.

[Ida]

Originally Posted by grayxie

When I was a kid we had a pair of dogs, and they would get bones after dinner. We don't know how they did it but if one dog had more than the other he would go over and take one. This of course started a fight in the middle of the kitchen, so we had to set them up at opposite ends of the kitchen with equal amounts of bones. Anyway, your boy must think that bones are the yummiest thing in the world and being totally selfish about it and not wanting to share. Good thing you are correcting this behaviour now, or it could escalte to not only his bones.

OH I will correcting this behaviour right a way - I could not believe him - He's still really cute - but cute with tude just does not cut it

[grayxie]

Originally Posted by Ida

OH I will correcting this behaviour right a way - I could not believe him - He's still really cute - but cute with tude just does not cut it

I swear yorkies could get away with murder just by looking at you and doing the head tilt.

[Yorkiekids]

I agree with you. I'd nip this in the bud before he becomes aggressive in other ways.

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by Ida

Well maybe not a beating - but he's sure looking to be punished - I don't think I've really ever posted anything negative about this little boy- but man oh man - he's looking for it- He has now become obsessed with his bones - which - sorry - i think is total bull____. I give him a bone and he becomes a little nuts (believe me the words I want to be using I know I can't here - so just use you imagination). This morning - I gave him a bone before I left - went to pet him and the *(@#$(&(#$)#* became agressive - with me - his mommy - the one that gave him the )*(*#&*$*(#*$&& bone. I yelled at him - but had to leave for work - so I will be working with him and his bones this evening - As far as I'm concerned - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. Little Brat - Sorry just needed to vent - I'm still pissed about it.

What you little boy is doing if guarding his bone. Your smart to get a grip on
this because it can become a big problem.
Take the bone away for awhile. Then sit on the floor and hold the bone with
one hand while he tries to grab it with his mouth. Tell him he's a good boy
but don't release the bone yet. Pet him make him feel your not going to
take it away. Work on this for awhile then release it to him and make him
bring it to you. If this does not work after a couple of days take the bone
away! This is not cute and your smart to realize it now.
I wanted to pull Buddys ears off the first time he did this to me around
1 yr old I think. He got worse before he got better. I threw more than
one toy in the garbage from being totally pissed at him and his nastiness
out of no where. I have worked on this for a couple of years and he has
gotten to where it's not a problem anymore. However, there are times he
will still pull this bull with me and I will get the bone, toy or whatever and take it away for days at a time. You have to be the boss.
Don't yell, that does no good. Be firm in your tone and let him know your
the boss and his behavior is unacceptable.
Buddy is a bigger Yorkie and believe me he scared the daylights out of
me more than once with his aggressivness. All I have given him is
hugs, love and spoiled him rotten so I know how you feel. Buddy is a loving
Yorkie and good with people and kids so I just don't understand the
problem at all or why it even begun. It just did. Good luck.
Also when we go to bed I don't allow any toys in the bedroom at night.
One night I got up and he jumped off the bed and ran under it and growled
at me to protect the damn toy under the bed! I was so pissed off I got him out of the bedroom with the broom and threw the toy in the garbage.
Then made him sleep in the kitchen all night. Who needs this aggravation
from a pet when all you do it love it. I will never understand it I just keep
trying to be ahead of it.

[lara2913]

Well first of all this type of behavior is not unusual, the bone is super super high value to him. Think of it this way, if you tried to take an apple away from me I wouldn't care but if you tried to take my chocolate, I would be pretty mad.

It is not acceptable behavior though. Try this, give him his bone, wait until he is pretty into it and then gradually walk over to him holding out something that in his mind is higher value than the bone, something that you know he likes more. Let him sniff it, he should drop the bone and take what you have. Tell him good boy and pick the bone up, walk away with it leaving him with the item that he prefers.

Keep doing this time and time again until he realises that giving you things is great because he gets something better in return. Once he is swapping items with you easily, add a command such as 'thankyou' or 'give'.

This will take time and you have to be prepared to put the effort in but eventually once the command is installed in him you will no longer have to play the swap game because he will be pre programmed into thinking giving you things is great.

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by lara2913

Well first of all this type of behavior is not unusual, the bone is super super high value to him. Think of it this way, if you tried to take an apple away from me I wouldn't care but if you tried to take my chocolate, I would be pretty mad.

It is not acceptable behavior though. Try this, give him his bone, wait until he is pretty into it and then gradually walk over to him holding out something that in his mind is higher value than the bone, something that you know he likes more. Let him sniff it, he should drop the bone and take what you have. Tell him good boy and pick the bone up, walk away with it leaving him with the item that he prefers.

Keep doing this time and time again until he realises that giving you things is great because he gets something better in return. Once he is swapping items with you easily, add a command such as 'thankyou' or 'give'.

