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Do you allow people to pick up your Yorkie? First of all, a caveat: I understand the temptation. Yorkies are so cute and so small that EVERYONE wants to pick them up and cuddle them. But this has increasingly become my pet peeve. My dogs don't WANT to be picked up. They don't especially like ME picking them up just for the sake of being picked up. They understand when I have to pick them up to put them in the car, or up on the bed, but for the most part they'd rather get places by themselves. 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. My peeve started with the neighbor kids. EVERY time they come over, they want to pick them up. I say no. My wife sides with the kids. She doesn't see the harm. The harm, as I see it, is it's an unnecessary risk to take. Yorkies can break legs from falls. Why risk it just so someone can have cuddle time with my dogs? Especially when my dogs don't like it! People don't ask to pick up my Lab? Why is it any less stressful for my Yorkies to be picked up?? Am I being overprotective? |
Not at all. I'm surprised that you started the poll. I guess I assumed I was the only one that didn't allow people to just reach for Kaji. I do however allow people I know and can trust to pick him up without having to look at me for approval. Not including my family, there are only 6 people I would allow that from. 2 of which are YT members. Kaji is a cuddle bug, and loves to be held often. But it's usually by me, and if anyone else picks him up he's squirming to get away, and I'm always scared he'll fall. The few people he trusts are the few people I trust as well. |
Yeah, I think it could be a different situation if the dog likes to be picked up. Mine don't, especially by strangers. And I should have added there are times when I do allow it. If I'm in a crowded room or a place where I don't want them walking around, I'll either pick them up myself or enlist a trusted adult to do so. |
Firstly, that is so funny about Eddie & the walks!:p Definite Yorkie attitude! Second, that is a good point about your lab...hmm, might have to use that myself, need be.:cool: Thirdly, I haven't ever been in a situation, I don't think, where a stranger wanted to pick up Princess. She would step in before me and not allow it.;) But my family, my closest friends & my daughters friends (13y.o.) can pick her up without a problem. She practically walks up their legs into their arms anyways.:rolleyes: The kids in my family, all of them, newborn to almost 12 have to sit down when holding Princess. I don't think I would let kids outside of the family hold her, as they have not been properly scolded, i mean taught yet.:p |
My daughters are 8 and 9...and their little friends always want to pick them up. I nicely tell them "please don't pick her up, it's very dangerous." (I say 'her' because Peyton is on crate rest and they don't get the chance to pick him up." I see the temptation, but yes, it does get tiresome....especially when they have to be told again and again. :rolleyes: |
I don't let strangers pick her up. Just friends, Minnie does not know alot of people but she is really friendly. Although when someone is around she doesn't know she will bark at them. |
I am soooo glad you started this thread and included the poll! My husband and I both absolutely cringe when people (especially strangers) always feel the need to try to handle our little dog! And why parents seem to encourage very young children to run up to our dog and touch her is beyond me. The running towards them always frightens the dog. I like your analogy - do they encourage their children to run up to large dogs and handle them? (Please excuse my rant - you found one of my biggest pet peeves.) :mad: |
I think the only people i let hold my dog is the groomer and the vet. I learned this when Pasquale was very young and i took him for a walk and some lady didnt even ask and scooped Pasquale up ...he wiggled out of her arms..and i CAUGHT him on the way down...thank god. :eek: (i think theres a post of that story from me on here somewhere). Now to make it so i dont look like a psycho mom, i just tell people when they ask to pick him up that he will pee on them if they do. (He's never pee'd on anyone LoL) ...BUT hey it works! :) |
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I very rarely pick Bella up. She knows what she wants when she wants it. If she wants to be held she will jump in my lap, unless I am standing or doing something that does not involve her, in that case she will sit at my feet patiently until I notice her. She is timid around strangers. She wont let them close enough to her to pick her up.:animal36 |
I don't really pick my dogs up unless it's for a purpose (to get onto the bed, to tell them goodbye/hello, to get out of the neighbor's yard and back into ours!). They have no problem w/ people they know picking them up and I don't either. The only stipulation is that they pick them up under their belly because it hurts Tristan's arms to be picked up any other way. Lily usually runs away from strangers anyway. :p |
I could name list the people who are allowed to pick up Jamie on one hand. He is a real wiggle worm and LOVES people, but I'm afraid with him being that excited that people who are unprepared won't be able to hold on to him. My roommate's baby, Beau, does get held by a few more people but that's because he doesn't wiggle at all. |
