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Sure, I let people hold my yorkies - If they are sitting on the floor. We have enough issues. |
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I don't like other people picking up my dogs. It is unnecessary and it is a big risk. Some of the behavioral problems I have with Teddy stem from people rushing up to him and wanting to scoop him up. I can't say I blame him for being fearful. A lot of people don't know how to hold a dog (or a baby). They hold the front end and fail to support the butt. After seeing that a couple times, I stopped letting people pick up Max. |
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As for babies, I'm terrified of carrying them! I'd use four hands if I had them :p |
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The only person(s) I allow to pick up Razz is my husband, his breeder, and his handlers. |
My Harley is just 3 1/2 pounds so there are only a few people I will let hold him. He does not do well with children holding him because he tries to wiggle away from them so I do not let children hold him. He loves attention and to cuddle so I will let those that he knows hold him if they sit down with him. I will hold him if a stranger wants to pet him or see him, but I never let a stranger hold him. That to me would be like letting a stranger hold my child!!! No WAY!!!!:aimeeyork Christy- mother of Haarley and his pug sister Gracie:animal36 |
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There are only a few people I trust to hold Bentley and no one else. Anyone who wants to pet him is welcome as long as he is on the ground. |
When I want Eddie to get moving on a walk, I tell him "I'm gonna pick you up." That sends him high-tailing it. LOL, I do the same thing with Roxie! She hates when we pick her up. The only time she lets us willingly hold her is when we are in the vet's office or at the groomer's...then she actually jumps into my arms. I have a lot of neighborhood kids who have tried to pick her up, and I always have to tell them not to. They don't even ask - they just try to grab her! She does scratch and wiggle when being unwillingly held, and I also never know if she will snap and nip or bite someone. |
I have 3 of the most social little dogs. We do a lot of RV camping and when we get everything set up (which consists of a large x-pen area with cabanas, toys, etc), it attracts so many other campers. The younger girls mostly want to come and visit with the dogs which I welcome. First thing they ask is to hold them....... I tell them that they can get in the pen with them and sit down and play instead of picking them up..... I think they like that even better than picking them up.... so everyone wins! (especially the dogs.... they LOVE all the attention! ;) ) It also gives me the opportunity to tell them about the breed.... (including injuries from drops/falls) |
Lilly :) Oh yeah! she thinks she is so tough!:cool: lol she is just less than 9 weeks but she loves being held and handled! she would rather have me walk with her zipped up in my sweatshirt than actually walk!:rolleyes: she cuddles up to anyone who picks her up as long as they are calm. she was pretty much the opposite when I got her (I'm 14 by the way) and she was very squirmy and nervous.:eek: Now she sleeps on me and (being modest LoL) I think I'm her favorite person in our house :)but she is MY dog. I picked her out, I slept with her in the car with her when my parents went into Menards. and I'm the one that she is sleeping on right now lol! :D |
Both of mine love to be picked up by me and DH, but I never allow strangers to pick them up. I can tell they are uncomfortable with people they don't know but I will usually let people pet them... just not pick them up. I also have this strange fear of someone picking them up and running away with them :p lol It could happen! |
Not at all I barely let bf pick him up. |
I do not like it either!!! First off, hello my name is Dana, I am a newbie but that does not mean I don't know what I'm talking about. My baby Emma is 6mo and weighs 4lbs. Before I got her it was not something I thought about with dogs I had in the past. Yorkies are so tiny, so delicate. Most people that want to hold them do not realise just exactly how fragile they are. One of these little babies only has to fall a foot to break a bone. Would these people like to pay to have OUR baby put in a cast? Operated on? Extremely expensive vet bills? NO and it's safe to say most probably wouldn't. And these little ones get hurt so easy. People wouldn't mean to hurt them but accidents happen. CHILDREN especially. I have read so many horror stories about accidents with them. It's just safer for everyone to say NO! Most will understand if you explain but for those who don't.. not your problem. Sorry for rambling, just something I've dealt with myself. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. And I know what you mean... do people ask if they can hold a pitt bull? lol |
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Thanks, I think she's pretty cute but what mommy doesn't love her baby and think it's the prettiest? I have other pictures of her in my pic album but seems I don't know what I'm doing. They show up in one place but don't think their visible in another even though I've checked share? |