This will take time and you have to be prepared to put the effort in but eventually once the command is installed in him you will no longer have to play the swap game because he will be pre programmed into thinking giving you things is great.

What your suggesting is right but also easier said than done.
Buddy would never give up his bone for anything else no matter
what it was. Believe me I tried everything when we had this
problem and taking the problem away was the only thing that
corrected it.

[Ida]

This was actually a "treat" bone - He gobbled it so fast and made such a nasty noise I didn't have time to grab it - I do think he knows I was mad - but I will definitely have to work with him and his bones - I'm sure it can move to his toys etc. He's just turned 9 months - 12 lbs. and believe me - it certainly scared the hec out of me - It came from nowhere - The more I think about it - I think he hurt my feelings lmao - as strange as that sounds. He did!

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by Ida

This was actually a "treat" bone - He gobbled it so fast and made such a nasty noise I didn't have time to grab it - I do think he knows I was mad - but I will definitely have to work with him and his bones - I'm sure it can move to his toys etc. He's just turned 9 months - 12 lbs. and believe me - it certainly scared the hec out of me - It came from nowhere - The more I think about it - I think he hurt my feelings lmao - as strange as that sounds. He did!

LOL I know my feelings were hurt also. Like no respect for Mommy here.
Hello? So you have a larger one also. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm wonder if
these guys think they are intimating us with thier size.
If you work with him on a daily basis it will work. Belive me, I know.
This is exactally why there are so many unwanted dogs in pounds.
They react like dogs and people don't understand why, think they are
dangerous and get rid of them. Buddy was 12lbs at 9mos also. Today
I swear he keeps growing, he's 15lbs and all muscle.
Good luck and let me know how it goes.

[rontiss1]

Originally Posted by Ida

Well maybe not a beating - but he's sure looking to be punished - I don't think I've really ever posted anything negative about this little boy- but man oh man - he's looking for it- He has now become obsessed with his bones - which - sorry - i think is total bull____. I give him a bone and he becomes a little nuts (believe me the words I want to be using I know I can't here - so just use you imagination). This morning - I gave him a bone before I left - went to pet him and the *(@#$(&(#$)#* became agressive - with me - his mommy - the one that gave him the )*(*#&*$*(#*$&& bone. I yelled at him - but had to leave for work - so I will be working with him and his bones this evening - As far as I'm concerned - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. Little Brat - Sorry just needed to vent - I'm still pissed about it.

When I get the mail, I usually put the important ones on the table, then she gets it and runs off with it. I know what she is going to do with it. Shred it to death! She has gotten better. At first when I got her, I thought she was was going to be a nice little lap dog! Malarky! She had to be trained. Boobah came down from being 100% naughty to about 45%. It just requires patience.

[Ida]

Originally Posted by rontiss1

When I get the mail, I usually put the important ones on the table, then she gets it and runs off with it. I know what she is going to do with it. Shred it to death! She has gotten better. At first when I got her, I thought she was was going to be a nice little lap dog! Malarky! She had to be trained. Boobah came down from being 100% naughty to about 45%. It just requires patience.

Too funny - will we ever get what we want - I wanted a nice little lap dog too - He's got way to much spunk to stay down for too long - Thought I would have learned after my "skin" babies did not stay small - cute and cuddly - Well maybe still cute lol - but they all get their own personalities - some just need a little help molding to what we expect.

[trini&coco]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

What you little boy is doing if guarding his bone. Your smart to get a grip on
this because it can become a big problem.
Take the bone away for awhile. Then sit on the floor and hold the bone with
one hand while he tries to grab it with his mouth. Tell him he's a good boy
but don't release the bone yet. Pet him make him feel your not going to
take it away. Work on this for awhile then release it to him and make him
bring it to you. If this does not work after a couple of days take the bone
away! This is not cute and your smart to realize it now.
I wanted to pull Buddys ears off the first time he did this to me around
1 yr old I think. He got worse before he got better. I threw more than
one toy in the garbage from being totally pissed at him and his nastiness
out of no where. I have worked on this for a couple of years and he has
gotten to where it's not a problem anymore. However, there are times he
will still pull this bull with me and I will get the bone, toy or whatever and take it away for days at a time. You have to be the boss.
Don't yell, that does no good. Be firm in your tone and let him know your
the boss and his behavior is unacceptable.

Great advice!!!

[coroth]

Beau is like this with his toy octapus!! I went over to him and sat next to him. After a while he started to chew on it again, so when I saw he was comfortable with me sitting there I started to pet him. When he started to chew again while I was petting him, I started to touch the octapus. After a while I commanded "Drop It" and pulled on the octopus, and when he did I praised him for like 3 minutes straight then gave him back the octopus (DIDN'T THROW IT THOUGH!) I figured that if I threw it, he would think, okay if I give this to her after I drop it, she is going to throw it and make me go get it. I just handed it over...and now he is totally okay with me touching his items.