No!!!...I don't let anyone pick up my Yorkies...They are just to wiggly, and I'm scared they will get hurt...I say no for there safety...I'm not rude about it...I just say no, they are real wiggle worms and don't like it....I even get nervous when DH picks them up to love on them...LOL always telling him not too. |
Nope, Rizzo hates being touched by strangers let alone picked up. He usually "asks" me to pick him up around a stranger so he can get a good sniff of them, but if they reach to grab him he freaks out! He has thin little bones and one drop would def. break a leg, and I'm just unwilling to take that risk! |
I only allow my family & one friend to pick ZoE up. I don't like strangers trying to handle or pet her when we go out in public. I think it's extremely rude to try to do so without asking. Unfortunately, ZoE doesn't seem to think how I do. She's very friendly, assumes everyone is there to see her and gives anyone she sees I-need-some-loving-puppy-dog-eyes :rolleyes: |
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I never allowed strangers to hold my people puppies and dont allow strangers to hold my furbabies. I do allow people to pet them,but only if I feel comfortable. I have no problems politely saying "Im sorry,but I dont allow people that arent family to hold them". If they get offended I did the best I could to be polite and they will need to get over it. It is my job to protect my children fur or not. |
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I let few people hold them. Armani actually does pee on people, lol so I have to be careful of that. My parents babysit a lot for them, so obviously they hold them but I was raised with toy dogs in the house, so my parents know what they are doing and have been peed on and will not react like I am afraid others would. |
Wow, I'm surprised there's so much agreement! I always feel like a jerk telling them no, especially when my wife is on their side. I like the wiggleworm excuse, though, and Steve's experience is certainly worth sharing as a lesson. That's pretty honest without being rude. The pee idea cracks me up. I may resort to that. I'd rather not give Yorkies a bum rap, but I'll do whatever it takes. |
Only family and a few friends that I trust. Never strangers. Louie is such a wiggle worm, I would be afraid. He is a two handed boy!:) |
I only allow family members and of course vets office personnel and my groomer to pick up Sammy. Sammy would not allow any one to pick him up either. He is very protective of me and would probably snap at someone who tried to pick him up. |
I only pick mine up to groom, bathe etc. I'd rather not risk them jumping even though I know to hold on tight. My daughter(25 years old) use to walk around carrying Cali who is my jumper and I was always telling her not to. I always warn the vets too that they are jumpers just so they are extra careful. I would never let a stranger pick them up. |
I do not let them pick them up usually but I will let them hold them if they seem responsible and listen to me on how to hold them. Most people just want to pet them. That I am fine with. |
My experiences are different since I show dogs...most are attracted to that expertly groomed yorkie and the can't resist coming up to pet/touch it.....yeah! some don't even ask.....and these little guys are so social....they love the attention and will jump off the table in a NY minute....I usuall ask them to please not touch as there hands have body oils that end up on the dog's coat, but always add; come back after the show and you'll sit right here on this chair and I'll let you hold the dog...Works every time....people aren't offended and they'll be back after the show.... |
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I have had neighborhood kids pick up my dogs but I always say, no, no I don't mind if you hold her but you have to sit on the ground. And I don't mind. I think it's great and always encourage my dogs to be social and I think it's good for kids too to know the proper way to relate to dogs. I always supervise and I try to use it as a teaching experience. If my dogs looks like they want to get away, I tell them that she/he doesn't want to be held anymore but they could pet them if they want. I don't think I've ever had an adult pick up my dogs. I would want to tell them the same thing and they probably wouldn't like that very much! |
I let pretty much anybody pick up my dogs. All three of mine are flirts and love attention. When it's younger kids I normally pick mine up and place them in their arms. I do hold them until there ready to be place down. I did wait until they received all there shots. They make people happy and people make them happy so I'm happy. |
I'm actually glad that Jackson is 16lbs and not a 'little' boy by any means for this reason. As cute as *I* think he is :p... he's not as tempting for little kids, or anyone really, to just pick up randomly. He doesn't like to be held, either. Not for long periods of time anyways. Sometimes I'll pick him up to give him some lovin', but it never lasts very long. My 7yr old brother has picked him up a few times but very rarely and he knows how to handle him. |
Rarely. Family and friends are allowed - sometimes with comments about being creaful. Anybody at her vet office is allowed and I don't say anything about it. Strangers aren't allowed. They are barely allowed to pet her. Theft is too much of an issue if she in in their arms. She is wiggly. She can snap (I can tell when she is going to while holding her by how much she is tensing). She scratches (on accident) and that would be a nice lawsuit... Not happening... |
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