This little muffin has recently become quite the stinker.
I'm not sure if it's because her kid brother is getting more attention now that HE'S CRAWLING (more on that later), or if it's because since she is turning 2, it really means she's 14, and that means she's a teenager, which basically makes her a bitch two times over. Pardon my French.
This weekend, Dora peed, pooped and threw up in the house. This is never happens. (Nothing has changed in her diet and she's been with us all weekend, so we know she's not sick). She's also been acting up by running off when we let her out to pee in the yard and not listening to basic commands which she has always adhered to.
A few weeks ago, she kept getting into this decorative bowl of fake frosted pears... a vase filling I had out for Christmas. She destroyed two and I punished her for it and she knew she wasn't supposed to get into the bowl. A few nights later... 3am, to be exact... I wake up to this crunch, crunch, crunch sound. I turn on my side table lamp and look down to see that not only had she gotten into the vase AGAIN... but she'd actually brought the pear UPSTAIRS, to our bedroom, to my side of the bed nonetheless, and sat next to me crunching on it. Talk about guts.
While we understand having a baby does take attention away from our first-born Furbaby.... I assure you Dora still gets PLENTY of attention. She snuggles on the couch/bed with us (no judgies), gets at minimum two walks a day, plenty of treats, and she gets more backrubs from Hubs than yours truly. She's also recently started smacking us in the face if we stop rubbing her mid scratch session. I'm telling you... the girl is a B.
Has anyone else faced this issue? She has always been such a good dog, listened to us ALL the time, never had any problems or issues, and not to mention, was totally fine the first 6 months Baby Boy was around... she's just recently started becoming more feisty and troublesome. And she KNOWS what she's doing is wrong because as soon as she does it, she runs for cover under the nearest bed/couch/chair. We've tried the usual training techniques when she does something wrong but it hasn't seemed to be helping! I guess she gets a freebie since today is her birthday, but Dora.. if you're reading this.. you better get your act together soon or else I might forget to put your leash on tomorrow.
Just kidding.
(Kinda).
7 comments:
We went ( are still going) thru this with our 4lb 3 yr old yorkie! She poops under our bed now, FUN :( but things have gotten a little better! It's been a slow process!!! I have struggled with finding her a new home , but ended up deciding to keep her! We weren't giving her as much attn and now we r and that has made things better! Also Noah is older and now playing with her so she has warmed up to him, plus he sneaks her food :) HTH
Oh girl... I am in the SAME boat. I have a yorkie with major behavior problems. I want to give him away sooo bad, but I also feel very heartbroken over it. So, I'm stuck. He's blind, which makes the situation even more difficult. It may be hard to find a suitable home for a "special needs" dog. Anyway... you are NOT ALONE. Love these pups... but love our babes more!!!
My sister had a similar problem when she had her daughter, except their dog became depressed. She wouldn't eat as much and when they took her for a walk or to the park she wouldn't play. When they were at home, she would just go lay in her crate, rather than be in the living room with everyone else. She realized her dog would be happier with someone else, so they have to find her a new home.
We have a 110 pound very active German Shepherd and since we've had Hadley I can't stand him. Some of it is our own fault because he doesn't get as many walks as he should but he annoys the crap out of me.
I want to make him an outside dog but my husband refuses. I mean he's German Shepherd, he's built to live outside and all the hair??? Ugh...don't get me started on that.
Have you changed anything in your house? If she's doing this in front of you she wants you to know she's not pleased. Only one solution, call the Dog Whisperer :)
I have been struggling with our 3.5-year-old Yorkie since becoming pregnant this past May. He has bascially grown much more attached to my husband and has pretty much given me the middle finger. It comes and goes, but he has started showing his teeth to me if I try to pet him. He also gets up and moves away from me if he is snoozing near me and I move (even if I am just switching positions and not actually moving toward him). He is great when I firt come home from work - all happy and excited to see me and will play, but as the night wears on, he tends to not want anything to do with me. I hear this happens with pregnancies a lot, due to your hormonal changes, mood swings and the fact that you smell differently. I am due in a month and just hope it goes back to normal afterward. It's the only thing giving me hope and not getting rid of the little booger!
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