Thanks, I think she's pretty cute but what mommy doesn't love her baby and think it's the prettiest? I have other pictures of her in my pic album but seems I don't know what I'm doing. They show up in one place but don't think their visible in another even though I've checked share? |
Well as for children, I will never let another child pick up or hold either of mine ever again. We were at a dog park and a little girl ask to hold Hot Rod and her mother was standing right there not saying a word but obviously wanting her daughter to hold him. No sooner did I place Hot Rod in her arms, she just open her arms up and let him fall. Arghhhh! Fortunately he was not hurt and it wasn't a high fall by any means-thankfully. And the mother never apologized or corrected the little girl, so no children ever again. Maggie has only allowed a couple of people to pick her up and these were people that she knew. She usually runs when people try. Hot Rod won't let anyone pick him up. I usually tell strangers that they are so wiggly, which the truth. Only trusted friends and family are allowed to pick either of them up - as they know the fanatic that I am about them. lol So I guess I fit into the rarely, must be mature adult category. |
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I am the same way.My baby was dropped and ended up with a broken leg. Needed orthopedic surgery Rods placed in leg and then removed. I will not allow her to be picked up ever. Barb |
My yorkies are sooo much like people... I can tell when my babies want to be picked up. Bella will come up to me standing on her hine legs wagging that nubby little tail with those front legs just a going begging to be picked up! Bernie barks at me, Baxter puts his front paws on my legs, and Blazer nips at my toes. They let me know when they need attention and want to be picked up. Otherwise, they don't get picked up! Especially by someone that they don't know! |
I never allow that !!! In fact, I train both mine to do what I call "avoidance". If someone reaches down to pick them up, they will dodge, run/retreat to a inaccessible area, and frequently will start barking at the person. If you think that's UNsociable, so be it ! But, with that, I'm a little more confident that they'll be there for me to pick up later. I have a command (a whistle) which disarms their retreat, or if I hand someone (Groomer/Vet) one of them, then they don't reject the person. Furthermore, I encourage a high degree of territorial awareness, nobody/nothing comes on the property or toward the house, without me being VERY aware of it, because of their alertness. They both are generously praised, each time they alarm... for the right reason. Dogs don't have to be big, or vicious (attack) to be a good Guard Dog. |
Our kids are early 20's so we don't have small children. Once a person sits down, the dogs sit by our guests. They can't usually be caught by someone standing, especially a child. The other day a 23yo friend of my son picked up my littlest girl, he was holding her a foot off the ground and she was flailing, I reached over and grabbed her. He said my son had told him that picking her up would stop her from barking. Just to say, even an adult doesn't always know how to handle a wiggly little dog. |
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I don't like people picking Teddie up, save the family and my best pal. Teddie doesn't like being held a lot, so he wiggles, and he is rather slippery when he wiggles. I'd hate to have a child pick him up and have him wiggle free and drop. Even an adult has to be pretty quick on the draw with him. Teddie is a little lover, he will go and love on anyone so people can just leave him be because of it. :D |
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You wouldn't want to imply that you actually trust them, right ;) |
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I would worry a little bit about the avoidance command if they ever happened to escape and someone was trying to help capture them. Then again, if they escape, you've already rolled the dice on their ability to survive. |
alaskayorkie, IF someone was trying to help recover them... Then you probably wouldn't mind giving the "disarm" code you personally use, to get them to come to you. Otherwise, IF you've done a good job in getting them to do avoidance, they will at least be free footed, and not in someone's house or arms. That may extend your search, but, as long as you KNEW they weren't stashed somewhere. |
alaskayorkie, I just reread your comment, and... You realize your sorta making your dogs ANTIsocial, but, I'd rather have it that way, than take the chance of loosing them because they were such friendly little guys. This is probably NOT going to set well with some of "our" friends, who might think they are exceptions. UMM, sorry about that guys, I don't trust you either ! :rolleyes: So, if I were you, I'd still put them up during those Socials just so your friends wouldn't get all bent from being rejected. |
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